MATCH REPORT Final report · updated 05:30 UK

Keane Barry beats Kim Huybrechts 6-5

PDC UK open · Last 96 · Fri 6 Mar

Kim Huybrechts 5–6 Keane Barry
LEG-BY-LEG COMMENTARY

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LEG 1
1–0

Leg 1: Maximum from Kim Huybrechts! Kim Huybrechts cannot take out 88 and leaves 32, Kim Huybrechts takes out 32 in 1 dart. Kim Huybrechts leads 1-0.

Kim Huybrechts115.62leg average
Keane Barry96.75leg average
32 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 2
1–1

Leg 2 — back level: Maximum from Kim Huybrechts! Keane Barry closes 32 with Kim Huybrechts waiting on 36 in 2 darts. We're level at 1-1.

Kim Huybrechts116.25leg average
Keane Barry107.36leg average
32 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 3
2–1

Leg 3 — into the lead: Kim Huybrechts takes out 107 in 1 dart. Kim Huybrechts leads 2-1.

Kim Huybrechts115.62leg average
Keane Barry79.25leg average
107 CHECKOUT
LEG 4
3–1

Leg 4 — break of throw: Maximum from Kim Huybrechts! Keane Barry cannot take out 50 and leaves 8, Kim Huybrechts punishes it immediately by taking out 12 in 2 darts, a break of throw. Kim Huybrechts leads 3-1.

Kim Huybrechts88.41leg average
Keane Barry82.17leg average
BREAK OF THROW 12 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 5
4–1

Leg 5 — 3 in a row: Kim Huybrechts takes out 44 in 1 dart. Kim Huybrechts leads 4-1.

Kim Huybrechts115.62leg average
Keane Barry87.25leg average
44 CHECKOUT
LEG 6
4–2

Leg 6 — run stopped: Maximum from Keane Barry! Keane Barry takes out 32 in 2 darts. Kim Huybrechts leads 4-2.

Kim Huybrechts92.75leg average
Keane Barry107.36leg average
32 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 7
4–3

Leg 7 — break of throw: Kim Huybrechts cannot take out 78 and leaves 40; Keane Barry punishes it immediately by taking out 56 in 1 dart, a break of throw. Kim Huybrechts leads 4-3.

Kim Huybrechts76.83leg average
Keane Barry93.94leg average
BREAK OF THROW 56 CHECKOUT
LEG 8
4–4

Leg 8 — back level: Keane Barry closes 56 with Kim Huybrechts waiting on 56 in 2 darts. We're level at 4-4.

Kim Huybrechts74.17leg average
Keane Barry75.15leg average
56 CHECKOUT
LEG 9
5–4

Leg 9 — into the lead: Maximum from Kim Huybrechts! Kim Huybrechts cannot take out 70 and leaves 8, Kim Huybrechts takes out 8 in 1 dart. Kim Huybrechts leads 5-4.

Kim Huybrechts93.94leg average
Keane Barry75.40leg average
8 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 10
5–5

Leg 10 — back level: Maximum from Keane Barry! Keane Barry takes out 81 in 2 darts, 11 darts in total. We're level at 5-5.

Kim Huybrechts103.00leg average
Keane Barry136.64leg average
81 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 11
5–6

Leg 11 — match-clinching leg: Maximum from Kim Huybrechts! Keane Barry closes 71 with Kim Huybrechts waiting on 30 in 1 dart, 13 darts in total, a break of throw. That's the match - Keane Barry wins 6-5.

Kim Huybrechts94.20leg average
Keane Barry115.62leg average
BREAK OF THROW 71 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
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MATCH REPORT

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We are underway at PDC UK open in Last 96 with Kim Huybrechts against Keane Barry. The scoring swings from leg to leg before Keane Barry finally seals it 6-5, with the pressure rising whenever the players move into finishing range.

Leg 1: Maximum from Kim Huybrechts! Kim Huybrechts cannot take out 88 and leaves 32, Kim Huybrechts takes out 32 in 1 dart. Kim Huybrechts leads 1-0. Leg 2 — back level: Maximum from Kim Huybrechts! Keane Barry closes 32 with Kim Huybrechts waiting on 36 in 2 darts. We're level at 1-1. Leg 3 — into the lead: Kim Huybrechts takes out 107 in 1 dart. Kim Huybrechts leads 2-1.

Leg 4 — break of throw: Maximum from Kim Huybrechts! Keane Barry cannot take out 50 and leaves 8, Kim Huybrechts punishes it immediately by taking out 12 in 2 darts, a break of throw. Kim Huybrechts leads 3-1. Leg 5 — 3 in a row: Kim Huybrechts takes out 44 in 1 dart. Kim Huybrechts leads 4-1. Leg 6 — run stopped: Maximum from Keane Barry! Keane Barry takes out 32 in 2 darts. Kim Huybrechts leads 4-2.

Leg 7 — break of throw: Kim Huybrechts cannot take out 78 and leaves 40; Keane Barry punishes it immediately by taking out 56 in 1 dart, a break of throw. Kim Huybrechts leads 4-3. Leg 8 — back level: Keane Barry closes 56 with Kim Huybrechts waiting on 56 in 2 darts. We're level at 4-4. Leg 9 — into the lead: Maximum from Kim Huybrechts! Kim Huybrechts cannot take out 70 and leaves 8, Kim Huybrechts takes out 8 in 1 dart. Kim Huybrechts leads 5-4.

Leg 10 — back level: Maximum from Keane Barry! Keane Barry takes out 81 in 2 darts, 11 darts in total. We're level at 5-5. Leg 11 — match-clinching leg: Maximum from Kim Huybrechts! Keane Barry closes 71 with Kim Huybrechts waiting on 30 in 1 dart, 13 darts in total, a break of throw. That's the match - Keane Barry wins 6-5.

Kim Huybrechts posts the higher three-dart average, 94.85 compared with 91.28. Kim Huybrechts hits 5 maximums and Keane Barry hits 2. On the doubles, Kim Huybrechts converts 50.0% and Keane Barry finishes at 46.0%. Kim Huybrechts's longest burst is 3 legs in a row.

Keane Barry has the result, but the final score only tells part of it. The match contains 3 breaks of throw and 1 clear lead change. 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

94.853-dart avg91.28
5180s2
107Highest checkout81
50%Checkout %46%
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