KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Hakim Tun Hasnul Azam came agonisingly close to pulling off a dramatic victory at the Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday, only for a stubborn 10-pin to end his hopes of men's singles gold.
The Malaysian had to settle for silver with 1,383 pins, just seven short of Kuwait's Abdulrazzaq Mohammad, who had set the winning mark of 1,390 in Saturday's opening squad.
Hakim, competing in the second squad, appeared well on course to overhaul the Kuwaiti's total after accumulating 970 pins in his first four games.
He needed just 420 pins from his remaining two games to draw level, but his challenge hit a snag when he managed only 165 in the fifth.
