Korea wins singles, trios at 2015 World Women's Championships
December 09, 2015
Results
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - After dominating singles and trios qualifying at the 2015 World Bowling Women's Championships this week, Korea finished the job and successfully defended both titles, which they last won at the 2013 event in Henderson, Nevada.
Jeon Eunhee started the day with a 279-189 win over Singapore left-hander Cherie Tan in the singles final at Zayed Sports City's Khalifa International Bowling Centre, and Jeon's teammates topped Tan and her team, 695-594, for the trios championship immediately after.
Jeon used bookend 279 games to claim her first individual world championship, and second title overall. She started this year's six-game singles qualifying round with a 279 game and averaged more than 242 on the way to the top seed for the medal round. She then defeated Shayna Ng of Singapore, 266-238, in the semifinals Wednesday.
Jeon and Tan both started their semifinal matches with six consecutive strikes and cruised into the gold-medal showdown. Tan was unchallenged in her 250-160 victory against Korea's Hwang Yeonju.
"In 2009, I was very young, and the main thing we thought about was the team event," said Jeon, who helped Korea defeat Team USA to win the team title in 2009. "This time, I was very focused on singles, but I know I have to control my emotions because we still have a lot of bowling, including team. Winning singles means a good start to this World Championships and does give me a lot of confidence for the rest of the week."
In
the trios final, Korea was led by anchor Baek Seungja, who also helped
Korea to the team gold medal in 2013. Baek contributed a 255 game to the
win Wednesday, with help from Son Hyerin (237) and Kim Jinsun (203).
Singapore missed two makeable spares early in the match and never gained any momentum as Korea piled on the strikes. Ng was high on the team with 221 and was followed by Hui Fen New (193) and Tan (180).
In the semifinals, Korea and the United States essentially were even heading into the final frame, and Team USA's Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, New York, found herself in a must-strike situation to give her team a chance. She tossed three strikes in her final frame, forcing Korea's Baek to get at least 20 pins to advance. Baek struck on her first shot and spared the 4 pin to escape with a 627-626 win.
Son, a left-hander, struck on six of her last seven shots to fuel Korea's semifinal win with a 248 game and was followed by Kim (199) and Baek (180). Johnson finished with 215 for Team USA, Kelly Kulick added 215 and Shannon Pluhowsky had 196.
In Singapore's semifinal win against England, New rolled a 247 game and was joined by Ng (195) and Cherie Tan (183). Danni Hopcroft led the way for England in the loss with a 200 game, Jo Allsebrook posted an all-spare 188 and Lisa John added 179.
While singles was being contested on the 43-foot Tokyo oil pattern, the higher seed in each trios match will chose between Tokyo and the 36-foot Los Angeles pattern. Trios qualifying included three games on each, but all three matches in the medal round featured Los Angeles.
All rounds of the 2015 World Women's Championships are being broadcast live on BOWL.com's BowlTV. For a complete schedule, visit BOWL.com/LiveStream.
There are 147 bowlers from 30 countries competing this week, and they'll all be back on the lanes Thursday for doubles competition, which will begin at 12 a.m. Eastern. The doubles medal round is scheduled for 9 a.m. EST.
Doubles will be contested on the short oil pattern, and qualifying for the team event Friday and Saturday will include three games on each pattern.
During the seven-day tournament, competitors will bowl for medals in singles, doubles, trios, team, all-events and Masters match play.
Participating countries this year include: Australia, Bahamas, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Venezuela and the host country United Arab Emirates.
For more information on the World Women's Championships, visit the official website of the event at 2015wwc.worldbowling.org.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - After dominating singles and trios qualifying at the 2015 World Bowling Women's Championships this week, Korea finished the job and successfully defended both titles, which they last won at the 2013 event in Henderson, Nevada.
Jeon Eunhee started the day with a 279-189 win over Singapore left-hander Cherie Tan in the singles final at Zayed Sports City's Khalifa International Bowling Centre, and Jeon's teammates topped Tan and her team, 695-594, for the trios championship immediately after.
Jeon used bookend 279 games to claim her first individual world championship, and second title overall. She started this year's six-game singles qualifying round with a 279 game and averaged more than 242 on the way to the top seed for the medal round. She then defeated Shayna Ng of Singapore, 266-238, in the semifinals Wednesday.
Jeon and Tan both started their semifinal matches with six consecutive strikes and cruised into the gold-medal showdown. Tan was unchallenged in her 250-160 victory against Korea's Hwang Yeonju.
"In 2009, I was very young, and the main thing we thought about was the team event," said Jeon, who helped Korea defeat Team USA to win the team title in 2009. "This time, I was very focused on singles, but I know I have to control my emotions because we still have a lot of bowling, including team. Winning singles means a good start to this World Championships and does give me a lot of confidence for the rest of the week."
In
the trios final, Korea was led by anchor Baek Seungja, who also helped
Korea to the team gold medal in 2013. Baek contributed a 255 game to the
win Wednesday, with help from Son Hyerin (237) and Kim Jinsun (203).Singapore missed two makeable spares early in the match and never gained any momentum as Korea piled on the strikes. Ng was high on the team with 221 and was followed by Hui Fen New (193) and Tan (180).
In the semifinals, Korea and the United States essentially were even heading into the final frame, and Team USA's Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, New York, found herself in a must-strike situation to give her team a chance. She tossed three strikes in her final frame, forcing Korea's Baek to get at least 20 pins to advance. Baek struck on her first shot and spared the 4 pin to escape with a 627-626 win.
Son, a left-hander, struck on six of her last seven shots to fuel Korea's semifinal win with a 248 game and was followed by Kim (199) and Baek (180). Johnson finished with 215 for Team USA, Kelly Kulick added 215 and Shannon Pluhowsky had 196.
In Singapore's semifinal win against England, New rolled a 247 game and was joined by Ng (195) and Cherie Tan (183). Danni Hopcroft led the way for England in the loss with a 200 game, Jo Allsebrook posted an all-spare 188 and Lisa John added 179.
While singles was being contested on the 43-foot Tokyo oil pattern, the higher seed in each trios match will chose between Tokyo and the 36-foot Los Angeles pattern. Trios qualifying included three games on each, but all three matches in the medal round featured Los Angeles.
All rounds of the 2015 World Women's Championships are being broadcast live on BOWL.com's BowlTV. For a complete schedule, visit BOWL.com/LiveStream.
There are 147 bowlers from 30 countries competing this week, and they'll all be back on the lanes Thursday for doubles competition, which will begin at 12 a.m. Eastern. The doubles medal round is scheduled for 9 a.m. EST.
Doubles will be contested on the short oil pattern, and qualifying for the team event Friday and Saturday will include three games on each pattern.
During the seven-day tournament, competitors will bowl for medals in singles, doubles, trios, team, all-events and Masters match play.
Participating countries this year include: Australia, Bahamas, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Venezuela and the host country United Arab Emirates.
For more information on the World Women's Championships, visit the official website of the event at 2015wwc.worldbowling.org.