Day 2

:00:00. > :00:42.Hello and welcome to your second installment of late night drama from

:00:43. > :00:46.the 2016 BDO world championship. Our first match involves only the second

:00:47. > :00:54.Green ever to appear here at no time hallowed stage at Lakeside. Kostas

:00:55. > :00:57.Pantelidis was up against Darren Peetoom - both debutants, both

:00:58. > :01:03.desperate to impress, but who would crack first? Let's join your

:01:04. > :01:09.commentators. It's England against Greece and, like I say, who knows

:01:10. > :01:14.what to expect? The first to three sets through to the first round

:01:15. > :01:24.proper. And each set is the first to three legs. Bound to be some nerves

:01:25. > :01:29.up there for both of these fellas? Well respected county player - plays

:01:30. > :01:33.for Essex, Darren Peetoom. Pantelidis - well, this is by a

:01:34. > :01:41.distance. Both of them the biggest stage they've ever been on. Kostas

:01:42. > :01:45.basically squirrelled himself away in a back practice room on his own

:01:46. > :01:48.for - well, for the last couple of hours, just throwing and throwing

:01:49. > :01:51.and throwing. And I went to chat to him and he wasn't that keen to talk,

:01:52. > :01:59.but he did admit to being a little on the apprehensive side. Vasos

:02:00. > :02:08.speaks fluent Greek, for those of you who don't know!

:02:09. > :02:14.He's only the second Greek player to play at the Lakeside, following John

:02:15. > :02:24.Michael's appearance, what, two years ago now. He lost in the

:02:25. > :02:32.preliminary round. 3-2 to Madars Razma, if memory serves. Or if my

:02:33. > :02:41.notes serve! Darren Peetoom coming through the qualifiers in Hull back

:02:42. > :02:44.in October. Beat Serle in that qualification game. "Come on" - he

:02:45. > :02:59.tries to rev himself up Here we go. Still leaves him on a finish. And it

:03:00. > :03:05.would be against the throw - this would be a very handy start for

:03:06. > :03:08.Peetoom, if he were able to do this. Well, that's a great first dart.

:03:09. > :03:17.Single 17 leaves double top. Looking composed now, isn't he? Oh, that's

:03:18. > :03:22.unlucky. Good darts - not far off. To hold his throw, treble 19 will

:03:23. > :03:31.start it. He has hit treble 3, so can't now finish. Well, second one

:03:32. > :03:35.at this double tops for Peetoom. Surely a good marker. This time?

:03:36. > :03:53.Well! Two 16s - oh, he needs another one

:03:54. > :04:01.of those. Yes! Holds his throw, does Pantelidis. And life will feel a

:04:02. > :04:05.whole lot better for that. Bit of a struggle and a nervy affair for both

:04:06. > :04:08.men, wasn't it? He sort of fell across the line, there. Two double

:04:09. > :04:24.8s. He has got the flag of Greece on his

:04:25. > :04:25.flights, Pantelidis. And he does have some family here supporting

:04:26. > :04:43.him. I think I spotted a Greek flag in

:04:44. > :04:51.the audience somewhere. When we find it, I can tell you that it is being

:04:52. > :04:58.held by his uncle and aunt. The first to three sets at this stage of

:04:59. > :05:26.the competition. And first to three legs takes the set.

:05:27. > :05:34.Peetoom beating himself up a bit and his throw's under threat here. There

:05:35. > :05:45.we go! Uncle and aunty and the Greek flag. So far, they will be pleased

:05:46. > :05:48.enough. .. With the start Kostas has made - holding his throw in the

:05:49. > :05:53.first leg and a great chance to break here. That's more like it from

:05:54. > :06:07.Darren with that last dart. Tops, then. 2-0.

:06:08. > :06:21.Very nice leg of darts from Pantelidis. He's throwing for the

:06:22. > :06:26.set now. Got here as the top player in the BDO Eastern European regional

:06:27. > :06:37.rankings, did Pantelidis. Big, big occasion for him. He won last year's

:06:38. > :06:39.Bulgarian Open. Runner-up in the Greek open twice and in Malta and in

:06:40. > :06:51.Hungary. Lost to John Walton over in Malta.

