ROSS SMITH IS INTO THE FINAL! A nervy final leg but Ross Smith gets over the line to reach his first ever televised final, beating Chris Dobey 11-9. He will face Michael Smith for the title!
Ross Smith edges past Dobey to reach maiden PDC major final at 2022 European Championship, set to face Michael Smith
PDCSunday, 30 October 2022 at 21:01
It will be an all Smith battle in the final of the 2022 European Championship as Ross Smith will face Michael Smith shortly in Dortmund.
Smith was cruising at 5-0 up to start the match but nearly was taken to a decider by Chris Dobey who missed multiple darts to make it 10-10 after 'Smudger' had missed a match dart and finally the Deal ace fell over the line at 11-9.
After 2017, Smith was in the darting wilderness but came back to the sport and has since sealed a maiden PDC ranking title and could be a major winner by the end of tonight if he can defeat 'Bully Boy' who will look to avoid losing yet another final. What a story.
After that nightmare start, Dobey showed signs of life hitting his first 180 and double 20 to get off the mark at 5-1. Smith continued to edge clear at 6-2 with 85 on the bull but that mini-session went to Dobey who went in at the second interval 6-4 down.
On return, his revival continued taking out two double 20's for a 100 checkout but his revival was nearly cut short as Smith surged ahead again breaking to go 9-5 up and going two from the final.
But the interval came at the wrong time as despite going one away, a missed match dart allowed Dobey to make it 10-8 and seven perfect darts for an 11-darter saw 'Hollywood' go 10-9 down but that effort proved fruitless as Smith finally fell over the line.
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