Michael van Gerwen and Chris Dobey produced the performances of the day on a thrilling opening to the Ladbrokes UK Open at Butlin’s Minehead Resort on Friday.<\/p>\n
The 159-player, multi-board tournament began with a bumper day of darts, with the opening four rounds seeing the field whittled down to 32 competitors who will return on Saturday afternoon to continue the battle for the \u00a3100,000 title.<\/p>\n
Friday afternoon’s early rounds included first round defeats for female duo Lisa Ashton and Fallon Sherrock – to Mike De Decker and Kyle McKinstry respectively – as well as Brisbane Darts Masters champion Damon Heta, against Scott Waites.<\/p>\n
2012 UK Open champion Robert Thornton was a third round casualty, while former finalists Barrie Bates and Andy Hamilton lost out in round two.<\/p>\n
The arrival of the world’s top 32 players in Friday evening’s fourth round saw the drama increase further as reigning champion Nathan Aspinall drew world number one Van Gerwen in a crunch clash.<\/p>\n
A high-quality affair saw neither player able to open up more than a two-leg lead throughout, before two-time champion Van Gerwen eventually closed out a 10-8 success with a 105.5 average.<\/p>\n
Van Gerwen will now play Jason Lowe in Saturday afternoon’s fifth round, after the Cradley Heath thrower – a Tour Card winner at Qualifying School in January – defeated Cody Harris, Jonathan Worsley and 2014 UK Open champion Adrian Lewis to reach the last 32.<\/p>\n
Chris Dobey<\/p>\n
Chris Dobey and Krzysztof Ratajski both averaged over 105 in an outstanding fourth round tie which saw the Bedlington ace come from 9-8 down to win 10-9, taking out a 91 bull finish in the deciding leg of a thriller.<\/p>\n
World number three Gerwyn Price was another impressive performer as he averaged 104 in his dominant 10-3 defeat of Danny Noppert, and the Welshman will now play Ricky Evans after the Kettering ace overcame Joe Murnan 10-4.<\/p>\n
Peter Wright<\/p>\n
2017 UK Open champion Peter Wright emerged victorious from another tight contest, averaging over 102 in his 10-8 win over Glen Durrant.<\/p>\n
The World Champion now plays Ian White, who averaged almost 100 in a 10-6 win over emerging talent Harry Ward.<\/p>\n
2018 UK Open winner Gary Anderson gained revenge for his loss to Steve Beaton in this event 12 months ago with a 10-7 victory as he progressed to a tie with Plymouth’s Simon Stevenson, who saw off both Kevin Doets and Darren Webster in a deciding leg.<\/p>\n
Former World Champion Rob Cross, last year’s runner-up to Aspinall in Minehead, hit back from 6-5 down to win 10-7 against Dutch youngster Niels Zonneveld.<\/p>\n
Cross will now face Michael Smith in another plum fifth round tie, with the world number five having overcome James Wilson 10-4.<\/p>\n
Ireland’s Willie O’Connor fought off a strong fightback from Dave Chisnall to claim a narrow 10-8 win, with the Morecambe ace having begun the game wearing glasses, removed them at 5-0 down before hitting back from a seven-leg deficit to trail 8-7 at one stage.<\/p>\n
Stephen Bunting survived three missed match darts from Vincent van der Voort as he progressed to a meeting with St Helens rival Alan Tabern, who won four games on Friday to reach the last 32.<\/p>\n
Lewis Williams (PDC)<\/p>\n
Welsh student Lewis Williams and Essex decorator Rhys Hayden were the best-performing players from the 16 Rileys Amateur Qualifiers, as both won through to the last 64.<\/p>\n