:06:52. > :06:56.Good to see John back playing well. Former champion, of course -

:06:57. > :07:00.Sheffield lad. Flying the flag for the great steel city. Not many of us

:07:01. > :07:07.here doing that. But he's there and I'm there. One of the good guys,

:07:08. > :07:12.John. Both Johns! You say the nicest things! He will play Rob Modra, John

:07:13. > :07:25.boy, in the preliminary round on Monday afternoon. I think we just

:07:26. > :07:35.got a sight of Tracey Peetoom. Darren's wife. Is he settling down a

:07:36. > :07:40.bit at last? Not before time, if so, but Pantelidis can take out the set

:07:41. > :07:48.here. Treble 19 would leave double 12 - but not this time.

:07:49. > :07:59.16 for bull. Oh, he's... Missed the treble 16, which would have left

:08:00. > :08:09.double 9. So... What's he going to go for? 10, 6 or 2? He can't finish.

:08:10. > :08:11.17 then. Takes out the single for double 8. We've seen he can get

:08:12. > :08:22.this. But not this time. Well, he missed four darts in the

:08:23. > :08:31.opening leg. Needs a double to settle the nerves. One more chance.

:08:32. > :08:36.To stay in this set. Yes! APPLAUSE

:08:37. > :08:44.Which he does. They're playing for a first round place against Geert de

:08:45. > :08:52.Vos. A preliminary match, this one. Loser pockets ?2,500. The winner,

:08:53. > :09:06.the right to go on in search of the ?100,000 champion's prize.

:09:07. > :09:20.Averages are creeping upwards. They were down in the 60s for a while,

:09:21. > :09:57.but both moving up a little. 231 required with the throw - still

:09:58. > :10:04.a slight advantage for Darren, the Essex county player. Missed that by

:10:05. > :10:10.a distance, didn't he? And he knows it. He has got to just settle down.

:10:11. > :10:19.That's the one. So 131 - we're getting back on to

:10:20. > :10:42.level terms. Good first dart. Wasn't really close, was it?

:10:43. > :10:55.Pantelidis back on 212. That last dart helps. See if he can get a bit

:10:56. > :11:03.close they are time. -- close they are -- closer this time. Steadies

:11:04. > :11:06.himself and misses by a distance. Four 20s and two 16s. He has got one

:11:07. > :11:13.double out of ten, now, Peetoom. That's more like it! Steadier -

:11:14. > :12:03.smoother. Here we go - no. Thought we might be

:12:04. > :12:08.seeing the 180 placards for the first time this evening. It was his

:12:09. > :12:10.third 140-plus. But the scoring at the moment not particularly

:12:11. > :12:17.impressive. The edge goes with the Greek Pantelidis. Peetoom only

:12:18. > :12:26.averaging 72 and his doubles are pretty awful. Amazing, really, that

:12:27. > :12:35.he's still in this set - but he is, at two legs apiece. Pantelidis had

:12:36. > :12:41.two darts to win the set without losing a leg. But missed 'em. Well,

:12:42. > :12:47.he's taking this almost by the default, isn't he? Those were good

:12:48. > :12:57.darts, though. 12 darts he has had to there and double tops required.

:12:58. > :13:15.OK, for the set. And a 13-dart leg. Two 10s. No, he bust it. Just the

:13:16. > :13:17.wrong side of the wire. That's more like it. Too late now, though, I

:13:18. > :13:29.suspect. He's got another six darts if he

:13:30. > :13:41.wants 'em. Surely one of these will go in. Double 10. Well, Darren

:13:42. > :13:44.Peetoom and all his mates who watch him playing will think he is so much

:13:45. > :13:51.a better player than he has shown so far. It can be a different story

:13:52. > :13:55.when you get up on that stage. He's not exactly feeling as though he's

:13:56. > :13:59.throwing with somebody else's arms, but he is not in the zone by a mile.

:14:00. > :14:08.Eight missed darts for the set. Make that nine, make that ten. He gets

:14:09. > :14:13.there eventually! Kostas Pantelidis. 21 darts it took him to get that leg

:14:14. > :14:19.- and, so, take the first set. And he had a dart for a 13-darter,

:14:20. > :14:22.didn't he? Doesn't matter. All that matters, as far as he's concerned,

:14:23. > :14:23.is that the first set is safely in the back pocket and on its way to

:14:24. > :14:50.Athens. He just can't get those treble 20s

:14:51. > :14:59.with the regularity that he would wish, Darren. Capable of throwing so

:15:00. > :15:01.very much better than he has so far. And another visit where he fails to

:15:02. > :15:17.find the treble. Plenty of fancy dress and dodgy hats

:15:18. > :15:21.- false beards and wigs - in the audience as ever. Everybody enjoying

:15:22. > :15:26.the atmosphere. On this Sunday, here at laikd. -- Lakeside. Lots in from

:15:27. > :16:08.Essex, as well. Well, a big ask, this, when your

:16:09. > :16:24.match average stands at just 71. And he missed that treble by a long way.

