Quick rebound in Dubai worlds


Make us proud: (from left) Rafiq Ismail, Syazirol Shamsudin, Timmy Tan and Syafiq Ridhwan Abdul Malek posing for a photograph after making it into the last 16 at the World Championships in Dubai.

PETALING JAYA: It’s not easy to keep national bowlers Rafiq Ismail and Natasha Roslan down for long.

Rafiq and Natasha were beaten in the quarter-finals of the men and women’s singles respectively but they rebounded strongly to lead the trios team to the last 16 of the World Championships in Dubai.

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