7th January, Jakarta: The field narrows down to the last eight as they moved into the exciting semifinals after the quarterfinals of the ABF Tour Tournament of Champions were contested Saturday evening at Jaya Ancol Bowl.

Local crowd favourite, Ryan Lalisang kept Indonesia's hope of capturing the title alive as the 24-year-old took out top-ranked, Alex Liew, 179-169. Liew had a chance take the match when he needed to strike out in the last frame but luck just ran out on him at the crucial stage.

Top-seed, Yannaphon Larpapharat went down to teammate, Surasak Manuwong of Thailand, 204-193 but all in not lost as Surasak became the first Thai to make the TOC semifinals. TOC debutant, Aaron Kong and Daniel Lim gave Malaysia plenty to celebrate as both booked their semifinal spots.

Kong easily defeated the struggling, Andrew Frawley of Australia, 204-161, to get nearer to his taget of reaching the top 3 before the start of the finals while Daniel Lim has gone from strenght to strenght after he disposed off Round 1 leader, Remy Ong of Singapore, 201-171.

Surasak Manuwong will meet Aaron Kong in the first semifinal match while the local supporters will eagerly await the match between Ryan Lalisang and Daneil Lim.

The knock-out quarterfinals started with the women's division which saw last year's champion, Wendy Chai edging TOC debutant, Zandra Aziela, 173-160 to give Malaysia its first semifinal spot. The second all-Malaysian match between Indonesia leg champion, Lai Kin Ngoh and Choy Poh Lai proved more exciting with Lai getting the better of Choy by 4 pins, 219-214.

Top-seed, Jennifer Tan crusied to an easy victory over Filipina, Liza Clutario, 224-167 to march on into the semifinals while the final berth went to World Championship triple Gold medalist, Wang Yu Ling after she outclassed her teammate, Tsai Hsin Yi, 248-173. Wang also chalked up the highest game in the quarterfinals. LIVE frame-by-frame scores will be featured at the website commencing 13:00hrs (Hong Kong time).

The ABF Tour comprises eight Legs and a Grand Final, the Tournament of Champions. Each Leg was staged over two competition days where the top 16 men and 16 women bowlers from the preceding International Open Masters Event (Open Grade) competed in a one-game match play knock-out competition for the individual men's and women's titles and earn ranking points for the TOC.

The ABF Tour - TOC will be telecast on some of the key television stations in the region. For further information and details please contact ABF Tour Committee Marketing and Event Management Division at Tel: (852) 2810 5191; Fax: (852) 28105192; Mr. Ritchie Lai (Mobile: (852) 93598669; email: ritchie.lai@tndgroup.com) or Mr. Kelvin Pong (Mobile: (852) 9100 0958; email: Kelvin.pong@tndgroup.com).