Luke Woodhouse and Ross Smith secured a spot in the last 32 at the Hungarian Darts Trophy in the Hungarian capital Budapest on Friday night.
In the opening match of the evening, Woodhouse faced off against home player Gabor Jagicza. The Englishman quickly took a break lead, but his Hungarian opponent managed to come back to 3-3. Woodhouse then won the match 6-3, making him Rob Cross' opponent in the second round.
Ross Smith will then take on Michael van Gerwen. The reigning European Championship winner won convincingly against Robert Owen. Smith led 5-0, although he let Owen come back to 5-2. That was all, as the win went 6-2 to Smith.
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SMITH STORMS THROUGH! 👏
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) September 22, 2023
Ross Smith puts in the performance of the tournament so far, averaging almost 101 to dispatch Robert Owen and move through to a second round tie against Michael van Gerwen! 👀
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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