:16:25. > :16:38.This is to take a leg against the darts. 20 leaves bull. Treble 1

:16:39. > :16:43.leaves nothing. Well, 72 - the Essex fans trying to rev Darren up. Well,

:16:44. > :16:50.it's not worked because he has got a 9. Double 12 - he wanted 13 bull.

:16:51. > :16:52.13/9, it is, which leaves double 12. And he has got it! Will he now

:16:53. > :17:08.awaken? Where can -- where did that come

:17:09. > :17:12.from? Well, I'm sure he would say, "That's what I do every day of the

:17:13. > :17:20.week, it's just the first time I've done it tonight". There will be a

:17:21. > :17:44.short break after this set. Perhaps that winning leg and that

:17:45. > :17:56.checkout has just instilled a little bit more confidence.

:17:57. > :18:08.It's a lot better, isn't it, from Darren? A tonne for 40. That was

:18:09. > :18:31.just a little bit unlucky - going just the wrong side of the wire.

:18:32. > :18:34.93 required - and that would be a leg against the throw. Look at this

:18:35. > :18:44.from Pantelidis, though. Two 18s he needs. Oh, yes!

:18:45. > :19:00.APPLAUSE Well, he's on a bit of a roll - his

:19:01. > :19:06.average now has outstripped his Greek opponent. He's starting to get

:19:07. > :19:11.the doubles and he's starting to - although not a big visit there, not

:19:12. > :19:14.a big score there, he is just letting them go with that bit more

:19:15. > :19:35.authority. He has woken up! Settled down. More to the point.

:19:36. > :19:37.The Bobby George fan club who have been here enjoying the darts all

:19:38. > :19:49.day. There's just a bit more authority

:19:50. > :19:53.around Darren Peetoom at the moment. When they're missing, they're not

:19:54. > :20:07.missing by much. Throwing first for the set. Keeps the pressure on - he

:20:08. > :20:15.is on a finish, you -- now, Pantelidis. Unlike Darren.

:20:16. > :20:26.So treble 17 would have left the bull's eye but he will be back.

:20:27. > :20:29.Well, it's nicely placed on double 12, isn't he, and all Darren Peetoom

:20:30. > :20:34.can do is try and rack up some points to apply a bit of a tweak of

:20:35. > :20:46.pressure. Double 12, then, to strike back.

:20:47. > :20:49.Well, the finishing has been a lot better from both players now, this

:20:50. > :21:04.set. We're back on throw. It was all

:21:05. > :21:07.pretty scruffy, that opening set, wasn't it, but it's looking more

:21:08. > :21:13.right now. That's what we expect - thought he was on his way to the

:21:14. > :21:19.match's opening 180 there. He will take a 140, when Pantelidis has only

:21:20. > :21:21.weighed in with 41 and now 43. Just needs this one to square up the

:21:22. > :21:26.match. That's unlucky. The old Robin Hood

:21:27. > :22:10.shot. Even despite that, he has a lead of

:22:11. > :22:16.basically 100. Peetoom. And moving towards a set-winning leg. He's on a

:22:17. > :22:42.finish now. So 20s and 19s. Treble 18 for double

:22:43. > :22:49.12. Double 12 for the set. Tony O'Shea was talking about the throw

:22:50. > :22:50.of Pantelidis and how he thinks it's pretty solid, but there's one or two

:22:51. > :23:07.moving parts. He can use them. To find the corner

:23:08. > :23:08.of the double 12 bed - and Darren Peetoom hits back. It's one-set

:23:09. > :23:47.apiece at Lakeside. It's there to be won, isn't it?

:23:48. > :23:49.Whoever can settle, whoever can produce something like their A game.

:23:50. > :23:56.The averages are still significantly below the 80 mark, so it's pretty

:23:57. > :24:02.self-evident that their both of them way, way down on their A game. They

:24:03. > :24:22.would hope to be in the region of a 90 average.

:24:23. > :24:40.Averages are almost identical, in fact.

