Mensur Suljovic produces stunning display to defeat Robert Thornton and move through to Round 3
NewsFriday, 22 December 2017 at 20:54
Mensur Suljovic produced a stunning display to defeat Robert Thornton 4-2 and move through to Round 3 of the World Darts Championship at the Alexandra Palace.
Suljovic and Thornton had the honour of kicking off the proceedings and were back and forth throughout in a thrilling encounter which could easily of gone all the allocated legs.
'The Gentle' though produced a magical 121 checkout with Thornton on a 25 finish to potentially send it into another set. Average wise, Suljovic averaged 90.66 and Thornton averaged 93.51, in terms of doubling, he hit 14/31 of his doubles with 4 100+ finishes to his name.
He will face his The Sportsman Management Company stablemate Dimitri van den Bergh who has impressed over the past few months including today in his Round 2 win.
https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/944307773856210945
Suljovic and Thornton had the honour of kicking off the proceedings and were back and forth throughout in a thrilling encounter which could easily of gone all the allocated legs.
'The Gentle' though produced a magical 121 checkout with Thornton on a 25 finish to potentially send it into another set. Average wise, Suljovic averaged 90.66 and Thornton averaged 93.51, in terms of doubling, he hit 14/31 of his doubles with 4 100+ finishes to his name.
He will face his The Sportsman Management Company stablemate Dimitri van den Bergh who has impressed over the past few months including today in his Round 2 win.
https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/944307773856210945
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UndartedWaters16-11-2024 - So, you don't like Littler, then? I was cheering him on, being a fellow Englishman. Honestly, some of us get far too offended nowadays. If you want to see crowd passion... watch a match when German and Dutch players face off... that can be just as bad if not worse for crowd noises. It happens, I have watched and heard Littler being jeered - Dirk van Duijvenbode in Holland, January this year. Where was your outrage then? Yes, I can clearly see what is going on here.MrYnyslas197116-11-2024
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