Marshall Kent remains unchallenged to win qualifying in Russian Open

Marshall Kent (pictured left) of the United States, who averaged 246.33 in the first squad, remained unchallenged in the other eleven squads to win the qualifying of the Russian Open and to lead a group of 36 players into Saturday's finals at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow.

The Team USA member fired games of 264, 222, 248, 223, 243 and 278 to win the qualifying with 1478 total. Kent outaveraged his nearest competitor by more than ten pins.

Andrey Suslov of Russia finished the penultimate Squad 11 on Friday evening with games of 280 and 217 to jump into second place with 1417 and an average of 236.17. Nikita Koshelev, Russia, slipped to third place with 1375 total (229.17).

Alexander Panchenko of Kazakhstan led the 12th and last squad to finish in fourth place with 1373 including high games of 269 and 253. Oleksandr Kalika of Ukraine and Kristina Kryl of Russia were next to Suslov in Squad 11 to leap into fifth and seventh place with 1359 and 1338, respectively. Kryl was the best of 42 in the 170-player field from 10 countries and one of four, who survived the first cut.

Alexander Minenko, who led Squad 2 with 1352, fell to sixth place. Cameron Weier, United States beat out Anton Sharov, Russia, for eighth place by the higher game, 237-215, after a 1335-1335 tie.

Mykhaylo Kalika of Ukraine led the morning Squad 9 on Friday with 1279 to land in 26th place. Tanner Spacey, United States, led Squad 10 with 1304, six pins less than his highest attempt in Squad 1 (1310; 15th place). Pavel Sobolev of Belarus took the 32nd and last place to advance with 1263 and an average of 210.50.

Joining the top 32 in Saturday's finals were the top four players in the single-game Desperado Squad on early Saturday morning. All four, two men and two women, came from Russia, Victor Krasavkin fired a 241 game to lead the Desperado Squad and was followed by Nikita Kuznetsov with 216, Daria Minenko and Elena Suslikova used their eight pins handicap to take the two last spots with 215.

The Russian Open is the fourth of seven EBT "Satellite" tournaments this season and runs from Sept. 11-15 at 30-lane Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow, Russia. The tournament offers total prize fund of 25.000 Euro with 5.500 Euro going to the winner, 3.800 to the runner-up and 2.500 and 2.000 Euro for the third and fourth place finishers respectively.

Qualifying (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) ran from Tuesday, Sept. 11 through Friday, Sept. 14 and concluded with the Desperado Squad. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire event, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

A total of 36 players advanced to the finals on Saturday, Sept. 15 including the top 32 players from the qualifying standings and the top 4 from the Desperado Squad. The top 8 qualifiers earned one bye and will be seeded first through eighth in Round Two.

The other 28 players bowl four games starting from scratch with the top 8 advancing to the second round seeded 9th through 16th.

The remaining 16 players determine the champion in single-elimination rounds with the two-game total to determine the winner. The highest seeded player bowls the lowest seeded player, the second highest seeded player bowls the second lowest seeded player, etc.

The field will be trimmed to eight and then four players. The winners of the semifinal matches bowl for the title and the 5.500 top prize, while the losers meet in a roll-off for third and fourth place.

The 2012 European Bowling Tour is made up of 20 events in 16 countries including two Platinum, four Gold, seven Silver and seven Satellite tournaments.

The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event earn ranking points based on how they finish in the event. The winner of a Platinum tournament receives 250 ranking points, the winner of a Gold tournament gets 150, the winner of a Silver tournament such as the BNC Open earns 100, and the winner of a Satellite tournament gets 50 ranking points.

Those points will be tabulated throughout the season to determine the top 16 men and top 16 women who will compete in the sixth EBT Masters, which will be held Sept. 30, 2013 at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava immediately following the 2013 BNC Open (Sept. 23-29).

 

Nikita Koshelev takes over second place in qualifying at Russian Open
Four Russian bowlers move into top 8 in Tuesday's qualifying in Moscow
Marshall Kent averages over 246 to take early lead in Russian Open
2012 EBT Schedule, Champions, Men's and Women's Ranking Winners
EBT Women's Ranking
EBT Men's Ranking

 

The top 32 players from the qualifying standings and the top 4 from the Desperado Squad (places 33-36) advance to Saturday's finals.

