Anna Andersson, the only left-hander in Group C, Pool 2, finished the day with more pins than any other woman at the 2026 IBF World Cup.
The Swede averaged 211.3 for 1,479 pins in the first seven rounds of women's singles qualifying in Munich. She currently leads her pool with 18 points, together with Krizziah Lyn Macatula of the Philippines.
“I felt like the more I got to bowl today the more comfortable I got with my angles and how to attack the lanes,” she told BowlingLife after the first seven qualifying games.
Andersson said she was fortunate to win a few even after getting herself into trouble, which “felt good going into Saturday's round.”
As the only lefty in her pool, she saw the lane play differently from most of her opponents.
“I was the only left hander in my pool so I really just had to do small adjustments from pair to pair. But I could tell the right handers had trouble depending on who they followed. The pattern is hard itself, but it becomes even harder when everyone has their own tactics and plays the lanes very differently.”
Several men described the same thing earlier in the week. Before the event, BowlingLife spoke with coach Panagiotis Vardakis about the oil pattern in Munich.
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Andersson's last six rounds come on Saturday. The top four from each pool reach the singles Top 32 on Sunday, October 18, and her plan for getting there is simple.
“Focus on myself and what I can control. Might sound boring but in this format it's really the only thing you can do.”
