Cross and Durrant through to knockout stage at Grand Slam of Darts

Monday, 11 November 2019 at 23:33

Rob Cross and Glen Durrant both have booked their places in the second round at the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton.

Durrant defeated rival Nathan Aspinall in a straight knockout match. Both players averaged just over 86, but Duzza managed to hit his doubles, while The Asp missed all his six darts on the doubles.

Cross celebrated a hard-fought 5-4 victory over Jamie Hughes. The former world champion had a 4-1 lead against Hughes, but Hughes leveled in the eighth leg after Voltage missed six match-darts. Yozza kicked off the decider with a 180-score, but Cross took the win with a 72 checkout.

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Grand Slam of Darts 2019, Day Three

Evening session schedule

Gabriel Clemens (110.27) 5-2 (90.26) Richard Veenstra (G)
Michael Smith (91.38) 5-4 (86.18) Martin Schindler (H)
Dave Chisnall (94.61) 5-1 (82.50) Lisa Ashton (E)
Daryl Gurney (95.03) 5-2 (92.34) Brendan Dolan (G)
Peter Wright (99.77) 5-2 (98.58) Danny Noppert (F)
Ryan Harrington (78.58) 5-1 (74.72) Wayne Warren (F)
Rob Cross (92.10) 5-4 (85.65) Jamie Hughes (E)
Nathan Aspinall (86.26) 0-5 (86.38) Glen Durrant (H)

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