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FAIRUL Izwan kutip 18 mata hasil sembilan perlawanan.

Kekal dahului Kumpulan Satu Lawn Bowl Piala Dunia

PEMAIN negara, Fairul Izwan Abdul Muin terus mencatat kemenangan selesa termasuk menewaskan pemain ranking kelima dunia, Leif Selby untuk kekal mendahului liga kumpulan dalam Kejohanan Lawn Bowl Piala Dunia di Warilla, New South Wales, Australia, semalam.

Fairul Izwan yang kini mengutip 18 mata hasil sembilan perlawanan mengejutkan Selby yang juga pemain pilihan dengan 10-5, 7-6, selepas turut menang perlawanan terdahulu dengan menundukkan pemain China, Bing Leung Cheung 12-1, 15-1 untuk mengungguli Kumpulan Satu.

Hari keempat kejohanan itu semalam turut menyaksikan seorang lagi pemain negara yang juara bertahan, Safuan Said, mencatat kemenangan ke atas pemain Norfolk Islands, Phil Jones 15-4 11-4 untuk menduduki tempat kedua Kumpulan Dua.

Namun pemain ranking pertama dunia itu terpaksa akur kepada pemain Kanada, Alex Scott 7-7, 5-10, dalam perlawanan kesembilannya, yang meletakkannya di belakang pendahulu kumpulan, Shahnon McIlroy dari New Zealand.

Fairul Izwan sudah pasti melangkah ke suku akhir manakala Safuan yang masih mempunyai harapan, perlu menang dalam satu perlawanan lagi untuk mengikuti langkah rakan sepasukannya itu. Hanya empat pemain terbaik daripada setiap kumpulan akan bersaing di suku akhir esok.

Bagi kategori wanita pula, juara kebangsaan Nur Fidrah Noh yang kini di tangga keempat liga, terpaksa akur kepada kehebatan pemain tuan rumah, Karen Murphy, yang mencatat kemenangan selesa 11-4 10-1.

Dengan baki tiga perlawanan, Nur Fidrah yang dipertaruhkan menggalas cabaran menggantikan juara 2007, Siti Zalina Ahmad, memerlukan kemenangan bagi membolehkannya layak ke suku akhir.

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