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Ricky Evans beats Teemu Harju 6-1

Baltic Sea Darts Open · Last 64 · Fri 29 May

Ricky Evans 6–1 Teemu Harju
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LEG 1
1–0

Ricky Evans strikes with a break of throw in Leg 1. Ricky Evans answers with a maximum; Ricky Evans gets the finish on 76; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Ricky Evans leads 1-0.

Ricky Evans107.36leg average
Teemu Harju77.00leg average
BREAK OF THROW 76 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 2
2–0

Ricky Evans comes through Leg 2 on throw. Teemu Harju gets a look at 97 but the finish does not go, and 47 remains. Ricky Evans is sitting on 51 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Ricky Evans takes out 51 with Teemu Harju poised on 47; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Ricky Evans leads 2-0.

Ricky Evans79.11leg average
Teemu Harju75.67leg average
51 CHECKOUT
LEG 3
2–1

Teemu Harju stops a run of 2 legs by taking Leg 3. Teemu Harju answers with a maximum; Teemu Harju gets the finish on 53; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 11-dart leg. Ricky Evans leads 2-1.

Ricky Evans81.00leg average
Teemu Harju136.64leg average
53 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 4
3–1

Ricky Evans comes through Leg 4 on throw. Ricky Evans takes out 89 with Teemu Harju poised on 76; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg. Ricky Evans leads 3-1.

Ricky Evans115.62leg average
Teemu Harju106.25leg average
89 CHECKOUT
LEG 5
4–1

Ricky Evans strikes with a break of throw in Leg 5. Ricky Evans answers with a maximum; Ricky Evans gets the finish on 56; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Ricky Evans leads 4-1.

Ricky Evans107.36leg average
Teemu Harju52.80leg average
BREAK OF THROW 56 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 6
5–1

Ricky Evans makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 6. Ricky Evans has 40 available but cannot take it out, leaving 20. Teemu Harju is sitting on 131 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Ricky Evans takes out 20 with Teemu Harju poised on 76; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Ricky Evans leads 5-1.

Ricky Evans79.11leg average
Teemu Harju70.83leg average
20 CHECKOUT
LEG 7
6–1

Ricky Evans closes out Leg 7. Teemu Harju gets a look at 56 but the finish does not go, and 18 remains. Ricky Evans is sitting on 48 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Ricky Evans takes out 48 with Teemu Harju poised on 18; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. That's the match - Ricky Evans wins 6-1.

Ricky Evans107.36leg average
Teemu Harju96.60leg average
BREAK OF THROW 48 CHECKOUT
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MATCH REPORT

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We are underway at Baltic Sea Darts Open in Last 64 with Ricky Evans against Teemu Harju. The scoring swings from leg to leg before Ricky Evans finally seals it 6-1, with the pressure rising whenever the players move into finishing range. Ricky Evans strikes with a break of throw in Leg 1. Ricky Evans answers with a maximum; Ricky Evans gets the finish on 76; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw.

Ricky Evans leads 1-0. Ricky Evans comes through Leg 2 on throw. Teemu Harju gets a look at 97 but the finish does not go, and 47 remains. Ricky Evans is sitting on 51 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Ricky Evans takes out 51 with Teemu Harju poised on 47; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart.

Ricky Evans leads 2-0. Teemu Harju stops a run of 2 legs by taking Leg 3. Teemu Harju answers with a maximum; Teemu Harju gets the finish on 53; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 11-dart leg. Ricky Evans leads 2-1.

Ricky Evans comes through Leg 4 on throw. Ricky Evans takes out 89 with Teemu Harju poised on 76; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg. Ricky Evans leads 3-1. Ricky Evans strikes with a break of throw in Leg 5.

Ricky Evans answers with a maximum; Ricky Evans gets the finish on 56; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Ricky Evans leads 4-1. Ricky Evans makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 6. Ricky Evans has 40 available but cannot take it out, leaving 20.

Teemu Harju is sitting on 131 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Ricky Evans takes out 20 with Teemu Harju poised on 76; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Ricky Evans leads 5-1. Ricky Evans closes out Leg 7. Teemu Harju gets a look at 56 but the finish does not go, and 18 remains.

Ricky Evans is sitting on 48 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Ricky Evans takes out 48 with Teemu Harju poised on 18; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. That's the match - Ricky Evans wins 6-1. Ricky Evans posts the higher three-dart average, 91.09 compared with 84.72. Ricky Evans hits 2 maximums and Teemu Harju hits 1.

The match contains 3 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

91.093-dart avg84.72
2180s1
89Highest checkout53
55%Checkout %33%
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