De Sousa surged into a 5-0 lead in complete one way traffic between
the duo with six missed darts at doubles punished by ‘The Special One’.
When returning from the interval, the Portuguese ace was
heading towards a potential whitewash going 7-0 up but that didn’t occur as
Clemens averted this with two 180’s and double 20 to make it 7-1.
But this revival did not turn into a further leg as De Sousa
followed up a 177 with double 12 for a 13-darter to make it 8-1 and go two legs
away.
He went one away from there with a 116 checkout to make it
9-1 but missed one match dart and Clemens kept the match alive at 9-2 down.
But this did not last any longer as De Sousa surged through
in a 10-2 victory to avert any thoughts of a late comeback.
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