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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
Edinburgh Monarchs’ Knockout Cup hopes appear to hang by a thread after they struggled to score a big lead against Glasgow Tigers in tonight’s first round first leg tie at Armadale Stadium.
Monarchs won by a slender 46-44 margin and unless something seismic happens in the deciding leg at Ashfield tomorrow afternoon the Tigers look like going through on aggregate to face Berwick Bandits in the quarter-finals.
His team-mate Ricky Wells added: “It’s going to be tough through at Glasgow but we will go there with the best of intentions and try to hang on to that two-point lead.
Argentinian Coty Garcia, who was drafted in as temporary replacement for Monarchs rider Matt Williamson, who announced he was taking a break from speedway this week, made a steady start in heat two and scored a third-place point.
The race was won by Tigers ace James Sarjeant after Monarchs’ Josh Pickering missed the gate. The points were shared 3-3 as they were in the opening race which was comfortably won by Wells a...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: Edinburgh Monarchs’ Knockout Cup hopes appear to hang by a thread after they struggled to score a big lead against Glasgow Tigers in tonight’s first round first leg tie at Armadale Stadium.
Monarchs won by a slender 46-44 margin and unless something seismic happens in the deciding leg at Ashfield tomorrow afternoon the Tigers look like going through on aggregate to face Berwick Bandits in the quarter-finals.
His team-mate Ricky Wells added: “It’s going to be tough through at Glasgow but we will ... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
