SMITH WINS! It is back-to-back ProTour titles for Smith as he beats Jose De Sousa 8-7 to win on Day Two. A brilliant comeback in the final!
Smith claims back-to-back PDC Winter Series titles with victory over De Sousa in final
PDCWednesday, 11 November 2020 at 21:00
Michael Smith has claimed back-to-back PDC Winter Series titles after edging past Jose de Sousa in a deciding leg thriller.
Smith ended his two-year wait for a title yesterday and showed his confidence by going back-to-back denying De Sousa a second title of the year.
De Sousa began proceedings on double one after they had both kicked off with a 180. Smith replied with double five to make it 1-1.
But De Sousa cruised into a huge lead with back to-back legs in the form of an 11-darter and 13-darter to make it 3-1. From there he held to make it 4-1 with another 11-darter.
De Sousa missed five darts at doubles and Smith took out 65 to trail 4-2 from there. Smith hit double 10 though to reduce the arrears to 4-3 and keep himself in proceedings with a chance at parity.
Smith cleaned up 65 to make it 4-4 from there. De Sousa was first to a finish but Smith got himself down to 82 and cleaned it up in style with a 12-darter to go into the lead 5-4.
De Sousa hit back with a 12-darter of his own with an 82 checkout to make it 5-5. They continued to share the legs with it poised at 6-6.
It went all the way to a deciding leg and with De Sousa not able to pin 140, Smith was left 25 and pinned double 10 letting out a roar in delight.
Quarter-Finals
Gabriel Clemens 1 | 6 Michael Smith
Vincent van der Voort 6 | 0 Darius Labanauskas
Brendan Dolan 3 | 6 Joe Cullen
Jeffrey De Zwaan 5 | 6 Jose de Sousa
Semi-Finals
Michael Smith (101.1) 7 | 3 (96.2) Vincent van der Voort
Joe Cullen (96.6) 2 | 7 (110.5) Jose De Sousa
Final
Michael Smith (96.7) 8 | 7 (100.0) Jose De Sousa
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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