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Hc	Total
1.	Marshall Kent	United States	264	222	248	223	243	278	1478	246.33		1478
2.	Andrey Suslov	Russia	266	231	199	224	280	217	1417	236.17		1417
3.	Nikita Koshelev	Russia	216	231	245	247	215	221	1375	229.17		1375
4.	Alexander Panchenko	Kazakhstan	269	179	246	199	227	253	1373	228.83		1373
5.	Oleksandr Kalika	Ukraine	279	246	156	199	255	224	1359	226.50		1359
6.	Alexander Minenko	Russia	237	218	245	215	237	200	1352	225.33		1352
7.	Kristina Kryl	Russia	230	205	179	202	257	217	1290	215.00	48	1338
8.	Cameron Weier	United States	146	257	249	225	221	237	1335	222.50		1335
9.	Anton Sharov	Russia	211	203	224	226	256	215	1335	222.50		1335
10.	Evgeny Karmazin	Ukraine	206	229	225	253	163	258	1334	222.33		1334
11.	Oleksandr Kondratyev	Ukraine	204	189	221	268	223	227	1332	222.00		1332
12.	Konstantin Matvienko	Russia	200	205	249	202	231	232	1319	219.83		1319
13.	Oleg Kozyrev	Russia	236	227	168	228	246	210	1315	219.17		1315
14.	Yury Glazkov	Russia	230	237	179	230	234	201	1311	218.50		1311
15.	Tanner Spacey	United States	245	194	209	247	193	222	1310	218.33		1310
16.	Mikhail Belenky	Russia	213	236	244	208	196	211	1308	218.00		1308
17.	Sergey Prokhan	Russia	255	191	221	216	216	198	1297	216.17		1297
18.	Ivan Semenov	Russia	201	241	226	182	212	234	1296	216.00		1296
19.	Alexey Parshukov	Russia	238	219	154	245	205	234	1295	215.83		1295
20.	Alexander Medveditskov	Russia	233	215	255	182	194	215	1294	215.67		1294
21.	Yan Korshak	Russia	189	189	237	216	224	238	1293	215.50		1293
22.	Sergey Andreev	Russia	210	211	168	210	236	255	1290	215.00		1290
23.	Daniel Vezis	England	204	234	190	186	232	244	1290	215.00		1290
24.	Maria Bulanova	Russia	215	175	204	210	224	212	1240	206.67	48	1288
25.	Evgeny Mineev	Russia	223	187	267	224	193	192	1286	214.33		1286
26.	Mykhaylo Kalika	Ukraine	192	206	193	219	245	224	1279	213.17		1279
27.	Ben Fishler	Israel	200	232	189	203	246	208	1278	213.00		1278
28.	Igor Gorodnichiy	Russia	204	214	233	227	206	194	1278	213.00		1278
29.	Alena Korobkova	Russia	244	153	234	221	208	162	1222	203.67	48	1270
30.	Dmitry Lapshinsky	Russia	213	219	202	187	215	232	1268	211.33		1268
31.	Evgeniya Smirnova	Russia	186	199	180	225	277	151	1218	203.00	48	1266
32.	Pavel Sobolev	Belarus	164	190	260	204	234	211	1263	210.50		1263
33.	Victor Krasavkin	Russia	241						241			241
34.	Nikita Kuznetsov	Russia	216						216			216
35.	Daria Minenko	Russia	207						207		8	215
36.	Elena Suslikova	Russia	207						207		8	215
37.	Alexey Fedin	Russia	259	202	172	215	210	203	1261	210.17		1261
38.	Alexey Sidorov	Russia	254	208	183	162	278	172	1257	209.50		1257
39.	Dmitry Kuznetsov	Russia	191	235	234	202	198	182	1242	207.00		1242
40.	Yury Korolev	Russia	188	193	266	182	233	177	1239	206.50		1239
41.	Yulia Gorbacheva	Russia	189	198	174	214	226	188	1189	198.17	48	1237
42.	Oleg Minulin	Kazakhstan	158	200	211	238	211	215	1233	205.50		1233
43.	Marina Kravchenko	Russia	204	200	187	180	203	208	1182	197.00	48	1230
44.	Alena Egel	Russia	230	154	223	202	182	191	1182	197.00	48	1230