Williams saw off Robert Owen, Adrian Gray and Jose De Sousa before losing out 10-9 to Steve West, while Hayden saw off Jamie Clark, James Richardson and Toni Alcinas before his run was ended by Dimitri Van den Bergh.<\/p>\n
Northern Ireland’s McKinstry followed up his win over Sherrock with defeats of Jason Heaver, Stephen Burton and Bradley Brooks as he moved through to the last 32.<\/p>\n
He now plays Martin Schindler, who averaged over 102 in a superb performance against Justin Pipe in round four as the German moved into Saturday’s second day.<\/p>\n
Two-time UK Open champion James Wade saw off Scotland’s John Henderson 10-5, and the left-hander now comes up against Kim Huybrechts after the Belgian ace saw off Robert Thornton and Ryan Searle on Friday.<\/p>\n
Daryl Gurney, Jamie Hughes, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Gabriel Clemens were other 10-9 winners in the fourth round, while Jonny Clayton ended the hopes of two-time Lakeside Champion Waites.<\/p>\n
Max Hopp withdrew from the event on Friday morning due to glandular fever. As a result, Martin Atkins – who won three games in the afternoon session – received a Bye in the fourth round draw.<\/p>\n
Saturday will see the afternoon session’s fifth round followed in the evening session by the sixth round, before Sunday sees the remaining eight players return to compete for the \u00a3100,000 title.<\/p>\n
Click here for ways to watch Day One of the UK Open.<\/p>\n
Click here to see Main Stage and Stage Two live scores with Sportradar.<\/p>\n
Click here to see Stages Three-Eight live scores with DartConnect.<\/p>\n
2020 Ladbrokes UK Open
\nFriday March 6
\nAfternoon Session
\nFirst Round
\nMike De Decker 6-2 Lisa Ashton
\nScott Waites 6-4 Damon Heta
\nKyle McKinstry 6-1 Fallon Sherrock
\nCody Harris 6-5 Scott Taylor
\nKai Fan Leung 6-3 Kelvin Self
\nKarel Sedlacek 6-0 Adam Hunt
\nAlan Tabern 6-2 Keane Barry
\nAndy Hamilton 6-3 Patrick Lynskey
\nSteffen Siepmann 6-4 Krzysztof Kciuk
\nPeter Jacques 6-4 Ciaran Teehan
\nSteve Brown 6-5 Michael Barnard
\nDaniel Larsson 6-5 Ryan Meikle
\nJason Askew 6-4 Greg Ritchie
\nJason Heaver 6-0 Jesus Noguera
\nAdam Smith-Neale 6-4 Ben Cheeseman
\nNathan Rafferty 6-3 Darren Beveridge
\nStephen Burton 6-1 Adam Huckvale
\nRhys Hayden 6-5 James Clark
\nBradley Brooks 6-5 Cameron Menzies
\nHarald Leitinger 6-1 Kevin Burness
\nWesley Harms 6-3 Aaron Beeney
\nDanny van Trijp 6-4 Boris Koltsov
\nWilliam Borland 6-2 Andrew Davidson
\nLewis Williams 6-5 Robert Owen
\nMartin Atkins 6-5 Ryan Murray
\nCallan Rydz 6-5 Shane McGuirk
\nWayne Jones 6-1 Gary Blades
\nBerry van Peer 6-3 Owen Roelofs
\nJustin Smith 6-3 Andy Jenkins
\nDerk Telnekes 6-3 Martijn Kleermaker
\nJames Richardson 6-4 Darren Penhall
\nKevin Doets 6-1 Alfie Thompson<\/p>\n
Second Round
\nMark McGeeney 6-5 Scott Baker
\nJohn Michael 6-5 Jeff Smith
\nKevin Doets 6-3 David Pallett
\nKyle McKinstry 6-4 Jason Heaver
\nDirk van Duijvenbode 6-0 Marko Kantele
\nScott Waites 6-1 Geert Nentjes
\nMike De Decker 6-5 Daniel Larsson
\nBradley Brooks 6-2 Nick Kenny
\nHarry Ward 6-5 Gavin Carlin
\nKai Fan Leung 6-2 Kirk Shepherd
\nKarel Sedlacek 6-2 Barrie Bates
\nRhys Hayden 6-4 James Richardson
\nAndy Boulton 6-2 Reece Robinson
\nMaik Kuivenhoven 6-3 Nathan Derry
\nWesley Harms 6-5 Justin Smith
\nMadars Razma 6-4 Derk Telnekes
\nJonathan Worsley 6-4 Matt Clark
\nSteffen Siepmann 6-2 Carl Wilkinson
\nTed Evetts 6-1 Berry van Peer
\nAlan Tabern 6-3 Steve Brown
