MATCH REPORT Final report · updated 22:40 UK

Kevin Doets beats Martin Schindler 6-3

European Darts Open · Last 32 · Sat 11 Jul

Martin Schindler 3–6 Kevin Doets
LEG-BY-LEG COMMENTARY

How every leg unfolded

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LEG 1
0–1

Leg 1: Kevin Doets takes out 38 in 2 darts. Kevin Doets leads 1-0.

Martin Schindler74.80leg average
Kevin Doets88.41leg average
38 CHECKOUT
LEG 2
0–2

Leg 2 — break of throw: Maximum from Kevin Doets! Kevin Doets cannot take out 24 and leaves 12, Kevin Doets closes 12 with Martin Schindler waiting on 66 in 1 dart, a break of throw. Kevin Doets leads 2-0.

Martin Schindler72.50leg average
Kevin Doets93.94leg average
BREAK OF THROW 12 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 3
0–3

Leg 3 — 3 in a row: Kevin Doets cannot take out 32 and leaves 32; Kevin Doets closes 32 with Martin Schindler waiting on 92 in 2 darts. Kevin Doets leads 3-0.

Martin Schindler81.80leg average
Kevin Doets88.41leg average
32 CHECKOUT
LEG 4
1–3

Leg 4 — run stopped: Maximum from Kevin Doets! Kevin Doets cannot take out 10 and leaves 4, Martin Schindler punishes it immediately by taking out 8 in 1 dart. Kevin Doets leads 3-1.

Martin Schindler68.32leg average
Kevin Doets71.00leg average
8 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 5
1–4

Leg 5: Kevin Doets takes out 92 in 2 darts. Kevin Doets leads 4-1.

Martin Schindler77.80leg average
Kevin Doets88.41leg average
92 CHECKOUT
LEG 6
2–4

Leg 6: Martin Schindler closes 70 with Kevin Doets waiting on 80 in 1 dart. Kevin Doets leads 4-2.

Martin Schindler93.94leg average
Kevin Doets84.20leg average
70 CHECKOUT
LEG 7
2–5

Leg 7: Kevin Doets takes out 25 in 2 darts. Kevin Doets leads 5-2.

Martin Schindler86.00leg average
Kevin Doets107.36leg average
25 CHECKOUT
LEG 8
3–5

Leg 8: Maximum from Kevin Doets! Martin Schindler closes 94 with Kevin Doets waiting on 48 in 1 dart. Kevin Doets leads 5-3.

Martin Schindler93.94leg average
Kevin Doets90.60leg average
94 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 9
3–6

Leg 9 — match-clinching leg: Maximum from Kevin Doets! Kevin Doets takes out 88 in 2 darts, 11 darts in total. That's the match - Kevin Doets wins 6-3.

Martin Schindler97.00leg average
Kevin Doets136.64leg average
88 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
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MATCH REPORT

The final story

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Martin Schindler faces Kevin Doets at European 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 Kevin Doets who has the result at 6-3, but every leg has its own part to play on the way there.

Leg 1: Kevin Doets takes out 38 in 2 darts. Kevin Doets leads 1-0. Leg 2 — break of throw: Maximum from Kevin Doets! Kevin Doets cannot take out 24 and leaves 12, Kevin Doets closes 12 with Martin Schindler waiting on 66 in 1 dart, a break of throw. Kevin Doets leads 2-0.

Leg 3 — 3 in a row: Kevin Doets cannot take out 32 and leaves 32; Kevin Doets closes 32 with Martin Schindler waiting on 92 in 2 darts. Kevin Doets leads 3-0. Leg 4 — run stopped: Maximum from Kevin Doets! Kevin Doets cannot take out 10 and leaves 4, Martin Schindler punishes it immediately by taking out 8 in 1 dart. Kevin Doets leads 3-1.

Leg 5: Kevin Doets takes out 92 in 2 darts. Kevin Doets leads 4-1. Leg 6: Martin Schindler closes 70 with Kevin Doets waiting on 80 in 1 dart. Kevin Doets leads 4-2.

Leg 7: Kevin Doets takes out 25 in 2 darts. Kevin Doets leads 5-2. Leg 8: Maximum from Kevin Doets! Martin Schindler closes 94 with Kevin Doets waiting on 48 in 1 dart. Kevin Doets leads 5-3.

Leg 9 — match-clinching leg: Maximum from Kevin Doets! Kevin Doets takes out 88 in 2 darts, 11 darts in total. That's the match - Kevin Doets wins 6-3.

Kevin Doets posts the higher three-dart average, 90.56 compared with 79.12. Martin Schindler hits 0 maximums and Kevin Doets hits 4. On the doubles, Martin Schindler converts 30.0% and Kevin Doets finishes at 29.0%. Kevin Doets's longest burst is 3 legs in a row.

Kevin Doets has the result, but the final score only tells part of it. The match contains 1 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

79.123-dart avg90.56
0180s4
94Highest checkout92
30%Checkout %29%
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