HETA DENIES DOLAN! 🇦🇺 Damon Heta is the first player through to the quarter-finals in Minehead! Australia's number one outlasts Brendan Dolan in a hard-fought affair to seal his place in Sunday's final stages! 📺 bit.ly/PCF23Live #PCF | R3
Deadly Damon Heta into third major ranking Quarter-Final of 2023 as Stephen Bunting continues form
PDCSaturday, 25 November 2023 at 21:03
Damon Heta for a long time has been tagged as a player who can't play on TV and can't bring his ProTour form onto the big stage, but is through to his third major Quarter-Final of the season at the Players Championship Finals.
It was a 10-8 win for Heta over another ProTour standout in Brendan Dolan as he averaged 99.8 and hit five 180's alongside three ton plus checkouts en route to victory with 43.5% on the outer ring. A superb display from the Aussie who is underlining his credentials to be part of the main darting elite.
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It was actually delightful from Dolan to start the tie, with Heta seizing the early initiative with 128 and 124 finishes. But Dolan hit a 140 checkout to make it 3-3. Heta halted the charge though and produced a 13-darter on double 20 to make it 5-5 with a 101 average.
They continued to exchange legs with Heta going 8-7 up and the biting point came in the last leg of the match as Heta pounced on missed darts at a double at the wrong time from Dolan to seal the win.
He is joined by Stephen Bunting. He faced off against Kim Huybrechts on the Main Stage and he sealed a 10-8 victory. Pinning five 180's and 38.5% on the doubles. He will also be back tomorrow.
A fans favourite for his persona also off the oche on social media, he had a superb run last week in Wolverhampton and like Heta has hit form at exactly the right time.
In a similar scenario, both players kept with each other until the penultimate leg as Huybrechts missed chances to go one away himself and Bunting hit double nine to make it 9-8. Before he sealed the deal with a less glamorous 20 darter.
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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