Lowe took out 125 and 118 as he claimed the first set 3-2, before winning set two in a deciding leg to move within touching distance of the last 32.įormer Grand Slam champion De Sousa won the third set with an 81 finish before levelling on double nine to force a fifth set. That’s exactly what happened.”ĭe Sousa also fought back from the brink of defeat to see off Lowe in a high quality encounter. “You don’t give up in that position but you kind of just relax and the scores start coming. “In my head I was dead and buried and something just clicked. “I can’t even describe that match,” said Soutar, who will take on De Sousa in the third round after returning to Scotland for two shifts as a firefighter over the Christmas period.
With Ally Pally debutant Soutar 5-4 up, Suljovic squandered a dart at tops for a 125 attempt to force a sudden-death leg, and the Scottish ace stepped forward to produce a sensational 144 finish to complete the fightback. Soutar levelled the match and then punished Suljovic for four more match darts in the final set to force a tie-break. The Austrian won eight of the first nine legs to move to the brink of what looked like a comfortable success, but missed two darts to claim a 3-0 win and another two to prevail in four sets. Soutar clawed his way back from two sets and two legs down and survived eight match darts before taking out a magnificent match-winning 144 checkout to defeat a crestfallen Suljovic. “Daryl is another brilliant player who never really goes away and it should be a great game.”Īlan Soutar and Jose de Sousa both claimed comeback victories in a dramatic afternoon session on Day Nine, as Mensur Suljovic and Jason Lowe crashed out of the £2.5 million event. I feel like there is something around the corner. “I’ve worked hard over the last couple of years and now I am back.
He is a legend and he played like the champion he is in that first set but once I got my bearings, I found the game to beat him. “I had a great second set and I think that made Raymond sort of fade in the game,” said Cross, who will take on Daryl Gurney in round three. The 2021 European Champion then closed out the victory with a three-leg burst to end Van Barneveld’s World Championship comeback at the second round stage. Van Barneveld enjoyed a stunning start to the eagerly anticipated duel, taking out a sublime 170 finish as he claimed the first set 3-1.Ĭross clinched set two by the same margin, sealing it with a 93 checkout, before winning a pivotal deciding leg in the third set. Rob Cross knocked Raymond van Barneveld out of the William Hill World Darts Championship in a clash of former winners on Thursday evening as the pre-Christmas Ally Pally action concluded.Ĭross, who lifted the Sid Waddell Trophy in 2018, came from a set down to topple five-time World Champion Van Barneveld after the Dutchman was unable to ride the tidal wave of support from his adoring “Barney Army”.
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