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Defending champion Dasha Kovalova leads qualifying at 2021 PWBA Louisville Open

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, June 18, 2021 10:00 pm
Defending champion Dasha Kovalova leads qualifying at 2021 PWBA Louisville Open
Defending champion Dasha Kovalova led Friday's qualifying at the 2021 PWBA Louisville Open. Photo by PWBA.
Defending champion Dasha Kovalova soared to a 98-pin lead after Friday’s qualifying at the 2021 PWBA Louisville Open. Kovalova memorably won the 2019 Louisville Open — there was no PWBA Tour in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic — with a perfect game in the title match, routing top seed Liz Johnson, who rolled a 163. “It was pretty insane,” Kovalova said in this PWBA news release previewing the tournament. “It was pretty cool that my mom was...