Rob Cross crowns the best World Cup match with the 170 to victory
Brüller: Rob Cross played his way into the circle of title candidates
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A ten-darter, five high finishes and a 170 checkout to victory. Rob Cross has spectacularly won a high-class match against Daryl Gurney in overtime of the seventh set. Then Peter Wright also made it to the round of 16.
Dhe circle of title candidates at the Darts World Cup has grown by a name. At the latest since the 4: 3 win against Daryl Gurney and the corona-related departure of Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross has to be counted as a serious contender.
The 2018 world champion prevailed in a high-class match against the Northern Irish, but made it unnecessarily exciting after three match darts in the decider of the sixth set. To the delight of the audience, the two well-formed professionals allowed their audience a seventh round.
“I left the chances behind, I should have closed it earlier. But in the end I corrected it in the most beautiful way, ”said“ Voltage ”later. With a 170, the highest possible finish, the 31-year-old found the end worthy of this game and checked to make it 4-2 after legs.
It was the fifth high finish of the game by Cross, Gurney in turn contributed two checkouts with more than 100 points. And the other numbers also ended up being world-class witnesses.
Cross (average 99.77, double rate: 44.7 percent) threw 13 180s, a new record at this tournament, had 17 more shots with at least 140 points and a total of 76 shots with 100 points or more. Gurney (average 99.49, double rate: 43.2 percent) even got 77, 39 of them alone were 140 or more points.
Tickled his opponent to top performance: Daryl Gurney lost very close to Rob Cross
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Cross now meets Gary Anderson or Ian White and should go into the round of 16 as a favorite given his strength of form. He seems to have regained his old form – or is even a little stronger than it was four years ago, as he himself thinks. “I love to stand up there. And I’m a lot more experienced than I was then. I was probably the most inexperienced world champion in history. But I’ve learned a lot since then. I now know how it works. “
One of his competitors in the battle for the title is Peter Wright, who he would face in a possible semi-final. “Snakebite” prevailed after the cross victory after slight starting difficulties with 4: 2 against Damon Heta.
Relieved: Peter Wright needed two sets and new darts to set course for the round of 16
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The Scot, the 2020 world champion, was 2-0 down in sets, then changed his arrows and started to win. The 51-year-old now faces Ryan Searle in the round of 16.
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Darts World Cup, results 3rd round
Steve Lennon (IRL) – Mervyn King (ENG/21) 0:4
Ryan Searle (ENG / 15) – Danny Noppert (NED / 18) 4: 2
Joe Cullen (ENG/13) – Martijn Kleermaker (NED) 3:4 NV
Rob Cross (ENG/11) – Daryl Gurney (NIL/22) 4:3 n.V.
Peter Wright (SCO/2) – Damon Heta (AUS/31) 4:2
Michael van Gerwen (NED / 3) – Chris Dobey (ENG / 30) without a fight (after positive corona test van Gerwen)
Darts World Cup, December 29th
13 o’clock
3rd round:
Jose de Sousa (POR/7) – Alan Soutar (SCO)
Dave Chisnall (ENG/14) – Luke Humphries (ENG/19)
Nathan Aspinall (ENG/10) – Callan Rydz (ENG)
8 p.m.
Gary Anderson (SCO/6) – Ian White (ENG/27)
Round of 16:
Round of 16 1
Round of 16 2
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