Price battles past Clemens in decider, Nine-dart hero Clayton sees off Dobey

The first Last 16 ties of the evening are complete at the 2020 UK Open with Welsh duo Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton through to the final day in Minehead.

Price produced a clutch 11 darter in the deciding leg against Gabriel Clemens in an excellent contest between the pair winning 10-9 with a 102.8 average and five 180's.

'The German Giant' led to begin the tie taking control at 6-4 up to gain the early initiative in the match. Despite that though they went through the motions for the second half with both players exchanging the lead when it ended up at 6-6.

It looked like Clemens who would be most likely though after hitting a 177, 180 and 86 checkout en route to making it 9-8 and going one away but Price hit a 72 finish to send it all the way in a decider where he would have the throw and like alluded to he hit an 11-darter to deny Clemens.

Clayton hit a brilliant nine-dart finish on his way to a 10-8 victory over Chris Dobey - who has been one of the stars of this tournament with a 99 average as he became at the time the first player through.

He had to survive a late barrage from Dobey who came back to trail at 9-8 behind with two excellent ton plus finishes of 117 and 104 but this didn't prove enough with Clayton finding a late surge to edge over the line.

Click here for more information on the event which is known as the FA Cup of Darts.

2020 UK Open Darts Schedule
Evening Session (1900 GMT start)

Main Stage

Gerwyn Price 10-9 Gabriel Clemens
20:10 James Wade v Michael van Gerwen
21:10 Jelle Klaasen v Gary Anderson
22:10 Peter Wright v Daryl Gurney

Stage Two

Chris Dobey 8-10 Jonny Clayton
20:00 Jamie Hughes v Mensur Suljovic
21:00 Dimitri Van den Bergh v Kyle McKinstry
22:00 Rob Cross v Stephen Bunting

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