MATCH REPORT Final report · updated 10:59 UK

William O'Connor beats Danny Noppert 6-2

Baltic Sea Darts Open · Last 32 · Sat 30 May

Danny Noppert 2–6 William O'Connor
LEG-BY-LEG COMMENTARY

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LEG 1
0–1

Leg 1 stays with William O'Connor on throw. William O'Connor answers with a maximum; William O'Connor gets the finish on 40; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg. William O'Connor leads 1-0.

Danny Noppert54.50leg average
William O'Connor107.36leg average
40 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 2
1–1

Danny Noppert drags the match level in Leg 2. Danny Noppert gets the finish on 20; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. We're level at 1-1.

Danny Noppert93.94leg average
William O'Connor74.80leg average
20 CHECKOUT
LEG 3
1–2

William O'Connor moves in front in Leg 3. William O'Connor takes out 32 with Danny Noppert poised on 32; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts. William O'Connor leads 2-1.

Danny Noppert93.80leg average
William O'Connor88.41leg average
32 CHECKOUT
LEG 4
1–3

William O'Connor strikes with a break of throw in Leg 4. Danny Noppert gets a look at 85 but the finish does not go, and 48 remains. William O'Connor is sitting on 128 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; William O'Connor shuts the door with a 128 checkout; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; and that is a break of throw. William O'Connor leads 3-1.

Danny Noppert75.50leg average
William O'Connor93.94leg average
BREAK OF THROW 128 CHECKOUT
LEG 5
1–4

William O'Connor makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 5. Danny Noppert has 60 available but cannot take it out, leaving 20. William O'Connor is sitting on 80 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; William O'Connor takes out 80 with Danny Noppert poised on 20; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts. William O'Connor leads 4-1.

Danny Noppert80.17leg average
William O'Connor75.15leg average
80 CHECKOUT
LEG 6
1–5

William O'Connor makes it 4 legs on the spin in Leg 6. William O'Connor takes out 25 with Danny Noppert poised on 25; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; and that is a break of throw. William O'Connor leads 5-1.

Danny Noppert79.33leg average
William O'Connor93.94leg average
BREAK OF THROW 25 CHECKOUT
LEG 7
2–5

Danny Noppert answers immediately with a break-back in Leg 7. Danny Noppert takes out 97 with William O'Connor poised on 24; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. William O'Connor leads 5-2.

Danny Noppert107.36leg average
William O'Connor95.40leg average
BREAK OF THROW 97 CHECKOUT
LEG 8
2–6

William O'Connor closes out Leg 8. William O'Connor answers with a maximum; William O'Connor takes out 40 with Danny Noppert poised on 20; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. That's the match - William O'Connor wins 6-2.

Danny Noppert96.20leg average
William O'Connor115.62leg average
BREAK OF THROW 40 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
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MATCH REPORT

The final story

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Danny Noppert faces William O'Connor at Baltic Sea Darts Open in Last 32 and the match quickly starts producing the kind of moments that make live darts so tense. By the finish it is William O'Connor who has the result at 6-2, but every leg has its own part to play on the way there. Leg 1 stays with William O'Connor on throw. William O'Connor answers with a maximum; William O'Connor gets the finish on 40; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg.

William O'Connor leads 1-0. Danny Noppert drags the match level in Leg 2. Danny Noppert gets the finish on 20; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. We're level at 1-1.

William O'Connor moves in front in Leg 3. William O'Connor takes out 32 with Danny Noppert poised on 32; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts. William O'Connor leads 2-1. William O'Connor strikes with a break of throw in Leg 4.

Danny Noppert gets a look at 85 but the finish does not go, and 48 remains. William O'Connor is sitting on 128 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; William O'Connor shuts the door with a 128 checkout; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; and that is a break of throw. William O'Connor leads 3-1. William O'Connor makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 5.

Danny Noppert has 60 available but cannot take it out, leaving 20. William O'Connor is sitting on 80 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; William O'Connor takes out 80 with Danny Noppert poised on 20; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts. William O'Connor leads 4-1. William O'Connor makes it 4 legs on the spin in Leg 6.

William O'Connor takes out 25 with Danny Noppert poised on 25; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; and that is a break of throw. William O'Connor leads 5-1. Danny Noppert answers immediately with a break-back in Leg 7. Danny Noppert takes out 97 with William O'Connor poised on 24; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw.

William O'Connor leads 5-2. William O'Connor closes out Leg 8. William O'Connor answers with a maximum; William O'Connor takes out 40 with Danny Noppert poised on 20; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. That's the match - William O'Connor wins 6-2.

William O'Connor posts the higher three-dart average, 88.33 compared with 85.24. Danny Noppert hits 0 maximums and William O'Connor hits 2. The match contains 4 breaks of throw. The decisive difference comes in the moments when one player reaches a finish, the other is close enough to punish a miss, and the next visit suddenly matters more than the average.

About this commentary: All Things Darts Match Centre compiles it from the stored match result, statistics and ordered visit-by-visit scoring. It does not invent exact doubles, missed darts or dart segments that are not present in the source data. Per-leg averages are only labelled as exact when darts used are available for every recorded visit in that leg.

MATCH DATA

Match statistics

85.243-dart avg88.33
0180s2
97Highest checkout128
25%Checkout %46%
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