Ajitpal Singh
IF only Siti Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman had spared her final frame on Tuesday, the teenager would have made the singles semi-finals of the Women's World Championships in Las Vegas.
Siti Safiyah, who won this year's World Ranking Masters, started on the wrong foot, recording sub-par games of 176 and 198 in the opening two games.
However, the 19-year-old accelerated her pace with lines of 214, 279 and 194, in the following three games.
Siti Safiyah was on track for a podium finish as she reeled in seven consecutive strikes in her final game.
A light pocket delivery, however, resulted in a three-six split and that ended her chance for a spot in the semi-finals.
She finished sixth overall with a 1,327 total, just 18 pins short of fourth placed Krista Pollanen of Finland.
The United States' Stefanie Nation finished on pole with 1,361 followed by Mexico's Sandra Gongora (1,357) and Denmark's Anja Ginge Jensen (1,347).
National coach Holloway Cheah said Siti Safiyah was slow in adjusting to the lanes in the opening games.
"However, I am proud of her as she proved her maturity by coming back strongly. She will be stronger in the following events," said Holloway when contacted in Las Vegas yesterday.
Shalin Zulkifli showed glimpses of her prowess by hitting lines of 211, 173, 218, 192, 265, 238 for a total of 1297 pinfalls to finish 19th.
Zandra Aziela was Malaysia third best performer at 21st on 1,282 followed by Esther Cheah (64th-1,212), Sharon Koh (71st-1,207), and Wendy Chai (116th- 1,163).
The Malaysian bowlers were playing in the doubles at press time.
Holloway had picked the Siti Safiyah-Zandra, Esther-Shalin and Sharon-Wendy combinations for the doubles event.
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