Remy Ong rules the lanes in Saudi Arabia

On Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), the 32-year-old Singapore bowling star clinched the 5th Kingdom International Open Saudi Arabia title after edging out Shaker Al Hassan of the United Arab Emirates in Riyadh.

The southpaw took the US$25,000 (S$31,000) winner's cheque after sweeping the final two games 236-202, 239-188 to successfully defend a title for the first time in his career.

"To win a title is never easy, and to defend it, here in Saudi Arabia with some of the top American professionals and European bowlers, is quite amazing."

In the knockout stages, Ong beat some of the sport's biggest names, including American pros Tim Mack (403-401) and Josh Blanchard (466-382) and 2006 World Ranking Masters winner Khaled Al Dubyyan of Kuwait (420-389).

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