45.	Vladimir Sverchkov	Russia	213	182	190	180	264	200	1229	204.83		1229
46.	Anton Krasnoshtanov	Russia	204	207	212	209	188	206	1226	204.33		1226
	Daria Minenko	Russia	199	202	213	201	188	173	1176	196.00	48	1224
47.	Sergey Starchenkov	Russia	192	180	219	181	245	204	1221	203.50		1221
48.	Tatyana Sheshenya	Russia	236	183	179	169	179	224	1170	195.00	48	1218
49.	Oleg Sazonov	Russia	248	217	182	191	191	188	1217	202.83		1217
50.	Roman Starchenkov	Russia	233	192	182	214	198	197	1216	202.67		1216
51.	Oron Cohen	Israel	168	193	219	173	257	201	1211	201.83		1211
52.	Vladimir Vasilyev	Russia	266	188	189	187	182	195	1207	201.17		1207
53.	Ivan Klyushin	Russia	224	213	208	172	170	213	1200	200.00		1200
54.	Kirill Matvienko	Russia	180	200	216	190	205	208	1199	199.83		1199
55.	Sergey Bogachev	Russia	194	196	194	192	225	197	1198	199.67		1198
56.	Nikita Timofeev	Russia	242	158	180	192	235	190	1197	199.50		1197
57.	Anton Pronchev	Russia	226	204	159	197	194	215	1195	199.17		1195
58.	Nikita Vasilyev	Russia	176	180	213	247	192	185	1193	198.83		1193
59.	Zaryana Efimova	Russia	193	184	185	203	181	197	1143	190.50	48	1191
60.	Nadezhda Korablinova	Russia	159	223	195	159	223	184	1143	190.50	48	1191
61.	Dmitry Danilin	Russia	207	182	211	154	231	200	1185	197.50		1185
62.	Tatyana Stepanova	Russia	160	221	179	188	170	216	1134	189.00	48	1182
63.	Dmitry Shilkin	Belarus	143	224	223	198	207	184	1179	196.50		1179
64.	Slavolyub Milkovich	Serbia	203	166	186	194	227	201	1177	196.17		1177
	Victor Krasavkin	Russia	184	184	220	189	170	228	1175	195.83		1175
65.	Pavel Rebenko	Russia	198	198	196	182	233	167	1174	195.67		1174
66.	Mikhail Lukyanov	Russia	158	166	210	220	229	190	1173	195.50		1173
67.	Konstantin Loginov	Russia	153	193	151	236	212	223	1168	194.67		1168
68.	Varvara Korobkova	Russia	158	185	200	211	194	171	1119	186.50	48	1167
69.	Maxim Okorokov	Russia	159	236	155	202	194	220	1166	194.33		1166
70.	Polina Kosyakova	Russia	141	201	197	234	164	180	1117	186.17	48	1165
71.	Ksenia Smotrova	Russia	178	151	214	187	192	193	1115	185.83	48	1163
72.	Gennady Sidorov	Russia	164	174	192	200	211	217	1158	193.00		1158
73.	Andrey Tokarev	Russia	211	221	192	214	168	152	1158	193.00		1158
74.	Anatoly Apanyakin	Russia	226	181	160	193	203	194	1157	192.83		1157
75.	Igor Petrenko	Russia	185	210	177	199	150	229	1150	191.67		1150
76.	Nikita Kharin	Russia	216	161	162	185	247	179	1150	191.67		1150
77.	Vladimir Potorochin	Russia	222	179	176	203	192	177	1149	191.50		1149
78.	Arsen Akopyan	Russia	185	166	236	182	147	232	1148	191.33		1148
79.	Egor Troyanovsky	Russia	212	146	204	227	181	175	1145	190.83		1145
80.	Ksenia Apanyakina	Russia	197	187	182	202	152	176	1096	182.67	48	1144
81.	Liana Glazkova	Russia	202	187	175	213	170	148	1095	182.50	48	1143
82.	Alexey Yaroslavtsev	Russia	201	179	234	178	159	191	1142	190.33		1142
83.	Oleg Chumak	Russia	179	189	198	190	192	193	1141	190.17		1141
84.	Artem Kharkov	Russia	193	213	188	189	172	181	1136	189.33		1136
85.	Elena Sazonova	Russia	189	185	168	128	223	194	1087	181.17	48	1135
