Smith produces 105 average in quality display to defeat Ratajski and open up Masters campaign

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Saturday, 29 January 2022 at 16:28
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Michael Smith is through to the Quarter-Finals of the 2022 Masters after seeing off Krzysztof Ratajski in a quality display to open up his campaign in Milton Keynes.

Smith averaged 105.5 in a 10-6 win over 'The Polish Eagle' in his first game since his World Championship final defeat and hit eight 180's and a high checkout of 164 en route.

'Bully Boy' started off superbly taking out 107 to move 4-1 up on Ratajski at the first interval. But Ratajski came straight back to make it 4-4 albeit Smith regained control at the next interval making it 6-4.

A turning point followed as Smith produced an epic 164 checkout to go 8-4 up. He went seven darts into a perfect leg but lost the leg as Ratajski made it 9-5 and he followed up with a 104 checkout.

But that proved a mere consolation as Smith concluded the tie to move through.

๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ง! ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ That was a majestic performance from the World Championship finalist, seeing out a 10-6 success over Ratajski with a 105.49 average and eight 180s! What a win for Bully Boy! ๐—จ๐—ฝ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰ James Wade v Dave Chisnall

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