Adams in a sweat against debutant
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THIRD seed Martin Adams scraped through to the second round of the BDO world championship with a 3-2 win against unseeded debutant Dave Chisnall at Frimley Green, Surrey, last night.
Adams, who won the title in 2007, led 2-1 in the final set but Chisnall replied with a 180 to make it 2-2.
Adams then led 3-2 and 4-3 before clinching the victory with a double 12. “That was a hard game but will give me confidence for the next round,” said Adams afterwards. “(Double) tops was awful to me – I could not have bought the double tonight.
“I got what I expected – a hard game.”
In other action at Lakeside, Scotland’s Ross “The BossMontgomery” beat Martin Phillips 3-1 courtesy of a 156 checkout in the third set, to book a second-round clash with former champion Ted Hankey. Montgomery said: “The first round is always difficult. There is a lot of tension so I will look forward to my next game when hopefully there will not be as much pressure.”
There were mixed fortunes for other Scots, Gary Anderson defeating Robert Wagner (Nor) 3-2, but Mark Barilli losing to Australian Simon Whitlock 3-0.
In the women’s quarter- finals Karin Krappen (Ned) defeated Scotland’s Anne Kirk 2-1.
