Damon Heta beats Wessel Nijman 6-2
Baltic Sea Darts Open · Quarter-finals · Sun 31 May
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Wessel Nijman faces Damon Heta at Baltic Sea Darts Open in Quarter-finals and the match quickly starts producing the kind of moments that make live darts so tense. By the finish it is Damon Heta who has the result at 6-2, but every leg has its own part to play on the way there. Damon Heta strikes with a break of throw in Leg 1. Wessel Nijman reaches 68 and has a chance to close the leg, but returns with 16 still on the board.
Damon Heta is sitting on 30 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Damon Heta takes out 30 with Wessel Nijman poised on 16; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; and that is a break of throw. Damon Heta leads 1-0. Wessel Nijman answers immediately with a break-back in Leg 2. Wessel Nijman answers with a maximum; Damon Heta gets a look at 100 but the finish does not go, and 20 remains.
Wessel Nijman is sitting on 32 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Wessel Nijman takes out 32 with Damon Heta poised on 20; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. We're level at 1-1. Damon Heta answers immediately with a break-back in Leg 3. A 180 from Wessel Nijman turns up the pressure; Wessel Nijman has 36 available but cannot take it out, leaving 9.
Damon Heta is sitting on 93 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Damon Heta takes out 93 with Wessel Nijman poised on 9; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Damon Heta leads 2-1. Damon Heta holds throw in Leg 4. A 180 from Wessel Nijman turns up the pressure; Damon Heta answers with a maximum; Wessel Nijman gets a look at 88 but the finish does not go, and 7 remains.
Damon Heta is sitting on 52 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Damon Heta takes out 52 with Wessel Nijman poised on 7; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg. Damon Heta leads 3-1. Damon Heta makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 5. Damon Heta takes out 74 with Wessel Nijman poised on 60; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg; and that is a break of throw.
Damon Heta leads 4-1. Wessel Nijman answers immediately with a break-back in Leg 6. Wessel Nijman answers with a maximum; Wessel Nijman has 81 available but cannot take it out, leaving 24. The match contains 6 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.
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How every leg unfolded
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Damon Heta strikes with a break of throw in Leg 1. Wessel Nijman reaches 68 and has a chance to close the leg, but returns with 16 still on the board. Damon Heta is sitting on 30 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Damon Heta takes out 30 with Wessel Nijman poised on 16; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; and that is a break of throw. Damon Heta leads 1-0.
Wessel Nijman answers immediately with a break-back in Leg 2. Wessel Nijman answers with a maximum; Damon Heta gets a look at 100 but the finish does not go, and 20 remains. Wessel Nijman is sitting on 32 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Wessel Nijman takes out 32 with Damon Heta poised on 20; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. We're level at 1-1.
Damon Heta answers immediately with a break-back in Leg 3. A 180 from Wessel Nijman turns up the pressure; Wessel Nijman has 36 available but cannot take it out, leaving 9. Damon Heta is sitting on 93 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Damon Heta takes out 93 with Wessel Nijman poised on 9; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Damon Heta leads 2-1.
Damon Heta holds throw in Leg 4. A 180 from Wessel Nijman turns up the pressure; Damon Heta answers with a maximum; Wessel Nijman gets a look at 88 but the finish does not go, and 7 remains. Damon Heta is sitting on 52 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Damon Heta takes out 52 with Wessel Nijman poised on 7; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg. Damon Heta leads 3-1.
Damon Heta makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 5. Damon Heta takes out 74 with Wessel Nijman poised on 60; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Damon Heta leads 4-1.
Wessel Nijman answers immediately with a break-back in Leg 6. Wessel Nijman answers with a maximum; Wessel Nijman has 81 available but cannot take it out, leaving 24. Damon Heta is sitting on 160 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Wessel Nijman gets the finish on 24; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Damon Heta leads 4-2.
Damon Heta answers immediately with a break-back in Leg 7. Damon Heta takes out 47 with Wessel Nijman poised on 48; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Damon Heta leads 5-2.
Damon Heta closes out Leg 8. Damon Heta has 70 available but cannot take it out, leaving 8.; Damon Heta gets the finish on 8; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts. That's the match - Damon Heta wins 6-2.