Justin Hood produced one of many biggest performances on the World Darts Championship by hitting 11 consecutive doubles with out lacking on his approach to a 4-0 win over Josh Rock within the final 16.
Hood was 11 out of 11 in ending on doubles at 3-0 up in units and 2-0 forward in legs, and was one dart from an ideal match, solely to overlook a shot at double 16.
However, he broke the PDC file beforehand held by Jonny Clayton when he beat James Wade on the 2021 World Masters remaining with 10/11 doubles.
“It’s not a fairytale. I know what I can do and it’s nice to prove it up here,” Alexandra Palace debutant Hood instructed Sky Sports activities Darts after wrapping up the win.
“I used to be excited about it [the doubles]. It was on the display! The one time I had a little bit of nerves was once I was throwing to win it within the penultimate leg.
“It’s very overwhelming. I’m not used to this. I usually get hate messages. This is mad.”
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Justin Hood reacts to his historic win over Josh Rock within the World Darts Championship spherical of 16
Rock watched on in disbelief for a lot of the match as Hood simply couldn’t miss. However the Northern Irishman took the opening two units to deciding legs, shedding them each as the group started to grasp they have been witnessing one thing particular.
Hood raced via the third set 3-1 in legs then received the subsequent two legs initially of set 4 to be on the verge of darting perfection.
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Nonetheless, he missed D16 on a 143 checkout and truly misplaced the leg after three extra misses earlier than successful the subsequent leg to proceed his outstanding run, ending with a 12/16 file on doubles.
The 32-year-old, who lives in Somerset, will face Michael van Gerwen or Gary Anderson within the quarter-finals, with the 2 former world champions taking part in on Tuesday night time, stay on Sky Sports activities Darts.
Clayton avoids upset in opposition to spirited Harrysson
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Jonny Clayton produced a scientific 141 checkout in opposition to Andreas Harrysson throughout their fourth-round conflict
Fifth-seed Jonny Clayton averted an upset with a 4-2 last-16 victory over Swedish debutant Andreas Harrysson, who pushed his opponent laborious.
The opening 4 units have been shared with three deciding legs which underlined the closeness of the competition. Nonetheless, Harrysson dug deep and moved 2-0 up within the fifth set earlier than lacking three darts to whitewash Clayton in that set.
Clayton broke again, held throw, then pounced on 4 extra missed set darts from Harrysson to steal the set within the final leg. All 5 legs went on throw within the sixth and, in the end, final set so Clayton acquired over the road to e book a spot within the final eight in opposition to Ryan Searle.
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Have a look as Harrysson hit two unbelievable ton-plus checkouts in opposition to Clayton
“There’s a lot of things on my mind, obviously moving to world No 4 was one of them, and to be fair to Andreas, every time I looked up he was hitting doubles,” Clayton, who presently holds a assured spot within the Premier League Darts as he’s within the prime 4 on the PDC rankings, instructed Sky Sports activities Darts.
“That was tough. Ok, I didn’t play my best, there were a lot of loose darts, but that’s what pressure does to you. And that’s what Andreas did, kept me under pressure the whole time.”
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Luke Woodhouse got here agonisingly near a nine-darter throughout his conflict in opposition to Krzysztof Ratajski
Poland No 1 Krzysztof Ratajski will make his second quarter-finals look after beating Luke Woodhouse 4-2 to arrange a conflict in opposition to Luke Littler.
Woodhouse turned the second participant after Gary Anderson to get inside one dart of a nine-darter within the third set, however ended up shedding the leg and the set.
Though he pulled a set again to make it 2-2, he by no means appeared to totally get better from that burst of adrenaline as Ratajski received six legs out of eight to recover from the road.
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