Portela survives nine match darts in remarkable comeback win over Huckvale, Nicholson edges past Jenkins

Both players though were lucky to win with Nicholson surviving four match darts in his first game closing out a 5-4 victory against Andy Jenkins with his highlight being a 10-darter and it went all the way to a decider despite 'The Asset' having 100 percent on the doubles.

Portela was even more lucky as he came from 4-1 down and seemingly on the verge against fellow debutant Adam Huckvale who went onto miss a subsequent nine match darts as the Brazilian went onto snatch a 5-4 victory and get on the board early.

The Icons of Darts League is a competition that runs on 24 different days from Monday April 6 through to Saturday May 2. Each playing week consists of six players. There are five players on each matchday with one player taking a rest.

Each day consists of four matches for each player with the player with the most wins claiming the group win for that day.

Andy Jenkins (93.8) 4-5 (95.58) Paul Nicholson
Diogo Portela (81.33) 5-4 (80.03) Adam Huckvale
James Hubbard v Andy Jenkins
Paul Nicholson v Diogo Portela
Adam Huckvale v James Hubbard
Andy Jenkins v Diogo Portela
Paul Nicholson v Adam Huckvale
James Hubbard v Diogo Portela
Andy Jenkins v Adam Huckvale
Paul Nicholson v James Hubbard