Even for the notoriously noisy Alexandra Palace audience there were unusual scenes as Fallon Sherrock came out and took control of the opening exchanges. Though Sherrock settled instantly, landing three 180s in the first two legs, Dobey scored much better than his opponent throughout. After two sets Dobey was averaging 96.72 with every three darts and Sherrock just 88.15, but he had landed just four of 19 checkout attempts and Sherrock five out of eight. This Dobey duly did, landing six of his last nine attempts to accelerate through the last two sets. “I just felt I had something more left in the tank and I brought it out towards the end of the match.” – Guardian

Source: The Irish Times December 27, 2019 17:03 UTC