Dubai: Shaker Ali Al Hassan and Samantha Hannan remained unchanged at the top of the standings at the end of the ninth day of qualifiers for the third Dubai International Bowling Tournament being held at the Dubai Bowling Centre.

Defending champion Al Hassan's previous day's series rolls of 688, 722 and 760 were good enough to keep him ahead of Filipino Jordan Evan, Ali Ahmad Al Saffar, Hussain Al Suwaidi, Bahrain's Yousuf Falah and Biboy Rivera at the end of the ninth day of qualifying late on Sunday.

Filipino Evan has been in good touch with a series of 759, 696 and 707 for an average of 240.22 while Al Saffar has a series of 703, 699 and 744, leaving Falah and Rivera in fourth and fifth positions respectively.

The Under-23 competition had the same leader for a ninth successive day with Samantha Hannan's series rolls of 713, 682 and 712.