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Humphries coasts past Kantele, Clayton defies double trouble to seal Larsson win at Nordic Darts Masters
PDCFriday, 20 January 2023 at 20:07
The first Quarter-Finalists are set at the 2023 Nordic Darts Masters with Luke Humphries and Jonny Clayton starting the night well for the PDC representatives in Copenhagen.
Humphries cruised past Marko Kantele to begin proceedings with a 6-1 win including a 98 average for 'Cool Hand Luke'. The Finn began in style with a 120 checkout but was broken in the third leg by Humphries who eased to victrory from there.
He nearly completed it in style with a 161 checkout but still sealed the deal and could find himself in a tie with Michael Smith next who plays Darius Labanauskas.
While Clayton could face Rob Cross as he defied double trouble to seal a 6-3 success over Daniel Larsson in the second match of the session.
With a checkout percentage of 22 percent (6/27), 'The Ferret' missed quite a few doubles. Still, the Welshman was fairly comfortable against the Swedish ace who couldn't take advantage.
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- @UndartedWaters I totally agree with your thoughts! I totally respect Kirk but in this instance I was disappointed with his lack of crowd control. I even turned to my husband and said "Could you imagine this happening if Russ Bray was the referee tonight? At least there would have been a crowd admonishment- Ladies and Gentleman please." I so felt for Mike DeDecker...MamaVenus15-11-2024
- Many fans had a sour taste in their mouth by the end of this match. Mike was cruising to victory, playing beautiful darts, when the whistling started in earnest, particularly on his doubles. You could see in Mike's face that it was really affecting his concentration. The referee should have asked for order, just to show that the whistling is unacceptable, and Luke Littler could also have done his part to quieten down the crowd instead of "taking full advantage.:" I put that down to his age though. He needs some good advice on this from his management team and/or more seasoned players. It's got to be about who's best on the night, not who is being harassed by the crowd. Luke Littler played well to get back into the game and win, but it was a hollow victory. If he goes on to win the tournament, that triumph too will be tainted because of this match.
UndartedWaters15-11-2024 - Agree. Van der voort will be the one taking a break when he loses his tour card. Everyone saying about how bad Wright's last 18 months have been, and in that time he's won several Euro tours and the European Championships.Matilda6215-11-2024
- When Littler has at least five ranking Majors he’s in the discussion, until then, forget it.Mysstree14-11-2024