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Cameron Menzies beats Sietse Lap 6-1

Belgian Darts Open · Last 48 · Fri 20 Mar

Cameron Menzies 6–1 Sietse Lap
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LEG 1
1–0

Cameron Menzies strikes with a break of throw in Leg 1. Cameron Menzies answers with a maximum; Cameron Menzies takes out 57 with Sietse Lap poised on 62; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. Cameron Menzies leads 1-0.

Cameron Menzies88.41leg average
Sietse Lap73.17leg average
BREAK OF THROW 57 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 2
2–0

Cameron Menzies comes through Leg 2 on throw. Cameron Menzies gets a look at 92 but the finish does not go, and 32 remains. Sietse Lap is sitting on 112 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Cameron Menzies takes out 32 with Sietse Lap poised on 8; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Cameron Menzies leads 2-0.

Cameron Menzies79.11leg average
Sietse Lap82.17leg average
32 CHECKOUT
LEG 3
2–1

Sietse Lap stops a run of 2 legs by taking Leg 3. Cameron Menzies has 95 available but cannot take it out, leaving 38. Sietse Lap is sitting on 40 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Sietse Lap takes out 40 with Cameron Menzies poised on 38; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts. Cameron Menzies leads 2-1.

Cameron Menzies92.60leg average
Sietse Lap88.41leg average
40 CHECKOUT
LEG 4
3–1

Cameron Menzies comes through Leg 4 on throw. Sietse Lap crashes in 2 maximums; Sietse Lap has 40 available but cannot take it out, leaving 20. Cameron Menzies is sitting on 65 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Cameron Menzies takes out 65 with Sietse Lap poised on 20; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Cameron Menzies leads 3-1.

Cameron Menzies79.11leg average
Sietse Lap80.17leg average
65 CHECKOUT 2 × 180
LEG 5
4–1

Cameron Menzies strikes with a break of throw in Leg 5. Cameron Menzies shuts the door with a 116 checkout; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. Cameron Menzies leads 4-1.

Cameron Menzies88.41leg average
Sietse Lap72.17leg average
BREAK OF THROW 116 CHECKOUT
LEG 6
5–1

Cameron Menzies makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 6. A 180 from Sietse Lap turns up the pressure; Cameron Menzies gets the finish on 74; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg. Cameron Menzies leads 5-1.

Cameron Menzies115.62leg average
Sietse Lap88.25leg average
74 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 7
6–1

Cameron Menzies closes out Leg 7. Cameron Menzies answers with a maximum; Cameron Menzies has 10 available but cannot take it out, leaving 4. Sietse Lap is sitting on 120 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Cameron Menzies takes out 4 with Sietse Lap poised on 86; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. That's the match - Cameron Menzies wins 6-1.

Cameron Menzies88.41leg average
Sietse Lap69.17leg average
BREAK OF THROW 4 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
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MATCH REPORT

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Cameron Menzies faces Sietse Lap at Belgian Darts Open in Last 48 and the match quickly starts producing the kind of moments that make live darts so tense. By the finish it is Cameron Menzies who has the result at 6-1, but every leg has its own part to play on the way there. Cameron Menzies strikes with a break of throw in Leg 1. Cameron Menzies answers with a maximum; Cameron Menzies takes out 57 with Sietse Lap poised on 62; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw.

Cameron Menzies leads 1-0. Cameron Menzies comes through Leg 2 on throw. Cameron Menzies gets a look at 92 but the finish does not go, and 32 remains. Sietse Lap is sitting on 112 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Cameron Menzies takes out 32 with Sietse Lap poised on 8; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart.

Cameron Menzies leads 2-0. Sietse Lap stops a run of 2 legs by taking Leg 3. Cameron Menzies has 95 available but cannot take it out, leaving 38. Sietse Lap is sitting on 40 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Sietse Lap takes out 40 with Cameron Menzies poised on 38; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts.

Cameron Menzies leads 2-1. Cameron Menzies comes through Leg 4 on throw. Sietse Lap crashes in 2 maximums; Sietse Lap has 40 available but cannot take it out, leaving 20. Cameron Menzies is sitting on 65 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Cameron Menzies takes out 65 with Sietse Lap poised on 20; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart.

Cameron Menzies leads 3-1. Cameron Menzies strikes with a break of throw in Leg 5. Cameron Menzies shuts the door with a 116 checkout; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. Cameron Menzies leads 4-1.

Cameron Menzies makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 6. A 180 from Sietse Lap turns up the pressure; Cameron Menzies gets the finish on 74; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg. Cameron Menzies leads 5-1. Cameron Menzies closes out Leg 7.

Cameron Menzies answers with a maximum; Cameron Menzies has 10 available but cannot take it out, leaving 4. Sietse Lap is sitting on 120 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Cameron Menzies takes out 4 with Sietse Lap poised on 86; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. That's the match - Cameron Menzies wins 6-1. 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

85.303-dart avg78.53
2180s3
116Highest checkout40
50%Checkout %13%
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