Luke Woodhouse averages over 110 in stunning victory over Dave Chisnall as Peter Wright suffers another early Euro Tour exit in Swiss darts Trophy

It is a hugely important weekend for many darters at the Swiss Darts Trophy, with the cut-off for the World Grand Prix occurring right after the conclusion of the event. With the pressure on, Dave Chisnall, Peter Wright and William O’Connor failed to deliver.

Chisnall was blown away by a ruthless Luke Woodhouse, who not only recorded a tournament record average, but his personal best. Woody began with back-to-back 13 darters, before hitting a 12-darter with a 121 checkout on the bull to go 3-1 ahead. Two consecutive 14-darters bumped his average to around 114. He then sealed the victory with a scintillating 160 checkout. His average climaxed at a massive 110.69.

For Chizzy, it is his ninth European Tour defeat in a row, and eighth consecutive second-round exit. He will go into the final Euro Tour event in Hildesheim outside the top 32. More worryingly, if Martin Schindler wins his match against fellow German Ricardo Pietreczko, Chisnall will not qualify for the Grand Prix.

Wright is also looking behind his back after a comprehensive defeat against Cor Dekker. The tall Norwegian went double-double on tops on the way to a 3-0 lead, before Snakebite found a similar checkout involving tops and double 18 to get back into the match. The match stayed on throw up until 5-2 to Dekker, when he had chances to win. Like Amsterdam a few weeks ago, he failed to take his doubles, as the two-time World Champion prolonged the seemingly inevitable.

In the end, Dekker clinched victory in the next leg, coming out on top 6-3. For Wright, the barren spell of average performances continues, only being able to muster up a woeful 78 average, while missing 14 darts at double.

It is all over for William O'Connor, who will not make the journey to Leicester after a 6-3 loss to the Hungarian Darts Trophy finalist Danny Noppert. The Freeze raced into a 3-0 lead, but was pegged back by the Irishman, who had woken up with shoulder problems. He shrugged them off and levelled the score at 4-4. It then went to a last-leg decider, where Noppert sealed victory with an 11 darter.

It was a hugely important result for Krzysztof Ratajski, who pipped Mike De Decker in a last-leg decider. The Belgian missed three match darts at double 16 after winning four legs on the bounce. The Polish Eagle clinically took out 107 on the same target and wrapped up a key victory in his European Championship ambitions. He now rises to 31st in the order of merit, £4,000 ahead of Chisnall with the chance to earn more.

Soon after, he was knocked down to 32nd after Rob Cross over took him with a commanding 6-2 win over Richard Veenstra. Voltage averaged 10 more points than his opponent, and won the last five legs to send him through to tomorrow's action.

At the start of the session, Ryan Searle dashing any faint hope in Niels Zonneveld qualifying for the Grand Prix. The Englishman won 6-3, despite his opponent averaging 109 halfway through the match. He pinned two ton+ checkouts, including a key 136 outshot, while boasting a 60% checkout rate.

It was a bit more one-sided in the all Dutch clash between Gian van Veen and Dirk van Duijvenbode, where van Veen cruised to a 6-0 victory over his fellow countryman, racking up his first victory against him. The Giant reeled in the big fish along the way, and averaged over 102 in a phenomenal showing.

The last match of the day was supposed to be a huge tie for Ritchie Edhouse, who would face Ross Smith. Unfortunately for Smudger, he had to leave the tournament on personal reasons, giving a bye for Edhouse into the next round.