86.	Leonid Usov	Russia	171	227	192	202	173	167	1132	188.67		1132
87.	Nikolay Ostroumov	Russia	176	188	173	225	156	212	1130	188.33		1130
88.	Yury Medveditskov	Russia	177	181	212	206	192	161	1129	188.17		1129
89.	Alexander Dolginov	Russia	180	207	178	178	194	190	1127	187.83		1127
	Nikita Kuznetsov	Russia	217	152	213	183	183	179	1127	187.83		1127
90.	Alexey Stepin	Russia	221	157	202	167	177	201	1125	187.50		1125
91.	Sergey Isaev	Russia	210	186	183	197	189	160	1125	187.50		1125
92.	Nadezhda Rostovtseva	Russia	205	178	139	216	162	176	1076	179.33	48	1124
93.	Grigory Fedorin	Russia	212	175	179	223	170	165	1124	187.33		1124
94.	Alexey Sokolov	Russia	169	166	145	179	256	208	1123	187.17		1123
95.	Evgeny Zhdanov	Russia	202	179	158	231	149	203	1122	187.00		1122
96.	Elvira Shatalova	Russia	185	161	150	168	215	195	1074	179.00	48	1122
97.	Alexey Drozhbin	Russia	220	227	143	170	191	169	1120	186.67		1120
98.	Nikolay Babyuk	Moldova	192	163	198	192	199	173	1117	186.17		1117
99.	Igor Belenko	Russia	224	145	214	143	189	201	1116	186.00		1116
100.	Larisa Stashchenko	Russia	127	169	196	219	134	214	1059	176.50	48	1107
101.	Maxim Matviychuk	Russia	213	175	178	185	173	180	1104	184.00		1104
102.	Anna Orlova	Russia	166	202	170	153	175	189	1055	175.83	48	1103
103.	Tseren Chumashkaev	Kazakhstan	184	184	189	183	182	179	1101	183.50		1101
104.	Nikolay Laptev	Russia	203	178	165	151	190	206	1093	182.17		1093
105.	Ilya Tsarenko	Russia	125	166	182	210	172	236	1091	181.83		1091
106.	Alexander Gurkov	Russia	169	168	182	190	189	193	1091	181.83		1091
107.	Elena Milkovich	Russia	168	168	176	201	168	160	1041	173.50	48	1089
108.	Maria Belyanina	Russia	112	170	243	195	179	140	1039	173.17	48	1087
109.	Kirill Komarov	Russia	166	147	183	192	179	212	1079	179.83		1079
110.	Dina Parits	Russia	180	162	181	169	161	178	1031	171.83	48	1079
111.	Ksenia Kulikova	Russia	163	161	157	179	213	153	1026	171.00	48	1074
112.	Mikhail Voevodin	Russia	187	178	187	154	217	148	1071	178.50		1071
113.	Valery Guskov	Russia	204	172	164	178	221	131	1070	178.33		1070
114.	Vyacheslav Shchekachev	Russia	158	199	179	197	162	174	1069	178.17		1069
115.	Nadezhda Shakhbazyan	Russia	140	182	180	151	209	157	1019	169.83	48	1067
116.	Aramais Suleymanyan	NKR	147	180	204	189	196	147	1063	177.17		1063
117.	Anton Dremov	Russia	164	187	166	181	193	169	1060	176.67		1060
118.	Andrey Babasyuk	Russia	225	158	211	157	153	156	1060	176.67		1060
119.	Anastasia Mishkina	Russia	150	225	174	127	157	178	1011	168.50	48	1059
120.	Anastasia Kuleshova	Russia	196	158	153	182	156	166	1011	168.50	48	1059
121.	Maria Koshel	Russia	135	186	167	147	193	181	1009	168.17	48	1057
122.	Sergey Kovalev	Ukraine	166	136	154	195	209	196	1056	176.00		1056
123.	Georgy Matsakyan	Russia	134	156	192	172	186	212	1052	175.33		1052
124.	Vadim Novikov	Russia	215	160	162	169	147	198	1051	175.17		1051
125.	Andrey Tsukanov	Russia	209	124	156	168	203	186	1046	174.33		1046
126.	Oksana Suslova	Russia	173	170	169	162	168	154	996	166.00	48	1044
127.	Alexander Kukoyaka	Russia	155	200	166	166	168	186	1041	173.50		1041
