Ross Smith beats Ricardo Pietreczko 6-4
International Darts Open · Last 16 · Sun 24 May
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Ricardo Pietreczko faces Ross Smith at International 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 Ross Smith who has the result at 6-4, but every leg has its own part to play on the way there.
Leg 1: Ross Smith closes 40 with Ricardo Pietreczko waiting on 25 in 2 darts. Ross Smith leads 1-0. Leg 2 — back level: Ricardo Pietreczko takes out 68 in 1 dart. We're level at 1-1.
Leg 3 — into the lead: Maximum from Ross Smith! Ross Smith takes out 80 in 2 darts. Ross Smith leads 2-1. Leg 4 — back level: Ricardo Pietreczko cannot take out 74 and leaves 32; Ricardo Pietreczko closes 32 with Ross Smith waiting on 56 in 1 dart. We're level at 2-2.
Leg 5 — into the lead: Maximum from Ross Smith! Ross Smith cannot take out 84 and leaves 32, Ross Smith takes out 32 in 2 darts. Ross Smith leads 3-2. Leg 6 — back level: Ricardo Pietreczko closes 16 with Ross Smith waiting on 96 in 1 dart. We're level at 3-3.
Leg 7 — into the lead: Maximum from Ross Smith! Ross Smith takes out 50 in 2 darts. Ross Smith leads 4-3. Leg 8 — back level: Maximum from Ricardo Pietreczko! Ricardo Pietreczko takes out 50 in 1 dart. We're level at 4-4.
Leg 9 — into the lead: Ross Smith cannot take out 86 and leaves 32; Ross Smith takes out 32 in 2 darts. Ross Smith leads 5-4. Leg 10 — match-clinching leg: Ricardo Pietreczko cannot take out 98 and leaves 54; Ross Smith punishes it immediately by taking out 16 in 1 dart, 16 darts in total, a break of throw. That's the match - Ross Smith wins 6-4.
Ross Smith posts the higher three-dart average, 92.50 compared with 91.78. Ricardo Pietreczko hits 1 maximum and Ross Smith hits 3. On the doubles, Ricardo Pietreczko converts 44.0% and Ross Smith finishes at 55.0%. Ross Smith's longest burst is 2 legs in a row.
Ross Smith 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.
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How every leg unfolded
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Leg 1: Ross Smith closes 40 with Ricardo Pietreczko waiting on 25 in 2 darts. Ross Smith leads 1-0.
Leg 2 — back level: Ricardo Pietreczko takes out 68 in 1 dart. We're level at 1-1.
Leg 3 — into the lead: Maximum from Ross Smith! Ross Smith takes out 80 in 2 darts. Ross Smith leads 2-1.
Leg 4 — back level: Ricardo Pietreczko cannot take out 74 and leaves 32; Ricardo Pietreczko closes 32 with Ross Smith waiting on 56 in 1 dart. We're level at 2-2.
Leg 5 — into the lead: Maximum from Ross Smith! Ross Smith cannot take out 84 and leaves 32, Ross Smith takes out 32 in 2 darts. Ross Smith leads 3-2.
Leg 6 — back level: Ricardo Pietreczko closes 16 with Ross Smith waiting on 96 in 1 dart. We're level at 3-3.
Leg 7 — into the lead: Maximum from Ross Smith! Ross Smith takes out 50 in 2 darts. Ross Smith leads 4-3.
Leg 8 — back level: Maximum from Ricardo Pietreczko! Ricardo Pietreczko takes out 50 in 1 dart. We're level at 4-4.
Leg 9 — into the lead: Ross Smith cannot take out 86 and leaves 32; Ross Smith takes out 32 in 2 darts. Ross Smith leads 5-4.
Leg 10 — match-clinching leg: Ricardo Pietreczko cannot take out 98 and leaves 54; Ross Smith punishes it immediately by taking out 16 in 1 dart, 16 darts in total, a break of throw. That's the match - Ross Smith wins 6-4.