4th December, Hong Kong: Sixteen Masters qualifiers positioned 9 to 24 contested the best-of-3 Masters elimination Round 1 finals of the 2018 CGSE • Million Tinkle World Men Championships where the field was cut to eight for Round 2 on Wednesday.

2008 World Ranking Masters champion and 13th-seed, Jari Ratia of Finland was the standout averaging 245 when he dispatched Shogo Wada of Japan, 2-0 with 214-203, 277,216 to advance to the next round. Canadian Mitch Hupe averaged 211 bnut had to go into the third deciding match.

Hupe took the first match, 221-201 against Yannaphon Larpapharat of Thailand but lost the second match, 184-194. The Canadian bounced back with a superb 258-224 in the decider for a 2-1 win. Trios silver medallist, Ryan Leonard Lalisang of Indonesia had the third higest average to advance to the next round.

The Indonesian took the first match 246-204 against Colombia's Manuel Otalora and 205-170 in the second match for a 2-0 victory. Joining Lalisang in the second round is compatriot, Hardy Rachmadian took out Pontus Andersson of Sweden with a 2-1 encounter.