Charlie Manby advanced to the round of 16 on his World Darts Championship debut with a 4-2 win over ‘Rapid’ Ricky Evans as crowd favorite Nathan Aspinall was eliminated.
The 20-year-old, who has already knocked out Cameron Menzies and Adam Sevada, won the final three sets and the final fifth in another outstanding performance as Evans fell to the round of 32 for the seventh time in his career.
Development tour star Manby is set for a mouth-watering encounter with the European champions. Gian van binh To advance to the quarterfinals.
Dutch Kevin Dotz Came off a huge late burst to defeat Aspinall in a decisive thriller. justin hood It turned out to be too good for Ryan Meikle to pass up.
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Ricky Evans has graced Alexandra Palace with another iconic walk-on.
Yorkshire star Manby won the doubles with an average of 90, 11,180 and a high checkout of 57, despite missing a whopping 41 darts.
“It hasn’t fully sunk in yet, but I’m feeling everything now,” said Manby, nicknamed ‘Champagne’. “Doubles frustrated me. I should have played the first set! It was as simple as that, but I recovered pretty well.
“Ricky is a fun character, but you could see his (behaviour) changing. He learned a lot, but he showed a lot of illness after the first game, and the second game was pretty easy.
“Jian is doing well and so am I. I’m just waiting to bring my A game.”
speaking sky sportsLaura Turner said of Manby and Van Veen’s clash on Tuesday: “Manby has shown maturity beyond his years. He’s only 20 and making his debut. One of his most important darts was to win the second set.
“Playing Van Veen here is completely different to the Development Tour, where you race on fours. The format is longer and it’s a world stage. Van Veen is now established and has won major tournaments, but Charlie looks relaxed.”
Doets took down No. 15 seed Aspinall.
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Nathan Aspinall produced this incredible Big Fish during a loss to Kevin Doets.
In the set 2-2, Doets won eight of 11 legs in the final three sets averaging close to 109 to set up a meeting with the former world champion. Luke Humphreys Last 16th.
It was an epic contest with over 8 tonnes of cash registers, 23 maximums, 1 big fish and 7 perfect darts.
“It was crazy. It started out rough. I was lucky to get up 2-2 and then I should have been up 3-2. He shot 170 and was up 3-2, but after that he was on fire and couldn’t miss anymore,” said the 27-year-old, nicknamed ‘HawkEye’.
“This is what you dream of. This is the second year in a row of the last 16 and I want to go further.”
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Aspinall is amazed by Doets’ ‘INCREDIBLE’ 164 checkout!
It’s all good for the hood
Justin Hood advances to World Championship round of 16 after debut
‘Happy Feet’ Hood continued her fairytale debut, advancing to the fourth round with a draw against Ally Pally. Callan Leeds or Josh Rock next.
Hood didn’t get the win over Danny Noppert, but he still had enough power to defeat Meikle 4-1 despite being just 13/40 on doubles.
With a checkout of over 3 tonnes, he achieved a convincing victory over ‘The Barber’.
“It’s good, but there’s still more games left. We’re playing well. It wasn’t our best performance today, but we’ll put that right into the next game,” said the diminutive Somerset star.
“If you win, you win. If you play well, it’s a happy day, but if you don’t, getting a win is everything.
“Ryan is a high-level guy, a high-level fighter, but I won. The crowd was on my side. They love me. I think it’s because I’m 3 feet tall.”
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Watch Justin Hood and Ryan Meikle trade blows on a six-ton checkout counter…
What’s happening at Ally Pally on Monday nights?
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Rob Cross has shared his thoughts on facing current world champion Luke Littler in the round of 16 of the World Championships.
The first match of the evening sees World Cup winner Rock take on Rydz in the final match of round three.
The final two evening matches will begin with four rounds. Current champion Luke Littler continues his title bid against 2018 winner Rob Cross, while Ryan Searle takes on James Hurrell.
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