Dobey clinical in victory over Ratajski, Aspinall edges past Beaton
PDCFriday, 25 October 2019 at 14:20
The next two players through to the second round at the European Championship have been confirmed with Chris Dobey and Nathan Aspinall proving too good.
It was 47 percent on the doubles for Dobey compared to 27 for Aspinall. Ratajski was seen as a potential winner of the tournament due to Van Gerwen going out but he couldn’t produce his best when it mattered against ‘Hollywood’.
Despite some good darts from Ratajski, it was that doubling that made the difference in the end with Dobey capitalising on mistakes.
Aspinall on the other hand produced high checkouts of 170 and 125 en route to a brilliant victory over Steve Beaton.
Beaton was only kept in it by Aspinall missing chances to win and he even produced some vintage Bronzed Adonis in the end to peg him back. In the end though, ‘The Asp’ got over the line to confirm his status as a player to watch.
Click here for more information on the European Championship, which takes place in Gottingen this weekend.
European Championship 2019 schedule
Day Two, afternoon session
Jamie Hughes (86.97) 1-6 (91.51) Jermaine Wattimena
Keegan Brown (89.52) 1-6 (95.42) Stephen Bunting
Krzysztof Ratajski (95.71) 3-6 (92.67) Chris Dobey
Nathan Aspinall (98.35) 6-3 (89.73) Steve Beaton
15:00 Mensur Suljovic v Vincent van der Voort
15:30 Ian White v Michael Smith
16:00 Peter Wright v Jeffrey de Zwaan
16:30 Gerwyn Price v Ted Evetts
Keegan Brown (89.52) 1-6 (95.42) Stephen Bunting
Krzysztof Ratajski (95.71) 3-6 (92.67) Chris Dobey
Nathan Aspinall (98.35) 6-3 (89.73) Steve Beaton
15:00 Mensur Suljovic v Vincent van der Voort
15:30 Ian White v Michael Smith
16:00 Peter Wright v Jeffrey de Zwaan
16:30 Gerwyn Price v Ted Evetts
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- I dont like individuals or crowds trying to put any player off when they are trying to check out, how anyone can think its okay for the crowd to whistle or shout as someone is throwing for a double is beyond me but it does seem to have become part and parcel of the modern game. I no longer play now, darts is as good as dead at a local level round my way but when i did play many years ago, no matter how intense the rivalry you never shouted out or whistled when an opponent from the other team was throwing for a double.Mysstree17-11-2024
- The pundits glossing over the other factor at play in that match. They appear to be somewhat constrained in what they can say publicly.
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