O'CONNOR GOES THROUGH! A solid 6-3 win for William O'Connor as he beats Mervyn King to secure his Second Round spot in Riesa. 📺 bit.ly/PDCTVLive
William O'Connor ruins Euro Tour return of Mervyn King; Callan Rydz and Michael Unterbuchner also through to second round
PDCFriday, 12 April 2024 at 16:40
William O'Connor has advanced to the last 32 at the International Darts Open at the expense of Mervyn King. For King it was his first Europena Tour since late 2022, last year 'The King' had not qualified for any European Tour tournament.
King got off to a good start with a 160 finish in the first leg, but the 58-year-old Englishman fell behind in the fifth leg after a 17-darter by O'Connor. King then equalized, but then was broken again. O'Connor didn't look up after that and won 6-3.
Follow the 2024 International Darts Open via our LIVE SCORE!
Callan Rydz managed a 6-1 win over Lee Evans in a mediocre match to qualify for the second round of the Euro Tour tournament in Riesa. Rydz threw just 82 average, while Evans came out even lower with 76 average.
Michael Unterbuchner provided the first German success at the International Darts Open. The German, who reached the semifinals at Lakeside in 2018 and 2019, recorded a handsome 6-4 victory over Luke Woodhouse.
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- More roid rage than nonsenserichieburnettrocks18-12-2024
- Even the wild crowd went easy on him... we really have gone soft in this country. He should now play in the men's events and try and recover a smidgen of respect, rather than take advantage of the women's game.MrYnyslas197118-12-2024
- The bloke wouldn't get any abuse if he just earned his way in instead of putting on lipstick and larping as a bird.thebogeyman17-12-2024
- Imagine what he'd be like if he done it on TV.medinabello15-12-2024
- Moot point Wattemina will beat him anyways so he will have an early Xmas after all.medinabello15-12-2024
- Grow up mate it's a game of darts surely a player has the capacity to play more than 1 best of 5 set match in one evening.medinabello15-12-2024
- Modus will be good for him. Great comp.medinabello15-12-2024
- I'm with Asp here. If they moan about it don't pick them. Simple as.medinabello15-12-2024
- We don't need the Saudi's money and prohibitive laws. Simply take the World's to other countries like Germany, Holland, Scotland, Poland, Belgium. Not only will you get sell out crowds with bigger venues but it will also freshen up the comp a bit. Let's face it Ally Pally is getting a bit boring now. Imagine 10,000 in Berlin, Rotterdam, Brussels etc.medinabello15-12-2024
- Am probably going to be in a small minority, i would not miss the walk ons, best part used to be the lovely ladies which obviously now makes me a misogynist. Its all part of the razzamatazz show business side and its not that long so not something that winds me up however some of the walk on choices are abysmal while some work, MVG and Seven Nation Army being an example. Dimi the Dancer is / was just awful and Peter Wrights is old hat now.Mysstree14-12-2024