Rodriguez survives five match darts and moves into the second round of the Hungarian Darts Trophy, while de Sousa and Wade also advance
PDCFriday, 22 September 2023 at 22:21
After Rowby-John Rodriguez was unable to qualify for a tournament on the PDC European Tour in the recent past, he has taken advantage of the opportunity presented to him in Hungary, where he is finally back on the tour.
Little John took on the Hungarian Patrik Kovács, who started the match with a break. The Hungarian was able to maintain this lead for a very long time. Although Rodriguez had a break chance in the sixth leg, he missed two shots on double 16, so the leg went to Kovács, who held the lead at 4-2.
In the eighth leg, Rodriguez managed to break to 4-4, but immediately afterwards had to watch as his Hungarian opponent restored the old gap with 5-4 and had four match darts in the tenth leg. However, Kovács couldn't take advantage of this and Little John broke to make it 5-5.
Now it was Rodriguez's turn to throw to win the match. This almost went wrong because the Hungarian had another match dart, which again missed its target. Rodriguez took his last chance and closed the bag to face Ryan Searle in the second round.
James Wade won his match against William O'Connor 6-3 and will face Joe Cullen in the second round. World champion Michael Smith will face Jose de Sousa as his opponent on Saturday. The latter was able to beat Daryl Gurney 6-5.
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- Am not outraged and as said above i dont like anyone from any country doing it to anyone from any country. Whoever is going for a double should have best of order.Mysstree17-11-2024
- Say what? It happens in other countries; Littler in January - this year (Holland), go and watch the evidence on YouTube. If it is going to be done to English players, then we are more than entitled to dish the same back when players face off in England. When it happened to Littler in Holland in January... where was your outrage then? ABE attitude.MrYnyslas197117-11-2024
- 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