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Ricky Evans beats Florian Preis 6-0

European Darts Trophy · Last 48 · Fri 13 Mar

Ricky Evans 6–0 Florian Preis
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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 takes out 70 with Florian Preis poised on 83; 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
Florian Preis83.60leg average
BREAK OF THROW 70 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 2
2–0

Ricky Evans comes through Leg 2 on throw. Ricky Evans gets the finish on 40; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Ricky Evans leads 2-0.

Ricky Evans93.94leg average
Florian Preis77.40leg average
40 CHECKOUT
LEG 3
3–0

Ricky Evans makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 3. Florian Preis gets a look at 70 but the finish does not go, and 16 remains. Ricky Evans is sitting on 48 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Ricky Evans takes out 48 with Florian Preis poised on 16; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. Ricky Evans leads 3-0.

Ricky Evans75.15leg average
Florian Preis69.29leg average
BREAK OF THROW 48 CHECKOUT
LEG 4
4–0

Ricky Evans makes it 4 legs on the spin in Leg 4. Ricky Evans gets the finish on 40; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg. Ricky Evans leads 4-0.

Ricky Evans115.62leg average
Florian Preis100.00leg average
40 CHECKOUT
LEG 5
5–0

Ricky Evans makes it 5 legs on the spin in Leg 5. Florian Preis gets a look at 12 but the finish does not go, and 6 remains. Ricky Evans is sitting on 25 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Ricky Evans takes out 25 with Florian Preis poised on 6; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Ricky Evans leads 5-0.

Ricky Evans107.36leg average
Florian Preis99.00leg average
BREAK OF THROW 25 CHECKOUT
LEG 6
6–0

Ricky Evans closes out Leg 6. Florian Preis reaches 32 and has a chance to close the leg, but returns with 16 still on the board. Ricky Evans is sitting on 20 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Ricky Evans takes out 20 with Florian Preis poised on 16; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. That's the match - Ricky Evans wins 6-0.

Ricky Evans79.11leg average
Florian Preis80.83leg average
20 CHECKOUT
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We are underway at European Darts Trophy in Last 48 with Ricky Evans against Florian Preis. The scoring swings from leg to leg before Ricky Evans finally seals it 6-0, 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 takes out 70 with Florian Preis poised on 83; 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. Ricky Evans gets the finish on 40; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Ricky Evans leads 2-0.

Ricky Evans makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 3. Florian Preis gets a look at 70 but the finish does not go, and 16 remains. Ricky Evans is sitting on 48 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Ricky Evans takes out 48 with Florian Preis poised on 16; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. Ricky Evans leads 3-0. Ricky Evans makes it 4 legs on the spin in Leg 4. Ricky Evans gets the finish on 40; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg. Ricky Evans leads 4-0.

Ricky Evans makes it 5 legs on the spin in Leg 5. Florian Preis gets a look at 12 but the finish does not go, and 6 remains. Ricky Evans is sitting on 25 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Ricky Evans takes out 25 with Florian Preis poised on 6; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Ricky Evans leads 5-0. Ricky Evans closes out Leg 6. Florian Preis reaches 32 and has a chance to close the leg, but returns with 16 still on the board. Ricky Evans is sitting on 20 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Ricky Evans takes out 20 with Florian Preis poised on 16; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. That's the match - Ricky Evans wins 6-0.

Ricky Evans posts the higher three-dart average, 88.41 compared with 83.44. Ricky Evans hits 1 maximum and Florian Preis hits 0. On the doubles, Ricky Evans converts 46.0% and Florian Preis finishes at 0.0%. Ricky Evans's longest burst is 6 legs in a row.

Ricky Evans has the result, but the final score only tells part of it. 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

88.413-dart avg83.44
1180s0
70Highest checkout0
46%Checkout %0%
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