:24:41. > :24:47.There's no point hiding the fact. 157 - but no help hiding the fact

:24:48. > :24:50.that this is not a particularly good game. The pair of them have really

:24:51. > :25:09.struggled up there. Well, not under much pressure here.

:25:10. > :25:18.He went for treble 10 for double 18, so... 9 he'll go for now, or 13.

:25:19. > :25:27.That was a bit of a mess. Two 18s when he returns.

:25:28. > :25:37.Well, 140 and a little resigned shrug of the soldiers as if to say,

:25:38. > :25:43."Well, where was that when I needed it". And Pantelidis gets the double

:25:44. > :25:53.18 to take the opening leg of this third set.

:25:54. > :25:59.So not much difference between them. No difference between them in the

:26:00. > :26:01.checkouts and, as you can see, the averages are pretty similar, too.

:26:02. > :26:17.One leg in it. Doesn't exactly conceal his

:26:18. > :26:18.emotions, does he, Darren? Has the bad darts and everybody knows about

:26:19. > :26:35.it. That's more like it. It's his

:26:36. > :26:53.seventh 140-plus. Yet to have a 180 in this match.

:26:54. > :27:14.So treble 20 for double 8. So tops he needs.

:27:15. > :27:17.Well, we're not expecting him to take this out! And he hasn't.

:27:18. > :27:25.LAUGHTER LAUGHTER

:27:26. > :27:28.But I think Peetoom will be massively disappointed if he doesn't

:27:29. > :27:34.get this. He has only got one from eight - make that two from nine!

:27:35. > :27:48.It's still anybody's. Doesn't hang about, Pantelidis, does

:27:49. > :28:02.he? Right up to that oche and just lets 'em going - bang, bang, bang.

:28:03. > :28:21.Another one into the back of the flight.

:28:22. > :28:31.Once upon a time, stems and flights used to just disintegrate when you

:28:32. > :28:35.did that. Not so now, it would seem. I don't quite go back to the feather

:28:36. > :28:45.era, but... Not far off! I have seen them.

:28:46. > :28:59.Well, he's putting together a very tidy leg here, Pantelidis.

:29:00. > :29:06.Twelve darts to here. 81 he has got. Two darts could do it. Treble 19

:29:07. > :29:11.he's looking at. Well, treble 10 would leave double 16.

:29:12. > :29:40.So two 16s for Pantelidis. .. To move ahead in this third set. Two

:29:41. > :29:51.8s, a small adjustment. Gets his nose ahead again. Holding his throw

:29:52. > :29:59.with the darts. Again! Is that three or four we've had? Three. Three in

:30:00. > :30:02.the space of a set and a half - you could go two or three days at

:30:03. > :30:10.Lakeside without seeing one of those.

:30:11. > :30:47.I think he is finally changing his stems now. Or changing a stem.

:30:48. > :31:04.The crowd a little bit subdued. That's more like it - that rouses

:31:05. > :31:08.the Essex continth. Needs a maximum, this match. The crowd need a maximum

:31:09. > :31:21.to give them a reason to get off their chairs and cheer. Hue -- Hugh

:31:22. > :31:24.doing the refereeing up there, also working as a spotter for us during

:31:25. > :31:31.the week. There he is - lovely fella.

:31:32. > :31:42.He's not having a good leg so far, Pantelidis. So Peetoom, 75 to make

:31:43. > :31:50.it two apiece in this third set. "Oh bother", he thinks to himself! And

:31:51. > :31:57.can't do it. "Oh bother", but no real bother. Pantelidis is miles

:31:58. > :31:59.away - and still. Well, that is distinctly ordinary. Tops for

:32:00. > :32:27.Peetoom. Well, at least he will be on a

:32:28. > :32:35.finish. He might have to get it now - as Pantelidis is poised. 10s.

:32:36. > :32:43.Well, 5s. His family watch on anxiously - but he delivers!

:32:44. > :32:50.Six goes at a double, he had. Eventually, he found what he needed.

:32:51. > :33:12.To level the set. Geert de Vos, the man who the winner

:33:13. > :33:18.of this is going to be playing in the first round proper, one of the

:33:19. > :33:39.Dutch contingent here. There's Wesley Harms - he's a Dutch

:33:40. > :33:41.player. Geert de Vos, just to stop people texting in, of course, is

:33:42. > :33:50.from Belgium. Oh, sorry about that! Well corrected.

