Justin Hood produced one of many biggest performances on the World Darts Championship by hitting 11 consecutive doubles with out lacking on his method 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 document beforehand held by Jonny Clayton when he beat James Wade on the 2021 World Masters closing with 10/11 doubles.
“It is not a fairytale. I do know what I can do and it is good to show it up right here,” Alexandra Palace debutant Hood instructed Sky Sports activities Darts after wrapping up the win.
“I used to be occupied with 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 totally overwhelming. I am not used to this. I normally get hate messages. That is mad.”
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 gang started to understand they had been witnessing one thing particular.
Hood raced via the third set 3-1 in legs then received the following two legs at the beginning of set 4 to be on the verge of darting perfection.
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Nevertheless, he missed D16 on a 143 checkout and really misplaced the leg after three extra misses earlier than profitable the following leg to proceed his outstanding run, ending with a 12/16 document 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, dwell on Sky Sports activities Darts.
Clayton avoids upset towards spirited Harrysson
Jonny Clayton produced a scientific 141 checkout towards Andreas Harrysson throughout their fourth-round conflict
Fifth-seed Jonny Clayton prevented an upset with a 4-2 last-16 victory over Swedish debutant Andreas Harrysson, who pushed his opponent onerous.
The opening 4 units had been shared with three deciding legs which underlined the closeness of the competition. Nevertheless, 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 guide a spot within the final eight towards Ryan Searle.
Have a look as Harrysson hit two unbelievable ton-plus checkouts towards Clayton
“There’s numerous issues on my thoughts, clearly transferring to world No 4 was one among them, and to be honest to Andreas, each time I seemed up he was hitting doubles,” Clayton, who at present holds a assured spot within the Premier League Darts as he’s within the high 4 on the PDC rankings, instructed Sky Sports activities Darts.
“That was robust. Okay, I did not play my greatest, there have been numerous unfastened darts, however that is what stress does to you. And that is what Andreas did, stored me underneath stress the entire time.”
Luke Woodhouse got here agonisingly near a nine-darter throughout his conflict towards Krzysztof Ratajski
Poland No 1 Krzysztof Ratajski will make his second quarter-finals look after beating Luke Woodhouse 4-2 to arrange a conflict towards 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 well from that burst of adrenaline as Ratajski received six legs out of eight to recover from the road.
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