HETA WINS A CLASSIC! 🇦🇺 Damon Heta is through to the semi-finals! The Australian keeps his cool to defeat Luke Littler 10-8 in one of the best matches in UK Open history! 📺 bit.ly/UKOpen24Live #UKOpenDarts | QFs
Damon Heta comes through magnificent quarter final clash against Luke Littler at UK Open
PDCSunday, 03 March 2024 at 16:39
Damon Heta came through a thriller of a quarter final clash against Luke Littler in the UK Open, with both players averaging well over 100 in the tie. The result means Heta is in his first singles televised semi final in the PDC.
The first session was played at an incredible standard, with Heta averaging 126, compared to Littler's 119 and hitting seven 180s between them. Five legs taking just seven minutes. It certainly made up for the scrappy encounter that took place the game before between Ricky Evans and Rob Cross.
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The magnificence between the pair continued into the second session, with another five maximums and both still having a three-dart average of over 110. There was a match to be won in all this though, and Heta took four out of the next six legs to go into a 6-4 lead with legs of 12, 12 and 14-darters - hitting a 121 checkout in the 10th.
The first mistake came when Littler elected to not go for the bull with Heta on 170, which the Aussie almost took out, but still missed three clear darts and lost his throw. Even though the teenager almost checked out 167 in the next leg, Heta managed to hold and was now up 8-4.
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The World number 10 just needed two holds of throw and got one of them, before missing two match darts at D11 at 9-6. Littler then won the next two legs in the same fashion, by hitting tops when he needed a single but still pinned D10 nonetheless. He had his chance to force a last-leg decider, but could not take advantage as he missed a dart at bull and then D10. Heta eventually mopped up on double 16 to go through to his first individual semi final in a PDC competition. The Aussie previously won the World Cup in 2022 alongside Simon Whitlock.
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- Pay a sizeable chunk off the mortgage for sure and buy Grandad something nice for Christmas.Mysstree19-12-2024
- No chance. His throw is all staccato. It is forced. Not natural.medinabello19-12-2024
- More roid rage than nonsenserichieburnettrocks18-12-2024
- Even the wild crowd went easy on him... we really have gone soft in this country. He should now play in the men's events and try and recover a smidgen of respect, rather than take advantage of the women's game.MrYnyslas197118-12-2024
- The bloke wouldn't get any abuse if he just earned his way in instead of putting on lipstick and larping as a bird.thebogeyman17-12-2024
- Imagine what he'd be like if he done it on TV.medinabello15-12-2024
- Moot point Wattemina will beat him anyways so he will have an early Xmas after all.medinabello15-12-2024
- Grow up mate it's a game of darts surely a player has the capacity to play more than 1 best of 5 set match in one evening.medinabello15-12-2024
- Modus will be good for him. Great comp.medinabello15-12-2024
- I'm with Asp here. If they moan about it don't pick them. Simple as.medinabello15-12-2024