\nJason Lowe 6-1 Cody Harris
\nMartin Atkins 6-2 Christian Bunse
\nNathan Rafferty 6-1 Mike van Duivenbode
\nNiels Zonneveld 6-4 Andy Hamilton
\nJason Askew 6-5 Rowby-John Rodriguez
\nYordi Meeuwisse 6-3 Peter Jacques
\nLewis Williams 6-3 Adrian Gray
\nJoe Murnan 6-3 Harald Leitinger
\nStephen Burton 6-4 Vincent van der Meer
\nConan Whitehead 6-3 Wayne Jones
\nWilliam Borland 6-0 Danny van Trijp
\nCallan Rydz 6-3 Adam Smith-Neale<\/p>\n
Third Round
\nLuke Humphries 6-5 Kyle Anderson
\nKim Huybrechts 6-1 Robert Thornton
\nJosh Payne 6-4 Luke Woodhouse
\nRyan Searle 6-5 Cristo Reyes
\nWilliam O’Connor 6-2 Jan Dekker
\nVincent van der Voort 6-4 John Michael
\nWilliam Borland 6-5 Mike De Decker
\nRichard North 6-4 Ron Meulenkamp
\nSteve West 6-2 Conan Whitehead
\nBradley Brooks 6-4 Devon Petersen
\nMartin Atkins 6-5 Wesley Harms
\nJamie Lewis 6-5 Ross Smith
\nJames Wilson 6-4 Ted Evetts
\nAlan Tabern 6-4 Steve Lennon
\nNiels Zonneveld 6-2 Mickey Mansell
\nJustin Pipe 6-3 Kai Fan Leung
\nRyan Joyce 6-2 Yordi Meeuwisse
\nLewis Williams 6-4 Jose De Sousa
\nJamie Hughes 6-2 Nathan Rafferty
\nGabriel Clemens 6-3 Maik Kuivenhoven
\nDirk van Duijvenbode 6-3 Darius Labanauskas
\nRhys Hayden 6-2 Toni Alcinas
\nMatthew Edgar 6-3 Callan Rydz
\nMartin Schindler 6-4 Benito van de Pas
\nAndy Boulton 6-4 Mark McGeeney
\nJason Lowe 6-3 Jonathan Worsley
\nScott Waites 6-2 Madars Razma
\nJelle Klaasen 6-4 Jason Askew
\nHarry Ward 6-3 Steffen Siepmann
\nJoe Murnan 6-3 Karel Sedlacek
\nSimon Stevenson 6-5 Kevin Doets
\nKyle McKinstry 6-2 Stephen Burton<\/p>\n
Evening Session
\nFourth Round
\nGerwyn Price 10-3 Danny Noppert
\nPeter Wright 10-8 Glen Durrant
\nMichael van Gerwen 10-8 Nathan Aspinall
\nGary Anderson 10-7 Steve Beaton
\nDimitri Van den Bergh 10-5 Rhys Hayden
\nWilliam O\u2019Connor 10-8 Dave Chisnall
\nStephen Bunting 10-9 Vincent van der Voort
\nChris Dobey 10-9 Krzysztof Ratajski
\nIan White 10-6 Harry Ward
\nMensur Suljovic 10-4 Jamie Lewis
\nGabriel Clemens 10-9 Ryan Joyce
\nMichael Smith 10-4 James Wilson
\nKim Huybrechts 10-8 Ryan Searle
\nAlan Tabern 10-6 Richard North
\nDirk van Duijvenbode 10-9 Jermaine Wattimena
\nSimon Whitlock 10-7 Jeffrey de Zwaan
\nKyle McKinstry 10-8 Bradley Brooks
\nRob Cross 10-7 Niels Zonneveld
\nJoe Cullen 10-7 Mervyn King
\nJason Lowe 10-4 Adrian Lewis
\nJelle Klaasen 10-5 William Borland
\nRicky Evans 10-4 Joe Murnan
\nSimon Stevenson 10-9 Darren Webster
\nJonny Clayton 10-7 Scott Waites
\nAndy Boulton 10-8 Luke Humphries
\nSteve West 10-9 Lewis Williams
\nMatthew Edgar 10-5 Josh Payne
\nJames Wade 10-5 John Henderson
\nDaryl Gurney 10-9 Keegan Brown
\nMartin Schindler 10-2 Justin Pipe
\nJamie Hughes 10-9 Brendan Dolan
\nBye – Martin Atkins<\/p>\n
Saturday March 7
\nAfternoon Session (1230 GMT start)
\nFifth Round
\nMain Stage
\nChris Dobey v Simon Whitlock
\nMichael van Gerwen v Jason Lowe
\nIan White v Peter Wright
\nMichael Smith v Rob Cross<\/p>\n
Stage Two
\nDaryl Gurney v William O’Connor
\nRicky Evans v Gerwyn Price
\nKim Huybrechts v James Wade
\nSimon Stevenson v Gary Anderson<\/p>\n
Stage Three
\nJoe Cullen v Jonny Clayton
\nMensur Suljovic v Dirk van Duijvenbode
\nAlan Tabern v Stephen Bunting
\nDimitri Van den Bergh v Matthew Edgar<\/p>\n
Stage Four
\nJamie Hughes v Martin Atkins
\nSteve West v Jelle Klaasen
\nMartin Schindler v Kyle McKinstry
\nGabriel Clemens v Andy Boulton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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