Darts World Cup: Searle lets his first matchdart

His nickname Heavy Metal has Ryan Earle earned. The long-haired Englishman goes to Paranoid by Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne to one — and he plays with 32 grams of the heaviest darts around the tour. Also, strange: Earle suffers from astigmatism, which is why he sees the board blurred, and sometimes the referees must ask whether he has taken. For that I play not so bad, he said in an interview.

On Wednesday, the eighth finalist had from 2019 to William Bowland ran, the former with his nine-darter in Entscheidungsleg for the goosebumps' moment had made the tournament. But in the second round match, the Scot had very little say. Earle continued his darts — proper style with skull Flights — consistently in the triple and double fields only in the second set, he briefly showed weaknesses. Nevertheless, this was just like the first of the favorites.

In the last leg of the third set then briefly confusion at Earle: With 97 remaining, he went to the Triple-7, then the triple-18th There were 22 remaining. Where he threw the third arrow was not visible, probably due to the double 20, but certainly not to the double-11. Earle had lost count either properly or his eyes were playing tricks on him.

At first, he did not notice the error, but then the Englishman was amazed when he returned to the Che and the double-11 tackle had — the caller had to enlighten him. But the 34-year-old refused to be deterred: Although he missed the goal on the 3 and the double-4, but he finished the game with his third Match dart — for Earle felt it was the second.

Pizza totally out of — Also Rowby-John has nothing to report

Gaffe of this kind William O'Connor are not alien. The Irishman brought in Darts World Cup 2019 Berwyn price on the brink of defeat, but at the crucial moment he threw to the wrong number and retired.

Against — however weak form — Favorites Glen Durant O'Connor checked but equal time first in the ongoing World Cup, 170 of the game in the first leg and grabbed also the first set. Pizza never found in his game, often threw at a recording under 50 — number 24 in the world was ultimately not stand a chance. 0: 3 he had to bow out against a constant playing at a high level O'Connor. Eight successive legs took the Irishman who almost showed a little compassion for his opponent.

Rowby-John Rodriguez got two legs throughout the match (and thus one more than Durant). The Austrian had Luke Humphries oppose hardly anything, even this match ended 3: 0. His younger brother Rusty-Jake is still in the race, he meets on Thursday to Chris Obey, the number 30 in the world. Humphries is measured in round three with Dave China.

Cullen wins the Break Festival

In the last match of the afternoon session, the number met with Joe Cullen 13 of the world Jim Williams — and the match finally offered a little tension. Williams won the first set surprisingly, but then did not even get offered a double chance in the second of Cullen.

In the third set the match was finally to break Festival. No player brought his initiation through the first three legs before Williams checked out a 119 and decided to set for itself. But Cullen hit back again forced a deciding set — and then held his nerve. He put the last break of the game with a double-fourth

Williams should probably make best Cullen's inlet music their own: Do not Look Back in Anger by Oasis. The Welshman had sniffed at the Sensation, after all.

The games of the afternoon at a glance

Ryan Earle (England) — William Bowland (Scotland) 3: 0

Glen Durant (England) — William O'Connor (Ireland) 0: 3

Luke Humphries (England) — Rowby-John Rodriguez (Austria) 3: 0

Joe Cullen (England) — Jim Williams (Wales) 3: 2