4th May, Jakarta: Muhammad Azizi Naim of Selangor SUKMA squad claimed his first international title after an easy victory in the Youth Masters finals of the Jaya Ancol Singles Bowling Championships 2018 on Friday.

Muhammad Azizi got off the block with a cracking 257 in his opening game to lead 2016 Asian School Doubles gold medallist, Alex Yu of Hong Kong by 38 pins with Malaysia's Muhammad Razydan and Farissa Najihah following in third and fourth.

Azizi stumbled to a lowly 170 in his second game allowing Farissa to take over the lead. Azizi and Yu shared second spot, just six pins adrift. But the 20-year-old SMK Section 9, Shah Alam bounced back brilliantly with 258 to regain the lead.

Yu stayed in second, 70 pins behind while Farissa slipped away after a poor 159 in her third game. Azizi added 192, 215 and 214 in his next three games to remain in the lead. Malaysia's Najihah, the recovering Farrisa and Yu tussled for second spot.

Muhammad Azizi, who won three gold (Singles, Doubles and All-Events) medals at last year's Malaysian National Interstate Championships representing Selangor in the Youth division, pocketed the top prize of 16 million Indonesian rupiah (approx. US$1,200) as champion.

Farissa and Yu earned 10 million and 6 million rupiah for finishing first and second runners-up. Ms Iyenwati, Deputy Organizing Chairman was on hand to present the trophies and prizes to the top three winners.

The Classified Masters finals will be held later today at 4.00pm local time while the Mixed Open division Masters finals will take place on May 5.

The inaugural Jaya Ancol Singles Bowling Championships 2018 is organized by the Indonesian national elite squad members, Ryan Lalisang, Tannya Roumimper and Hengki Susanto and supported by Jaya Ancol Bowling Center and Persatuan Boling Indonesia.