Madness at Darts World Cup: William Borland throws the nine-darter in the Decider

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William Borland hopped across the stage, threw his arms uncontrollably through the air and screamed his disbelief with his mouth wide open. The 25-year-old Scot, number 65 in the world rankings, had just created the greatest moment of his young career.

Borland threw his first nine-darter in front of running television cameras, the feat that only a few are allowed in their careers: 501 points with nine arrows – more, or better: less is not possible.

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“Big Willie” had also shown maximum timing, choosing the perfect place and the perfect moment. Borland threw him in the decisive fifth leg of the decisive fifth set on the World Cup stage (live on Sport1 and DAZN *). “This is one hundred percent the best moment of my life,” he said a few minutes later, still visibly impressed by his own performance, which also secured his tour ticket for the coming season.

Ally-Pally-Wasp announces the nine-darter

Previously, he and his first-round opponent, 19-year-old Bradley Brooks, had offered the best match of these title fights so far. Borland already led 2-0 in the fifth round, “Bamm Bamm” Brooks struggled again and held the decisive dart to equalize on the double-16 when the score was 1: 2 when suddenly Ally-Pally -Wesp made her comeback.

It is now part of the World Cup tradition that an insect annoys the players on stage. So also this year in ten degrees warm London. Brooks stayed cool and checked to make it 2-2. The last leg of the match had to bring the decision.

Borland got off to a perfect start and made history with the eleventh nine-darter in World Cup history: “It’s unbelievable. I kept saying to myself: just keep going, just keep going. “

A wasp sting could have caused his cheering afterwards, but it was the joy of the unexpected performance and the receipt of his tour card, which he should have made perfect with the now at least 15,000 pound bonus.

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Borland, who comes from the same city as Peter Wright and knows John Henderson as a mentor on his team, can now hope for the jackpot. A sponsor had offered a bonus of 100,000 pounds prior to the tournament if a player should throw two nine-darts at this World Cup: 50,000 pounds for the player, 25,000 pounds for a charity, 25,000 pounds for a spectator at Alexandra Palace.

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Borland will now face Ryan Searle in the second round, but the Scotsman is attracted by the jackpot almost as much: “I would like to take both with me. The money would be great and I want to get as far as possible. But 50,000 pounds won’t bring you the tour ticket. ”The man is not only thinking about the next nine-darter, but also about the next year.

Darts World Cup, results

1 round

Ryan Joyce (ENG) – Roman Benecky (CZE) 3:2

Keane Berry (IRL) – Royden Lam (HKG) 3:2

Jermaine Wattimena (NED) – Boris Koltsov (RUS) 0: 3

Joe Murnan (ENG) – Paul Lim (SGP) 3: 2

William Borland (SCO) – Bradley Brooks (ENG) 3:2

Ross Smith (ENG) – Jeff Smith (CAN) 3:0

2nd round

Krzysztof Ratajski (POL / 12) – Steve Lennon (IRL) 1: 3

Peter Wright (SCO/2) – Ryan Meikle (ENG) 3:0

Darts World Cup on Saturday, December 18th

1.30 p.m .:

1 round

Jamie Hughes (ENG) – Raymond Smith (AUS)

Callan Rydz (ENG) – Yuki Yamada (JPN)

Darius Labanauskas (LIT) – Mike De Decker (BEL)

2nd round

Ian White (ENG/27) – Chris Landman (NED)

8 pm:

1 round

Adam Hunt (ENG) – Boris Krcmar (CRO)

Ted Evetts (ENG) – Jim Williams (WAL)

Rowby-John Rodriguez (AUT) – Nick Kenny (WAL)

2nd round

Michael van Gerwen (NED/3) – Chas Barstow (ENG)

The complete schedule and the tournament tree can be found here.

*Display: Every viewer has the opportunity to follow the tournament live on the DAZN streaming service. If you don’t have a subscription, you can watch the games for free. DAZN offers all new customers the opportunity to test the offer for one month free of charge. You can cancel the subscription within the first month.