May the ‘best friend’ win as Rafiq and Timmy collide in quarters


Rafiq Ismail (left) and Timmy Tan.

PETALING JAYA: Best friends Timmy Tan and Rafiq Ismail will face off to assure one ticket for Malaysia in the men’s singles semi-final of the IBF World Cup.

The bowlers won their respective men’s round-of-16 matches at the Suncity Tenpin Bowl in Queensland, Australia, yesterday to set up an all-Malaysian affair in today’s quarter-finals.

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