MATCH REPORT Final report · updated 07:54 UK

Luke Woodhouse beats Martin Schindler 3-0

PDC World Masters · Last 32 · Fri 30 Jan

Martin Schindler 0–3 Luke Woodhouse
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LEG 1
0–1

Luke Woodhouse holds throw in Set 1, leg 1. Luke Woodhouse answers with a maximum; Luke Woodhouse takes out 25 with Martin Schindler poised on 25; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg.

Martin Schindler119.00leg average
Luke Woodhouse107.36leg average
25 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 2
0–2

Luke Woodhouse strikes with a break of throw in Set 1, leg 2. Luke Woodhouse shuts the door with a 136 checkout; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 10-dart leg; and that is a break of throw.

Martin Schindler96.25leg average
Luke Woodhouse150.30leg average
BREAK OF THROW 136 CHECKOUT
LEG 3Set 2 · leg 1
1–2

Martin Schindler stops a run of 2 legs by taking Set 2, leg 1. Martin Schindler answers with a maximum; Martin Schindler gets the finish on 68; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg.

Martin Schindler115.62leg average
Luke Woodhouse99.50leg average
68 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 4Set 2 · leg 2
1–3

Set 2, leg 2 stays with Luke Woodhouse on throw. Luke Woodhouse gets the finish on 51; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg.

Martin Schindler89.75leg average
Luke Woodhouse107.36leg average
51 CHECKOUT
LEG 5Set 2 · leg 3
1–4

Luke Woodhouse strikes with a break of throw in Set 2, leg 3. Luke Woodhouse takes out 24 with Martin Schindler poised on 97; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg; and that is a break of throw.

Martin Schindler80.80leg average
Luke Woodhouse115.62leg average
BREAK OF THROW 24 CHECKOUT
LEG 6Set 3 · leg 1
1–5

Luke Woodhouse makes it 3 legs on the spin in Set 3, leg 1. Luke Woodhouse gets a look at 94 but the finish does not go, and 16 remains.; Luke Woodhouse gets the finish on 16; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg.

Martin Schindler90.25leg average
Luke Woodhouse107.36leg average
16 CHECKOUT
LEG 7Set 3 · leg 2
1–6

Luke Woodhouse closes out Set 3, leg 2. Luke Woodhouse answers with a maximum; Martin Schindler has 88 available but cannot take it out, leaving 25. Luke Woodhouse is sitting on 40 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Luke Woodhouse takes out 40 with Martin Schindler poised on 25; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg; and that is a break of throw.

Martin Schindler95.20leg average
Luke Woodhouse115.62leg average
BREAK OF THROW 40 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
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MATCH REPORT

The final story

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Martin Schindler faces Luke Woodhouse at PDC World Masters in Last 32 and the match quickly starts producing the kind of moments that make live darts so tense. By the finish it is Luke Woodhouse who has the result at 3-0, but every leg has its own part to play on the way there.

Luke Woodhouse holds throw in Set 1, leg 1. Luke Woodhouse answers with a maximum; Luke Woodhouse takes out 25 with Martin Schindler poised on 25; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg. Luke Woodhouse strikes with a break of throw in Set 1, leg 2. Luke Woodhouse shuts the door with a 136 checkout; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 10-dart leg; and that is a break of throw.

Martin Schindler stops a run of 2 legs by taking Set 2, leg 1. Martin Schindler answers with a maximum; Martin Schindler gets the finish on 68; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg. Set 2, leg 2 stays with Luke Woodhouse on throw. Luke Woodhouse gets the finish on 51; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg.

Luke Woodhouse strikes with a break of throw in Set 2, leg 3. Luke Woodhouse takes out 24 with Martin Schindler poised on 97; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Luke Woodhouse makes it 3 legs on the spin in Set 3, leg 1. Luke Woodhouse gets a look at 94 but the finish does not go, and 16 remains.; Luke Woodhouse gets the finish on 16; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg.

Luke Woodhouse closes out Set 3, leg 2. Luke Woodhouse answers with a maximum; Martin Schindler has 88 available but cannot take it out, leaving 25. Luke Woodhouse is sitting on 40 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Luke Woodhouse takes out 40 with Martin Schindler poised on 25; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg; and that is a break of throw.

Luke Woodhouse posts the higher three-dart average, 108.64 compared with 95.55. Martin Schindler hits 1 maximum and Luke Woodhouse hits 2. On the doubles, Martin Schindler converts 33.0% and Luke Woodhouse finishes at 55.0%. Luke Woodhouse's longest burst is 4 legs in a row.

Luke Woodhouse 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.

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MATCH DATA

Match statistics

95.553-dart avg108.64
1180s2
68Highest checkout136
33%Checkout %55%
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