Ricardo Pietreczko, a former World Darts Championship semi-finalist, defeated former World Darts Champion Dave Chisnall 3-2 in the second round at Alexandra Palace.
After going into the fifth set at 2-0, the world’s No. 21 Chisnall scored 11 180s to none from Pietreczko, who had already come from 2-0, to set up a third-round match with Andreas Harrysson of Sweden.
Chisnall had nine maximums after going 2-0 up, but Pietreczko rallied for victory in three straight legs after missing a dart at double 16 on a 143 checkout to claim the victory.
World No. 29 Dirk van Duijvenbode was defeated by England’s James Hurrell to lose 3-2.
Next up for Hurrell, who lost the first set, will face Nitin Kumar of India or Stephen Bunting, who will play him on Saturday night.
Ryan Searle, the 20th seed, defeated Brendan Dolan in the second round of this year with a blistering 3-0 victory.
Dolan, who had previously reached quarter-finals, was knocked out by Searle on nine of his 14 doubles attempts, an average of 98.67.
With a comfortable 3-0 defeat of Motomu Sakai, his fellow tournament debutant, Harrysson moved up to third place.
Results and schedule for Saturday
Afternoon tea
Brendan Dolan wins 3-0 with Ryan Searle
Motomu Sakai defeats Andreas Harrysson 3-1
James Hurrell 2-3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Ricardo Pietreczko and Dave Chisnall 2-3
evening program
Niels Zonneveld vs. Michael Smith
Andrew Gilding vs. Chris Dobey
related subjects
- Darts
Source: BBC
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