MATCH REPORT Final report · updated 12:28 UK

William O'Connor beats Josh Rock 6-5

Czech Darts Open · Last 16 · Sun 6 Sep

Josh Rock 5–6 William O'Connor
LEG-BY-LEG COMMENTARY

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LEG 1
0–1

Leg 1: Maximum from Josh Rock! Josh Rock cannot take out 66 and leaves 36, William O'Connor punishes it immediately by taking out 20 in 2 darts. William O'Connor leads 1-0.

Josh Rock77.50leg average
William O'Connor75.15leg average
20 CHECKOUT 2 × 180
LEG 2
1–1

Leg 2 — back level: Josh Rock takes out 115 in 1 dart. We're level at 1-1.

Josh Rock115.62leg average
William O'Connor99.25leg average
115 CHECKOUT
LEG 3
1–2

Leg 3 — into the lead: William O'Connor closes 72 with Josh Rock waiting on 74 in 2 darts. William O'Connor leads 2-1.

Josh Rock106.75leg average
William O'Connor107.36leg average
72 CHECKOUT
LEG 4
2–2

Leg 4 — back level: Maximum from William O'Connor! William O'Connor cannot take out 87 and leaves 9, Josh Rock punishes it immediately by taking out 52 in 1 dart. We're level at 2-2.

Josh Rock115.62leg average
William O'Connor123.00leg average
52 CHECKOUT 2 × 180
LEG 5
2–3

Leg 5 — into the lead: Josh Rock cannot take out 86 and leaves 25; William O'Connor punishes it immediately by taking out 24 in 2 darts. William O'Connor leads 3-2.

Josh Rock95.20leg average
William O'Connor88.41leg average
24 CHECKOUT
LEG 6
3–3

Leg 6 — back level: Maximum from Josh Rock! Josh Rock takes out 81 in 1 dart, 10 darts in total. We're level at 3-3.

Josh Rock150.30leg average
William O'Connor117.33leg average
81 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 7
4–3

Leg 7 — lead change: Maximum from Josh Rock! William O'Connor cannot take out 8 and leaves 8, Josh Rock punishes it immediately by taking out 2 in 2 darts, a break of throw. Josh Rock leads 4-3.

Josh Rock65.35leg average
William O'Connor61.63leg average
BREAK OF THROW 2 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 8
4–4

Leg 8 — immediate break-back: Maximum from Josh Rock! William O'Connor closes 107 with Josh Rock waiting on 16 in 1 dart, a break of throw. We're level at 4-4.

Josh Rock97.00leg average
William O'Connor115.62leg average
BREAK OF THROW 107 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 9
4–5

Leg 9 — lead change: William O'Connor takes out 83 in 2 darts. William O'Connor leads 5-4.

Josh Rock98.75leg average
William O'Connor107.36leg average
83 CHECKOUT
LEG 10
5–5

Leg 10 — back level: Maximum from William O'Connor! Josh Rock closes 52 with William O'Connor waiting on 40 in 1 dart. We're level at 5-5.

Josh Rock115.62leg average
William O'Connor115.25leg average
52 CHECKOUT 2 × 180
LEG 11
5–6

Leg 11 — match-clinching leg: Josh Rock cannot take out 90 and leaves 45; William O'Connor punishes it immediately by taking out 40 in 2 darts, 17 darts in total. That's the match - William O'Connor wins 6-5.

Josh Rock91.20leg average
William O'Connor88.41leg average
40 CHECKOUT
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MATCH REPORT

The final story

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Josh Rock faces William O'Connor at Czech Darts Open in Last 16 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 6-5, but every leg has its own part to play on the way there.

Leg 1: Maximum from Josh Rock! Josh Rock cannot take out 66 and leaves 36, William O'Connor punishes it immediately by taking out 20 in 2 darts. William O'Connor leads 1-0. Leg 2 — back level: Josh Rock takes out 115 in 1 dart. We're level at 1-1. Leg 3 — into the lead: William O'Connor closes 72 with Josh Rock waiting on 74 in 2 darts. William O'Connor leads 2-1.

Leg 4 — back level: Maximum from William O'Connor! William O'Connor cannot take out 87 and leaves 9, Josh Rock punishes it immediately by taking out 52 in 1 dart. We're level at 2-2. Leg 5 — into the lead: Josh Rock cannot take out 86 and leaves 25; William O'Connor punishes it immediately by taking out 24 in 2 darts. William O'Connor leads 3-2. Leg 6 — back level: Maximum from Josh Rock! Josh Rock takes out 81 in 1 dart, 10 darts in total. We're level at 3-3.

Leg 7 — lead change: Maximum from Josh Rock! William O'Connor cannot take out 8 and leaves 8, Josh Rock punishes it immediately by taking out 2 in 2 darts, a break of throw. Josh Rock leads 4-3. Leg 8 — immediate break-back: Maximum from Josh Rock! William O'Connor closes 107 with Josh Rock waiting on 16 in 1 dart, a break of throw. We're level at 4-4. Leg 9 — lead change: William O'Connor takes out 83 in 2 darts. William O'Connor leads 5-4.

Leg 10 — back level: Maximum from William O'Connor! Josh Rock closes 52 with William O'Connor waiting on 40 in 1 dart. We're level at 5-5. Leg 11 — match-clinching leg: Josh Rock cannot take out 90 and leaves 45; William O'Connor punishes it immediately by taking out 40 in 2 darts, 17 darts in total. That's the match - William O'Connor wins 6-5.

Josh Rock posts the higher three-dart average, 93.57 compared with 93.43. Josh Rock hits 6 maximums and William O'Connor hits 3. On the doubles, Josh Rock converts 35.0% and William O'Connor finishes at 28.0%. Josh Rock's longest burst is 2 legs in a row.

William O'Connor has the result, but the final score only tells part of it. The match contains 2 breaks of throw and 2 clear lead changes. 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

93.573-dart avg93.43
6180s3
115Highest checkout107
35%Checkout %28%
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