MATCH REPORT Final report · updated 05:55 UK

Jermaine Wattimena beats Danny Noppert 6-5

Slovak Darts Open · Last 16 · Sun 21 Jun

Danny Noppert 5–6 Jermaine Wattimena
LEG-BY-LEG COMMENTARY

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LEG 1
0–1

Leg 1: Jermaine Wattimena takes out 40 in 2 darts. Jermaine Wattimena leads 1-0.

Danny Noppert97.25leg average
Jermaine Wattimena107.36leg average
40 CHECKOUT
LEG 2
1–1

Leg 2 — back level: Danny Noppert cannot take out 76 and leaves 16; Danny Noppert takes out 16 in 1 dart. We're level at 1-1.

Danny Noppert93.94leg average
Jermaine Wattimena72.20leg average
16 CHECKOUT
LEG 3
1–2

Leg 3 — into the lead: Danny Noppert cannot take out 24 and leaves 6; Jermaine Wattimena punishes it immediately by taking out 80 in 2 darts. Jermaine Wattimena leads 2-1.

Danny Noppert82.50leg average
Jermaine Wattimena75.15leg average
80 CHECKOUT
LEG 4
2–2

Leg 4 — back level: Maximum from Danny Noppert! Danny Noppert cannot take out 68 and leaves 20, Danny Noppert closes 20 with Jermaine Wattimena waiting on 36 in 1 dart. We're level at 2-2.

Danny Noppert93.94leg average
Jermaine Wattimena93.00leg average
20 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 5
3–2

Leg 5 — lead change: Danny Noppert closes 71 with Jermaine Wattimena waiting on 75 in 2 darts; a break of throw. Danny Noppert leads 3-2.

Danny Noppert107.36leg average
Jermaine Wattimena85.20leg average
BREAK OF THROW 71 CHECKOUT
LEG 6
4–2

Leg 6 — 3 in a row: Jermaine Wattimena cannot take out 72 and leaves 32; Danny Noppert punishes it immediately by taking out 18 in 1 dart. Danny Noppert leads 4-2.

Danny Noppert93.94leg average
Jermaine Wattimena93.80leg average
18 CHECKOUT
LEG 7
4–3

Leg 7 — run stopped: Jermaine Wattimena takes out 16 in 2 darts. Danny Noppert leads 4-3.

Danny Noppert80.00leg average
Jermaine Wattimena88.41leg average
16 CHECKOUT
LEG 8
5–3

Leg 8: Maximum from Danny Noppert! Danny Noppert takes out 81 in 1 dart, 10 darts in total. Danny Noppert leads 5-3.

Danny Noppert150.30leg average
Jermaine Wattimena99.00leg average
81 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 9
5–4

Leg 9: Danny Noppert cannot take out 88 and leaves 14; Jermaine Wattimena punishes it immediately by taking out 20 in 2 darts. Danny Noppert leads 5-4.

Danny Noppert97.40leg average
Jermaine Wattimena88.41leg average
20 CHECKOUT
LEG 10
5–5

Leg 10 — back level: Maximum from Danny Noppert! Danny Noppert cannot take out 94 and leaves 40, Jermaine Wattimena punishes it immediately by taking out 25 in 1 dart, a break of throw. We're level at 5-5.

Danny Noppert92.20leg average
Jermaine Wattimena115.62leg average
BREAK OF THROW 25 CHECKOUT 2 × 180
LEG 11
5–6

Leg 11 — match-clinching leg: Jermaine Wattimena closes 24 with Danny Noppert waiting on 88 in 2 darts; 17 darts in total. That's the match - Jermaine Wattimena wins 6-5.

Danny Noppert82.60leg average
Jermaine Wattimena88.41leg average
24 CHECKOUT
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MATCH REPORT

The final story

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We are underway at Slovak Darts Open in Last 16 with Danny Noppert against Jermaine Wattimena. The scoring swings from leg to leg before Jermaine Wattimena finally seals it 6-5, with the pressure rising whenever the players move into finishing range.

Leg 1: Jermaine Wattimena takes out 40 in 2 darts. Jermaine Wattimena leads 1-0. Leg 2 — back level: Danny Noppert cannot take out 76 and leaves 16; Danny Noppert takes out 16 in 1 dart. We're level at 1-1. Leg 3 — into the lead: Danny Noppert cannot take out 24 and leaves 6; Jermaine Wattimena punishes it immediately by taking out 80 in 2 darts. Jermaine Wattimena leads 2-1.

Leg 4 — back level: Maximum from Danny Noppert! Danny Noppert cannot take out 68 and leaves 20, Danny Noppert closes 20 with Jermaine Wattimena waiting on 36 in 1 dart. We're level at 2-2. Leg 5 — lead change: Danny Noppert closes 71 with Jermaine Wattimena waiting on 75 in 2 darts; a break of throw. Danny Noppert leads 3-2. Leg 6 — 3 in a row: Jermaine Wattimena cannot take out 72 and leaves 32; Danny Noppert punishes it immediately by taking out 18 in 1 dart. Danny Noppert leads 4-2.

Leg 7 — run stopped: Jermaine Wattimena takes out 16 in 2 darts. Danny Noppert leads 4-3. Leg 8: Maximum from Danny Noppert! Danny Noppert takes out 81 in 1 dart, 10 darts in total. Danny Noppert leads 5-3. Leg 9: Danny Noppert cannot take out 88 and leaves 14; Jermaine Wattimena punishes it immediately by taking out 20 in 2 darts. Danny Noppert leads 5-4.

Leg 10 — back level: Maximum from Danny Noppert! Danny Noppert cannot take out 94 and leaves 40, Jermaine Wattimena punishes it immediately by taking out 25 in 1 dart, a break of throw. We're level at 5-5. Leg 11 — match-clinching leg: Jermaine Wattimena closes 24 with Danny Noppert waiting on 88 in 2 darts; 17 darts in total. That's the match - Jermaine Wattimena wins 6-5.

Danny Noppert posts the higher three-dart average, 93.07 compared with 90.25. Danny Noppert hits 3 maximums and Jermaine Wattimena hits 1. On the doubles, Danny Noppert converts 29.0% and Jermaine Wattimena finishes at 46.0%. Danny Noppert's longest burst is 3 legs in a row.

Jermaine Wattimena has the result, but the final score only tells part of it. The match contains 2 breaks of throw and 2 clear lead changes. 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

93.073-dart avg90.25
3180s1
81Highest checkout80
29%Checkout %46%
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