KUALA LUMPUR: Favourites Siti Zalina Ahmad and Safuan Said gave Malaysia a headstart in the six-round singles competitions of the third Asian Championships, picking up two wins each in the women's and men's competitions at the National Lawn Bowls Centre in Bukit Kiara here yesterday.
Siti, who won the singles gold medal at the Manchester Commonwealth Games last year, defeated Anna Harvey of Indonesia 21-14 and Vivatana Itipanitpong of Thailand 21-13.
