ANNE DUNWOODIE Steven Morgan became the first Scot to fall from grace in the second round of the Potters Holidays World Indoor Singles Championship yesterday, a straight-sets victim of Ian Bond, the No.8 seed, 8-6, 9-5.
The 30-year-old engineer from Port Seton gave the Englishman a run for his money though, sharing the score four times throughout the opening set and dropping a double on the last to miss out.
In the second, he held a 5-2 five-end advantage but, once again, failed to turn the screw on the run home, dropping a single and two trebles to put the result out of sight.
Morgan admitted: "I fell short with my last delivery on the second-last end of the first set and let him back into the game. Then, on the seventh end of the second set, I struck and lost another treble to trail 6-5. I am usually quite consistent with my strikes but was off the mark on that end."
David Gourlay fended off South African Theuns Fraser. The No.4 seed led 9-3 after five ends but the Springbok hit back and just missed out by 9-8.
In the second, Gourlay upped the ante and won 12-2 with two ends to spare.
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