MATCH REPORT Final report · updated 10:57 UK

Charlie Manby beats Niko Springer 6-3

International Darts Open · Last 64 · Fri 22 May

Niko Springer 3–6 Charlie Manby
LEG-BY-LEG COMMENTARY

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LEG 1
0–1

Leg 1: Charlie Manby closes 85 with Niko Springer waiting on 46 in 2 darts. Charlie Manby leads 1-0.

Niko Springer113.75leg average
Charlie Manby107.36leg average
85 CHECKOUT
LEG 2
0–2

Leg 2 — break of throw: Charlie Manby takes out 40 in 1 dart; a break of throw. Charlie Manby leads 2-0.

Niko Springer52.33leg average
Charlie Manby93.94leg average
BREAK OF THROW 40 CHECKOUT
LEG 3
0–3

Leg 3 — 3 in a row: Charlie Manby cannot take out 16 and leaves 4; Charlie Manby closes 4 with Niko Springer waiting on 80 in 2 darts. Charlie Manby leads 3-0.

Niko Springer70.17leg average
Charlie Manby75.15leg average
4 CHECKOUT
LEG 4
1–3

Leg 4 — run stopped: Charlie Manby cannot take out 78 and leaves 40; Niko Springer punishes it immediately by taking out 92 in 1 dart. Charlie Manby leads 3-1.

Niko Springer93.94leg average
Charlie Manby92.20leg average
92 CHECKOUT
LEG 5
1–4

Leg 5: Maximum from Charlie Manby! Charlie Manby takes out 41 in 2 darts, 11 darts in total. Charlie Manby leads 4-1.

Niko Springer97.00leg average
Charlie Manby136.64leg average
41 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 6
2–4

Leg 6: Niko Springer takes out 25 in 1 dart. Charlie Manby leads 4-2.

Niko Springer115.62leg average
Charlie Manby92.75leg average
25 CHECKOUT
LEG 7
2–5

Leg 7: Maximum from Charlie Manby! Charlie Manby takes out 40 in 2 darts. Charlie Manby leads 5-2.

Niko Springer72.75leg average
Charlie Manby107.36leg average
40 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 8
3–5

Leg 8: Maximum from Charlie Manby! Charlie Manby cannot take out 97 and leaves 35, Niko Springer punishes it immediately by taking out 112 in 1 dart. Charlie Manby leads 5-3.

Niko Springer93.94leg average
Charlie Manby93.20leg average
112 CHECKOUT 2 × 180
LEG 9
3–6

Leg 9 — match-clinching leg: Charlie Manby closes 8 with Niko Springer waiting on 74 in 2 darts; 17 darts in total. That's the match - Charlie Manby wins 6-3.

Niko Springer85.40leg average
Charlie Manby88.41leg average
8 CHECKOUT
FULL SCORE RECORD

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MATCH REPORT

The final story

A concise final report built from the same chronological scoring record above.

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Niko Springer faces Charlie Manby at International Darts Open in Last 64 and the match quickly starts producing the kind of moments that make live darts so tense. By the finish it is Charlie Manby who has the result at 6-3, but every leg has its own part to play on the way there.

Leg 1: Charlie Manby closes 85 with Niko Springer waiting on 46 in 2 darts. Charlie Manby leads 1-0. Leg 2 — break of throw: Charlie Manby takes out 40 in 1 dart; a break of throw. Charlie Manby leads 2-0.

Leg 3 — 3 in a row: Charlie Manby cannot take out 16 and leaves 4; Charlie Manby closes 4 with Niko Springer waiting on 80 in 2 darts. Charlie Manby leads 3-0. Leg 4 — run stopped: Charlie Manby cannot take out 78 and leaves 40; Niko Springer punishes it immediately by taking out 92 in 1 dart. Charlie Manby leads 3-1.

Leg 5: Maximum from Charlie Manby! Charlie Manby takes out 41 in 2 darts, 11 darts in total. Charlie Manby leads 4-1. Leg 6: Niko Springer takes out 25 in 1 dart. Charlie Manby leads 4-2.

Leg 7: Maximum from Charlie Manby! Charlie Manby takes out 40 in 2 darts. Charlie Manby leads 5-2. Leg 8: Maximum from Charlie Manby! Charlie Manby cannot take out 97 and leaves 35, Niko Springer punishes it immediately by taking out 112 in 1 dart. Charlie Manby leads 5-3.

Leg 9 — match-clinching leg: Charlie Manby closes 8 with Niko Springer waiting on 74 in 2 darts; 17 darts in total. That's the match - Charlie Manby wins 6-3.

Charlie Manby posts the higher three-dart average, 94.94 compared with 82.27. Niko Springer hits 1 maximum and Charlie Manby hits 3. On the doubles, Niko Springer converts 60.0% and Charlie Manby finishes at 38.0%. Charlie Manby's longest burst is 3 legs in a row.

Charlie Manby 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

82.273-dart avg94.94
1180s3
112Highest checkout85
60%Checkout %38%
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