Day 2 Darts: World Championships - Extra

Hello, welcome to our second dose of late-night darts from the Dodd

World Darts Championships. We will start with a player who arrived at

the No. 2 Swede. Scott Waites swept all before him at the Masters. We

have not seen his best. Standing in his place was X-Factor, Andy

Boulton. Who hit the right notes at the right time on the big stage?

REFEREE: The welcome to Scott the Fratellis).

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REFEREE: They call him X-Factor! is Andy to throw first.

COMMENTATOR: Nick Knowles is our referee. We are underway, for what

Boulton made a name for himself back in June. He got to the last 16

at the Reebok, lost 9-4 again Mark Webster. He had a good match

against Vincent van der Voort. A world master - he was absolutely

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against the throw! Oh, he couldn't He survived his first little scare.

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be on Emmerdale - it is a lifetime ambition. Yes, I've known that.

yes, we will see what we can do for him. Not sure how much sway we have

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140 or anything higher here, might just apply a bit of pressure to

li live for him. REFEREE: Scott, you require 11.

-- Scott, you require 116. REFEREE: And the first set - Scott

Waites! COMMENTATOR: He is in-form, is this

man! Oh, isn't he just! As easy as ABC against the X-Factor Scott

Waites takes the first set. And this is the form he showed to

win the World Masters in Hull this year. Big scores, good finishing,

spectacular finishing. An average up and around the 100 mark

throughout. Good average. It means you are

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denying him the chance? He can still do it! Double 18. For the

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highest checkout this week so far? if you want to keep hydrated.

match, Scott Waites. Is Andy Boulton about to hold his throw

with a decent checkout of his own? He can still do it with treble 18.

REFEREE: And the second leg, Andy Boulton.

COMMENTATOR: I don't think Andy Boulton is playing second fiddle.

He just has not had the opportunity three out of the last four legs.

That is what this man can do. But when Andy Boulton has been

given the opportunity, he's - he has won two legs in the match and

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but it will be... Could have been a lot better. But

he might not get a chance to come back. Oh, unlucky! He has needed

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both treble 20s. Andy Boulton.

REFEREE: Andy to throw first. we have a game on!

For all the excellence so far that Scott Waites has given us, he will

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have to shift up a couple of gears, REFEREE: 120. Oh, he was unlucky,

Andy. That's blocked a bit with the

COMMENTATOR: So the second set continues.

REFEREE: Game on! After breaking back, Scott Waites

throws only 60. I wonder if it is the pressure on him?

Being favourite. As the second seed?

I would have thought there's a bit of pressure that goes with it. He

was as the No. 2 seed before. He played Martin Phillips - should

have beaten Martin Phillips, but Phillips came back at him and he

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We start all over again, at one set apiece.

Scott Waites needs to move up a gear. Not only to shake Andy

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Boulton off, but to stop him coming there at the Lakeside, the serious

business is gripping. One set all, one leg all. And not a huge amount

between either player, except Scott Waites, at this leg, has put

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leg in a while, I think. REFEREE: Fourth leg, Scott to throw

don't need all three darts at a double, and to be fair the way

Scott Waites has thrown for a double, he should be a bit

is not here this afternoon, but we have to say congratulations to him.

He just passed his theory driving test. He will hit the roads at some

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stage this year! REFEREE: 180! He is still looking for it. It is a

good, bold attempt. There it is!

Scott Waites! Could have been so, so different.

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loses, he is showing he can play the sport.

but Boulton is matching him in terms of the checkout percentages

and in terms of the scoring. He needs to raise his game a bit, and

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Well, I've seen many here, matches. He has shaken Andy Boulton. The

crowds are loving it! Now it is ominous!

The beauty of this spot... Well, that is it. A checkout like

that on 91. But go back to Andy Boulton's last

visit, a whisker away from his own big checkout. Less than a

millimetre, the wrong side of the wire, stands and watches and waits

while Scott Waites completes the checkout.

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range in the doubles. Andy Boulton lives on!

Like a man hanging off a cliff with a sore arm, Andy Boulton is just

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for the matcr the matct Waites. He will come back with at least three

more for it. Andy Boulton is hoping and praying once again.

He doesn't much fancy his chances. For once, actually, showing some

REFEREE: And the match - Scott Waites!

What a match, David! Thrilling! Scott Waites is through! Oh, did he

Scott Waites is through! Oh, did he make it tough! It is hard to

believe it is 11 years since John Buoy Walton lifted the world title,

he arrived here full of confidence ke

on his best mate Martin Atkins, known as The Assassin. Let's find

out if he had his mates in his sights. Commentary from Tony Green

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and Vassos Alexander. leg of the match. 20 needs double

16. Two 16s for John Walton. Oh, so close!

year. He is skipped up to the Okkey to reclaim.

He hit the double 4 to win the first leg. He said he doesn't like

You mentioned the interview. He had problems with the shoulder.

Temporarily knocked him for six. But he has made a comeback. Bull's-

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eye! 50! get!

REFEREE: 130! Some good players in Yorkshire.

And these two, among the best of the first bespectacled world

champion. That was in 2001. You only had to wait six years for the

second - Martin Adams, in 2007. And another 12 months for the third,

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a good set to win, because he's got the darts in the second. It is an

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REFEREE: Martin Atkins. Martin to throw first! Game on! Big darts

under pressure from Martin Atkins. He will be pleased with that. He

has broken the throw of John Walton. And he has backed it up wp a ton-

forty. They are best mates, both play for

England on field trips. Big friends. Here they are, going

I remember one match I commented on, and John Boy went straight 14 legs

on the trot. The doubles and trebles keep coming.

