30th October, Shah Alam: Top seeds, Wan Rohadi B Wan Hassan of Kuala Lumpur, Muhd Nur Aiman of Petaling Jaya, Zatil Iman Abdul Ghani of Shah Alam A and Yang Young-Ja of Jeju cruised into the Senior Men, Men, Women and Senior Women quarter-finals of the 36th Asian Intercity Bowling Championships with victories in the Round of 16 Masters Finals.

The Senior Women Masters Round of 16 started off this morning with Yang easily defeating 16th-seed, Pg Mahani Pg Hj Momin of Belait, 2-0 (160-147, 186-156) to advance to the Top 8 quarter-finals. Second-seed, Rozana Bt Abdul Rashid also had a 2-0 victory over 15th-seed, Siti Salmiah Hr Abd Majid of Shah Alam A.

Third-seed, Shahlawati Mat Yusof of Shah Alam A had to win a one-ball roll-off to break a 1-1 tie on the fifth time with a strike to 14th-seed, Poziah Atan of Petaling Jaya on a nine-pin count. 13th-seed, Mastura Bt Mahmud won the one-ball tie-breaker with nine pins over Salwah Bt Buang's six pins in an all-Kuala Lumpur match.

Sixth-seed, Money Chin of Kowloon, 9th-seed, Nur Hashilah Bt Hashim of Kuala Lumpur, 10th-seed May Hui of Kowloon and 12th-seed Pia Basa of Paranaque were victorious over their opponents to make the cut for the Top 8 quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, Singles gold medalist, Zatil Iman of Shah Alam A and the only top seed who had to win her one-ball tie-breaker to advance to the Women Top 8 quarter-finals against 16th-seed, Lee Ju-Hee of Jeju (220-187, 171-187).

Only three had a 2-0 victories over their opponents to advance to the next round. They were 8th-seed, Lavina Kho Jia Jie of Kuching, 14th-seed, Jerlyn Lam of Singapore and 15th-seed, Louis Sophia Santarin of Pasay. Others had to win their one-ball tie-breaker to make the cut.

Team and All Events gold medalist and top seed, Muhd Nur Aiman of Petaling Jaya was amongst the stand outs to advance with 2-0 victories. Singles and Doubles gold medalist, Oh Gi Tae of Seong Nam, his compatriot, Won Jong Hyeok and Jeremiah Camacho of Tamuning were the other three finalists having 2-0 victories as well.

Third-seed, Stanley Lau of Kowloon, 7th-seed Noah Taimanglo of Tamuning and 11th-seed, Mark Leong of Singapore all made the next round over the one-ball tie-breaker roll-offs.