Adams runner up at Indoors
Clive Adams is the 2018 Australian Indoor Singles runner-up after a straight sets defeat to New South Wales’ Aaron Teys.
Adams defeated players such as Canada’s Ryan Bester and Australian squad member Ray Pearse on his way to the final.
After a difficult week Adams dedicated his run to the memory of his friend and teammate Daniel Patterson.
The competition was made even tougher for Adams after forgetting to take his bowls, which he left in his car when putting it in for repairs the day of his flight.
His new bowls didn’t let him down though as he showed strong early form to cruise to straight sets wins over Victorian Matt Ellul and Tasmania’s Danny Neal.
He continued on his merry way in the quarter final not dropping a set against Commonwealth Games Silver Medallist Bester before scraping past Pearse in a high quality tie break, in his semi final match up.
In the final Teys took control of both sets early with Adams coming back towards the end of the set.
First end threes in both sets gave Teys a solid platform, which was the trademark of his game as he often outplayed Adams early in ends.
Teys’ consistency with his first bowl put Adams under pressure throughout the match, forcing him into tough runners on a less than ideal surface for the shot.
In both sets Adams fought back hard but came up just short.
In the last end of the first set Adams played a beautiful shot but narrowly missed out on turning his own bowl onto the jack for a drawn set.
In the second set Teys played two ripping draw shots forcing Adams to hit his runner or lose the match.
Adams sailed a whisker wide giving Teys an unassailable lead with an end to go in the match.
In his post-match interview Adams expressed pride in his performance in the tournament for his friend Daniel.
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