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Danny Noppert beats Basem Mahmood 6-1

World Series: Bahrain Masters · Last 16 · Thu 15 Jan

Danny Noppert 6–1 Basem Mahmood
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LEG 1
1–0

Danny Noppert holds throw in Leg 1. Basem Mahmood has 90 available but cannot take it out, leaving 25. Danny Noppert is sitting on 10 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Danny Noppert takes out 10 with Basem Mahmood poised on 25; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Danny Noppert leads 1-0.

Danny Noppert68.32leg average
Basem Mahmood68.00leg average
10 CHECKOUT
LEG 2
2–0

Danny Noppert strikes with a break of throw in Leg 2. Danny Noppert takes out 18 with Basem Mahmood poised on 18; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. Danny Noppert leads 2-0.

Danny Noppert88.41leg average
Basem Mahmood80.50leg average
BREAK OF THROW 18 CHECKOUT
LEG 3
3–0

Danny Noppert makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 3. Danny Noppert gets the finish on 82; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg. Danny Noppert leads 3-0.

Danny Noppert115.62leg average
Basem Mahmood75.50leg average
82 CHECKOUT
LEG 4
3–1

Basem Mahmood stops a run of 3 legs by taking Leg 4. A 180 from Danny Noppert turns up the pressure; Basem Mahmood answers with a maximum; Danny Noppert reaches 90 and has a chance to close the leg, but returns with 5 still on the board. Basem Mahmood is sitting on 4 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Basem Mahmood takes out 4 with Danny Noppert poised on 5; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg. Danny Noppert leads 3-1.

Danny Noppert124.00leg average
Basem Mahmood107.36leg average
4 CHECKOUT 2 × 180
LEG 5
4–1

Danny Noppert holds throw in Leg 5. Danny Noppert gets the finish on 32; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Danny Noppert leads 4-1.

Danny Noppert79.11leg average
Basem Mahmood55.17leg average
32 CHECKOUT
LEG 6
5–1

Danny Noppert strikes with a break of throw in Leg 6. Basem Mahmood reaches 70 and has a chance to close the leg, but returns with 10 still on the board. Danny Noppert is sitting on 12 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Danny Noppert takes out 12 with Basem Mahmood poised on 10; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. Danny Noppert leads 5-1.

Danny Noppert88.41leg average
Basem Mahmood81.83leg average
BREAK OF THROW 12 CHECKOUT
LEG 7
6–1

Danny Noppert closes out Leg 7. Danny Noppert responds with 2 maximums; Danny Noppert gets the finish on 83; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 10-dart leg. That's the match - Danny Noppert wins 6-1.

Danny Noppert150.30leg average
Basem Mahmood44.00leg average
83 CHECKOUT 2 × 180
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MATCH REPORT

The final story

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Danny Noppert faces Basem Mahmood at World Series: Bahrain Masters in Last 16 and the match quickly starts producing the kind of moments that make live darts so tense. By the finish it is Danny Noppert who has the result at 6-1, but every leg has its own part to play on the way there. Danny Noppert holds throw in Leg 1. Basem Mahmood has 90 available but cannot take it out, leaving 25.

Danny Noppert is sitting on 10 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Danny Noppert takes out 10 with Basem Mahmood poised on 25; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Danny Noppert leads 1-0. Danny Noppert strikes with a break of throw in Leg 2. Danny Noppert takes out 18 with Basem Mahmood poised on 18; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw.

Danny Noppert leads 2-0. Danny Noppert makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 3. Danny Noppert gets the finish on 82; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg. Danny Noppert leads 3-0.

Basem Mahmood stops a run of 3 legs by taking Leg 4. A 180 from Danny Noppert turns up the pressure; Basem Mahmood answers with a maximum; Danny Noppert reaches 90 and has a chance to close the leg, but returns with 5 still on the board. Basem Mahmood is sitting on 4 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Basem Mahmood takes out 4 with Danny Noppert poised on 5; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg. Danny Noppert leads 3-1.

Danny Noppert holds throw in Leg 5. Danny Noppert gets the finish on 32; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Danny Noppert leads 4-1. Danny Noppert strikes with a break of throw in Leg 6.

Basem Mahmood reaches 70 and has a chance to close the leg, but returns with 10 still on the board. Danny Noppert is sitting on 12 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Danny Noppert takes out 12 with Basem Mahmood poised on 10; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. Danny Noppert leads 5-1. Danny Noppert closes out Leg 7.

Danny Noppert responds with 2 maximums; Danny Noppert gets the finish on 83; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 10-dart leg. That's the match - Danny Noppert wins 6-1. Danny Noppert posts the higher three-dart average, 92.97 compared with 74.75. Danny Noppert hits 3 maximums and Basem Mahmood hits 1.

The match contains 2 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

92.973-dart avg74.75
3180s1
83Highest checkout4
38%Checkout %20%
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