:33:51. > :34:01.Wesley Harms is very definitely Dutch!

:34:02. > :34:12.60 points away from a 2-1 lead in sets.

:34:13. > :34:24.Progress distinctly slow. He has had one from six at that double top. Now

:34:25. > :34:37.he's got it and takes the second set. A 15-darter.

:34:38. > :34:56.Well, no Greek player has ever won a match on the world championship

:34:57. > :35:01.stage at Lakeside. They will be hoping that their man, Kostas,

:35:02. > :35:05.becomes the first. The Pantelidis family giving him their support -

:35:06. > :35:21.and that's the first maximum! "At last", you may say! Darren Peetoom.

:35:22. > :35:29.The 51st maximum of the tournament so far.

:35:30. > :35:50.Gosh, when he's bad in a leg, Pantelidis, he's very bad. He won't

:35:51. > :36:04.now finish, Darren, on this visit. A good last dart. Twelve darts to 44.

:36:05. > :36:31.Kostas remains poker-faced as he slips behind in the set. He has

:36:32. > :36:42.shown very little emotion, hasn't he, since he walked on to the stage.

:36:43. > :36:53.Darren spluttering in the life now - maybe!

:36:54. > :37:13.He's taken his average above the 80 mark for the first time.

:37:14. > :37:29.I'd like to point out he can't actually hear me saying that from

:37:30. > :37:34.the commentary box! It looked as though he was turning around and

:37:35. > :37:42.giving me the answer, didn't it?! Treble 20 for double 10. Just

:37:43. > :37:52.missed. Just too high. But in a great position now. 170 can be done.

:37:53. > :37:54.The biggest possible checkout, of course, in darts, 170. Treble 20,

:37:55. > :38:13.treble 20, bull. With the darts for the set to take

:38:14. > :38:39.us all the way. The second maximum. For the Essex

:38:40. > :39:14.man, Peetoom. Yes, very nice. Very difficult to

:39:15. > :39:19.break the throw when your opponent is chucking in 180s and 140s. He's

:39:20. > :39:23.throwing now. Looking like a different game. Treble 17 he was

:39:24. > :39:44.looking for. 72 now gives him the set if he can

:39:45. > :39:47.come back and do that. Treble 20 he's looking at - oh, he went the 12

:39:48. > :39:58.route. Bull' eye. -- bull's eye.

:39:59. > :40:03.Well, his uncle is hoping against hope. Treble 19, double 12. Oh, wow,

:40:04. > :40:19.a double 12! A great effort to keep his chances

:40:20. > :40:24.alive. 47 now. Dind didn't make a great fist of it on his last visit.

:40:25. > :40:25.That's more like it - tops needed. That would have squared up the

:40:26. > :40:34.match. OK, then, another go at double 12.

:40:35. > :40:45.He never thought he was in this leg. But he has won it! A show of emotion

:40:46. > :40:51.at last. He knows that's big. Now he has got the throw. And he is

:40:52. > :40:55.potentially in a position where he's a couple of legs away from winning

:40:56. > :41:04.the match. Weather bureau Good last dart. That, by the way, was an

:41:05. > :41:16.English, "Come on", not a Greek, "Ela"! Vasos, do you think in

:41:17. > :41:24.English or Greek? Bit of both. 180 in Greek, how would you go? Well,

:41:25. > :41:25.you could either give it the... SPEAKS GREEK

:41:26. > :41:31.( ) Or you could... Am I really going

:41:32. > :41:43.to do this? Yes, you are! SHOUT:

:41:44. > :41:50.SHOUTS IN GREEK. I love it! I do believe the great

:41:51. > :41:57.man is blushing a little! I can't believe you got me to do that!

:41:58. > :42:04.All right, where are we? Well, he's holding his own here. He is on throw

:42:05. > :42:09.and he has still got the advantage in this leg, Pantelidis. And he's on

:42:10. > :42:19.a finish. 164. So is Peetoom - a 170 - but that was

:42:20. > :42:34.to level the set. So still advantage Greece in this

:42:35. > :42:44.leg. He can do it with another in the bull's eye.

:42:45. > :42:56.OK, this is to take us into a deciding leg. Oh, for the set!