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Nothing wrong with his aim. He is John buoy has played more than 200

times for Yorkshire, more than 50 finals for England. And he is

throwing with an 18 grand hand made dart. Forget Pirates of the

Caribbean. This is Pirates of the Frimley Green!

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turn around! Saves a set! REFEREE: Game on! It gives John Boy a big

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Atkins for this set? Well, looking title. He has the pedigree to a win

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first time in the match. Walton! All square!

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John throwing. There is another Is there a different version of it?

I thought you were building up to a ought to do it!

REFEREE: 45. We have had 3 three Two treble 20s, double top.

Coming back for 100 to take this set.

to go! Drop it down a bit. Oh, not enough!

Not enough! CHEERS AND APPLAUSE. It is all

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Boy. Great cover again on the 19th from

Martin Atkins, not on a finish show. Walton knows he has six darts from

for the oche. He's got it! REFEREE: 100!

A 14-dart leg for Martin Atkins! REFEREE: Game on! He is a set away

two, to be quite honest. But there are some pluses. That is putting

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Martin Atkins! That is the break of three. REFEREE: Second leg is

Martin. If he can hold throw twice, he will have beaten the second seed,

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the seventh seed, and will be It is a lot of work to do. REFEREE:

98. John, you require 121. Still a good chance on the 20s.

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Yet another break of throw. And there it is - right down the

line! We thought this match would go all

the way. At present, it is two two in this

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set. he is trailing in the match.

Yes, if it had been legs instead of sets it would be 9-7 up. He would

be disappointed with that 55. It doesn't leave him anywhere near a

finish. Good switch, good cover, good shot! Leaves him double shot!

So problems now for John Boy. Here we go!

Oh wow! 15 d wow! 15 dol leed by a 14 dart leg.

They are enjoying this first session of darts here - it is

absolutely brilliant for them! So a deciding leg.

One to save the match. And that can win the match! Martin Atkins!

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The match! What a match! (CHEERING AND

APPLAUSE) Look at them standing.

Look at them standing. They both Paul Jennings is a scaffolder who

waited 15 years for his Lake dd debut. He had a tough opponent. The

Yorkshireman made the quarter finals twice. We're joining this

the start of this leg. The momentum is all with him.

Things are flowing lovely for Paul Jennings. He may have scored 86

overall, but think of the missed darts for a double in the first leg,

dragging the average down. Just at the minute he's like a player make

their test cricket debut who takes five wickets or scores a century

and he comes off after the day's play and the first question is -

it's easier than this test cricket lark, isn't it!

That will be our first question, that it's easy there on stage!

He said he was happy and confident and not feeling the pressure. I

spoke to him a few hours ago. Personally I think he's got the

perfect first round opponent. Championship he's yet to average

over 90. We wonder when we will see the real

Gary Thompson in these He can still do it.

Twelve maybe. Now going for treble twelves. He

done well Gary Thompson. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

Yes! F Paul Jennings.

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He finds another leg. He's more Jennings. The cross of St George

He has, but he's still got half a chance if he can get a 177 or a 171

cracking but he can still take this out and he would be cracking and it

is! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) The first leg of the match. A 118.

with a 60. He think hes will take advantage. There's something about

this floor that makes you go and muck up and your opponent thinks

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they won't mess around, here I go, dart. A good effort. This 156 will

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Jennings couldn't take his 180!

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The agony goes on. That won't help, What a match for Paul Jennings!

Paul Jennings. Question is, can he relax now he's

two sets up? So even better.

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Or will he realise how well he's His favourite double top.

He's got three out of five and boy did he want that double top.

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All three legs that he's won, and would be and you don't throw your

darts for 15 years. Four ranking titles since May 20 so,

including three last year and in Finland, Switzerland and Latvia.

That must have been nice. It wasn't his favourite place to go,

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he said, but a good win against the firbst set, but Set 2, Set 3,

good averages of Gary Thompson there, though Paul Jennings had the

worst average in set, though he still won it.

The most consistent player at the but this would give Paul Jennings

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"80"! Someone tell him that!

80. Thank you. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

We will forgive Rav Butler. It was Thompson knows it, if he can get

think he was going for 17, but he hit the 3.

That's what happened in that situation. One stray dart leads to

another. Double 8, she can't watch!

fortune to go with good darts that A great set up to leave that double

8 from Paul Jennings. It stopped the Thompson momentum.

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Really good leg of darts this, from the treble is a. -- 15. Bounced out

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of this leg or the leg after, because he's on the verge of

keeping alive his attempts to make says 180 in a leg where you are

that far behind is a waste. Yoiwafpbt to save it.

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180! You know what, applaud the maximums

anyway! It wasn't thinking darts but it was

great bottle from Thompson. Look have have thought, for Treble 10,

Well, smiles all around. Scott Mitchell and Gary Thompson

cheerleaders. They love what they are seeing. If you are in

Hartlepool cheering on Paul Jennings, this must be a horror at

the moment. He was two sets up. He is still leading, but he was two

legs up in this fourth set and Gary Thompson has pegged him back.

Every time the Cougar seems to give off an opportunity he then hits

back. This is going to hurt, though, surely.

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Another 140 from Paul Jennings, his That is absolutely incredible.

Gary Thompson not thinking about leaving the out shot. The 140

wouldn't have left him on a finish. Paul Jennings though, 86. He may go

treble 18. Beautiful reply from The Cougar may go ten for tops.

Double 18 ip stead. Oh! doubleed to reach Round 2.

They shout "Come on, Jeno ex-x". Paul Jennings miss. But surely he

can't again. No he can't! He's through to the second round.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) What a terrific, terrific first