	Elena Suslikova	Russia	158	165	162	140	176	185	986	164.33	48	1034
128.	Konstantin Karazeev	Belarus	206	169	198	166	170	124	1033	172.17		1033
129.	Edvard Firumyan	Russia	125	159	182	182	194	188	1030	171.67		1030
130.	Alexander Brykov	Russia	112	123	149	254	153	237	1028	171.33		1028
131.	Vladimir Surkov	Russia	138	209	179	190	141	171	1028	171.33		1028
132.	Galina Sukhanova	Russia	162	149	169	159	179	158	976	162.67	48	1024
133.	Victoria Belenko	Russia	164	181	140	185	155	150	975	162.50	48	1023
134.	Daniil Tsygulev	Russia	198	157	142	156	177	191	1021	170.17		1021
135.	Marina Zorina	Russia	151	138	183	166	178	157	973	162.17	48	1021
136.	Alexander Abysov	Russia	223	176	158	148	141	169	1015	169.17		1015
137.	Polina Kharlamova	Russia	120	213	156	151	154	166	960	160.00	48	1008
138.	Natalia Vlasova	Russia	155	149	167	186	168	125	950	158.33	48	998
139.	Alexander Ivanov	Russia	141	152	202	178	165	159	997	166.17		997
140.	Galina Kurdina	Russia	136	123	160	174	184	170	947	157.83	48	995
141.	Salavat Adyatulin	Russia	170	166	146	192	186	135	995	165.83		995
142.	Matvey Kuzin	Russia	155	148	180	152	185	172	992	165.33		992
143.	Igor Shmakov	Russia	193	158	148	165	154	167	985	164.17		985
144.	Igor Kharitonov	Russia	165	169	149	196	134	171	984	164.00		984
145.	Igor Kurdin	Russia	172	146	164	132	172	195	981	163.50		981
146.	Ilya Bulavin	Russia	163	179	147	156	180	154	979	163.17		979
147.	Nikita Stolbov	Russia	179	119	155	128	209	183	973	162.17		973
148.	Sergey Kostenkov	Russia	163	171	139	161	178	159	971	161.83		971
149.	Dmitry Moiseev	Russia	153	207	144	154	149	163	970	161.67		970
150.	Pavel Cheskidov	Russia	182	133	159	190	153	152	969	161.50		969
151.	Yury Tarasenkov	Russia	144	142	201	193	147	141	968	161.33		968
152.	Artem Fadin	Russia	111	191	155	181	166	157	961	160.17		961
153.	Boris Vorontsov	Russia	148	143	181	190	149	148	959	159.83		959
154.	Stanislav Soldatenko	Russia	162	155	149	145	181	158	950	158.33		950
155.	Timofey Gorshkov	Russia	110	166	171	194	151	155	947	157.83		947
156.	Anastasia Pokasova	Russia	156	141	137	148	144	169	895	149.17	48	943
157.	Mikhail Seregin	Russia	138	196	124	160	176	148	942	157.00		942
158.	Vladimir Grigoryev	Russia	137	164	168	156	152	163	940	156.67		940
159.	Varvara Gryaznova	Russia	167	135	114	179	157	137	889	148.17	48	937
160.	Ksenia Karaseva	Russia	135	199	143	125	163	122	887	147.83	48	935
161.	Yury Zaporozhsky	Russia	130	194	140	128	168	172	932	155.33		932
162.	Alexander Dogodin	Russia	158	136	156	166	161	155	932	155.33		932
163.	Alena Sharapova	Russia	125	157	154	141	137	144	858	143.00	48	906
164.	Alexey Inglezi	Russia	156	152	156	140	136	164	904	150.67		904
165.	Sergey Michurin	Russia	163	164	127	131	179	137	901	150.17		901
166.	Sergey Solomakhin	Russia	141	135	145	166	158	136	881	146.83		881
167.	Evgeny Ivanov	Russia	149	174	147	119	149	133	871	145.17		871
168.	Vyacheslav Belyanin	Russia	135	131	122	140	145	167	840	140.00		840
169.	Alexander Yavorovsky	Russia	106	140	139	131	117	145	778	129.67		778
170.	Oleg Prichko	Russia	124	107	140	134	120	134	759	126.50		759