SCOTLAND WIN 🏴 It's a hard-fought victory but the Scottish pairing are safely through to the second round, sealing a 5-3 victory over Japan! 📺 Up next 👉 Poland v South Africa
Defending champions Scotland up and running with victory over Japan, Greece produce impressive display to whitewash Sweden
PDCFriday, 06 November 2020 at 19:55
Defending World Cup of Darts
champions Scotland albeit with a different duo in John Henderson and Robert Thornton
are successfully through their opening test against Japanese team Seigo Asada
and Yuki Yamada in a 5-3 win.
Henderson and Thornton, who do
have experience with the latter playing in five World Cup of Darts acquitted
themselves well but did make hard work of it at times in claiming victory.
They began on double four to give
themselves the lead with Yamada in particular for Japan not settling. The
latter pinned double 20 though to make it 1-1.
It was a lead for Japan as Asada
smashed in a 120 checkout after Henderson hit a 180. The close start continued
with Henderson picking out double seven to make it 2-2.
But they claimed a break of throw
from there which ignited Thornton who smashed in a 180 to leave 112 on their
throw. Japan though were given a chance but couldn’t take it and Henderson hit
double 20 to go one away.
A 52 checkout reduced the deficit
to 4-3 and kept Japan in proceedings. But Asada’s pressure came at the wrong
time on Scotland’s throw and Thornton pinned 44 to send them through.
Greece duo of Veniamin Symeonidis and John Michael
began proceedings with a brilliant 5-0 whitewash win over highly fancied Swedish
pair, Daniel Larsson and Dennis Nilsson.
Michael
began the tie with a stunning 110 checkout and it was Symeonidis’s turn to hit
the winning doubles as he made it into a 3-0 lead for the duo who had not won a
game before in the competition.
The
latter hit a 76 checkout to stretch their lead to 4-0 and it was concluded with
a 48 checkout. In terms of statistics, ‘The Deadly Rose’ hit a 95.9 average
with Symeonidis hitting 86.5.
They
were also a combined 63% (5/8) on the doubles with Larsson and Nilsson only getting
one dart at double in the whole game.
World Cup of Darts 2020 schedule
Friday 6 November
Evening session (18:00 GMT)
Sweden (82.92) 0-5 (91.65) Greece
Japan (75.08) 3-5 (80.45) Scotland
Poland v South Africa
Republic of Ireland v Australia
Wales v Russia
Germany v Finland
Netherlands v Brazil
Hong Kong v Latvia
Japan (75.08) 3-5 (80.45) Scotland
Poland v South Africa
Republic of Ireland v Australia
Wales v Russia
Germany v Finland
Netherlands v Brazil
Hong Kong v Latvia
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