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Nazvi Careem

MARK McMahon's brilliant run in the World Indoor singles Championship was ended by three-time defending champion Richard Corsie last night.

  Playing in the first semi-final at the Preston Guildhall, the Hong Kong player was beaten 7-3, 7-1, 2-7, 7-4 by the tournament favourite.

  McMahon had beaten Corsie's compatriot, Graham Robertson, in straight sets in the previous round.

  He was unable, though, to claim the scalp that mattered as Corsie looks destined to win his fourth title.

  But he must have felt like he had done enough to convince doubters that he is still a world class players after being dropped for Hong Kong singles duty at August's Commonwealth Games in Victoria.

  It was McMahon's second appearance in the semi-finals of the competition.

  Corsie had earlier beaten Australian Ian Taylor in a five-set quarter-final thriller.

   In a three-and-a-half hour match, Corsie finally managed to oust Australia's Ian Taylor 7-6, 5-7, 3-7, 7-4, 7-4.

   However Taylor, in his first world campaign, came within one wood of edging out three-times champion Corsie.

   Trailing 3-4 in the deciding set, Taylor produced a brilliant last bowl on the fourth end to push Corsie's shot out of the head and lie a match-winning four.

   Corsie prepared for the drive, knowing a miss would cost him his title, but a superb bowl took all four of the Australian's bowls out of the count and left Corsie with a single.

   ''I was on target but there's no doubt I got a maximum result,'' said Scotland's Corsie.

   With that scare behind him, the defending champion went on to tie up victory three ends later.



HK bowls challenge killed by Corsie