Former world champion Michael Smith suffered an early exit from the Worldwide Darts Open on day two in Germany.
Smith, winner at Alexandra Palace in 2023, had seemed in command of his second-round match towards Ritchie Edhouse after opening up a 5-3 lead within the afternoon session.
Edhouse, although, produced a late rally to attract stage after which landed a 160 checkout to take the last-leg decider and guide a spot within the final 16 of the European Tour occasion.
Nathan Aspinall averaged 113.14 to finish a 6-2 win over world quantity 11 Jonny Clayton, whereas Chris Dobey transformed a 170 checkout in his 6-4 success towards Krzysztof Ratajski.
Ross Smith got here from 5-2 all the way down to beat William O’Connor in a deciding leg, whereas Ryan Searle additionally noticed off Daryl Gurney 6-5.
Masters champion Stephen Bunting, Danny Noppert and Damon Heta all additionally superior to finals day on the WT Energiesysteme Area.
Within the night session, world primary Luke Humphries – winner of the German Darts Grand Prix a fortnight in the past – landed half-a-dozen maximums as he swept previous Jose de Sousa 6-2.
Welshman Gerwyn Value began his bid for a 3rd successive Worldwide Darts Open title with a 6-4 win over Brendan Dolan.
Germany’s Ricardo Pietreczko knocked out James Wade in a deciding leg to thrill the house crowd, who had been on their toes once more when Martin Schindler recorded a 6-3 win over Joe Cullen.
Richard Veenstra dumped out prime seed Dave Chisnall as he reeled off 4 straight legs to seal a 6-2 success whereas Scotland’s Cameron Menzies survived two match darts as he edged previous Josh Rock in a deciding leg.
Gabriel Clemens had the house followers singing as soon as extra in Riesa as he held off a fightback from Dirk van Duijvenbode to win 6-4 earlier than the night motion completed with former world champion Rob Cross digging deep to beat Gian van Veen within the final leg of the night time.
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