:42:57. > :43:02.Pantelidis is a leg away now from the winning the match. Peetoom is in

:43:03. > :43:08.the position where he has just got to win this leg, otherwise it's all

:43:09. > :43:15.over. Not a good start. Not a good start! He had that run of form,

:43:16. > :43:23.didn't he, when he came surging back, Peetoom. But he has just not

:43:24. > :43:25.been able to sustain it. Good last dart, 60 points the advantage.

:43:26. > :43:52.That's them cancelled out. Nine legs apiece. Pantelidis just

:43:53. > :43:55.keeping his nose ahead. And it could be that he's going to get into a

:43:56. > :44:06.position to end this match in this leg. He's effectively taken the

:44:07. > :44:17.throw - and that's a good dart. On a finish - 170. Must leave a finish

:44:18. > :44:19.here, Peetoom. Well, he's not going to. He can't - he can't now. Because

:44:20. > :44:38.166 is a bogey number. 170, then, for the match. Another

:44:39. > :44:40.one. Just kissed off the barrel. He'll be back with 65. For the

:44:41. > :44:55.match. Kostas Pantelidis of Greece. 65, then - can he do it this time?

:44:56. > :45:05.Well, that's a bit unlucky. Double 6. For the match.

:45:06. > :45:20.Wow, how much pressure is on this? For Darren Peetoom. 16. For double

:45:21. > :45:25.top, one dart to stay alive. So double 6 - this is for Kostas

:45:26. > :45:34.Pantelidis to win the match. Small adjustment. This time? No!

:45:35. > :45:47.CHEERING Four missed darts at double 6 for

:45:48. > :45:59.the match . Darren Peetoom breathes again. But must hit double 10. Now

:46:00. > :46:05.he needs double 7. Oh, he has found it! He has found it! Well, in the

:46:06. > :46:12.context of the match, and after that first dart, what a great double that

:46:13. > :46:23.was! Two sets all. Pantelidis with the darts. Four match darts he

:46:24. > :46:31.missed - all of them at double 6. He has got to put it behind him. What

:46:32. > :46:39.was you said yesterday? "You can't change the past"... " .. You can

:46:40. > :46:46.only shape the future". And if ever there was a sport where that is such

:46:47. > :46:50.a key fact, darts is surely it. If you brood over things and allow the

:46:51. > :46:51.emotions to crowd in on your talent, that's when it all goes horribly

:46:52. > :47:14.wrong. Who's your money on, Vasos? It's

:47:15. > :47:18.wide open, this. It's a real toss of a coin, this, isn't it? But both

:47:19. > :47:27.players will feel it's there for them to win.

:47:28. > :47:37.Remember at two apiece, we go to a tie-break situation, where you must

:47:38. > :47:46.win by two clear legs and then at 5-all, it's sudden death. Peetoom

:47:47. > :47:46.missing a chance there to put the Pantelidis throw under real

:47:47. > :48:20.pressure. He's not on a finish. Well, he went for treble 13, hit

:48:21. > :48:32.treble 4. Well, there's the treble. Single for double. This is Shanghai

:48:33. > :48:37.for the leg. Always good to see. We've all played the game, but in

:48:38. > :48:46.the heat of competition, to check out 120 is pretty handy.

:48:47. > :48:51.Another very British, "Come on"! 120, the highest checkout of the

:48:52. > :49:10.match so far. It was only with the darts, though.

:49:11. > :49:29.So still nip and tuck. He chose to leave himself that

:49:30. > :49:33.double 6 for the match, didn't he? It wasn't one of those things that

:49:34. > :49:39.just sort of happens - he thought about it, left himself double 6.

:49:40. > :49:48.Seems an odd double to leave. In the biggest match of your life. Maybe a

:49:49. > :49:52.bit of a Dutch thing, maybe - Klaasen's a one for that, isn't he?

:49:53. > :49:56.Some bizarre finishes. Anyway, he missed it - four times. And here we

:49:57. > :50:18.go into a deciding set. Both on a finish now. Darren to go first.

:50:19. > :50:26.144 - that's a great first dart. He has had 10. -- 120. No, he can't get

:50:27. > :50:35.the showman's finish there. But he's putting pressure on the Peetoom

:50:36. > :50:42.throw. 61 required. To square it up. Tops... Good finish! Checking out

:50:43. > :51:09.61, one leg each. The door was opened there - not

:51:10. > :51:27.walked through. He has been good on his 19 covers,

:51:28. > :51:33.Pantelidis. More often than not he finds the treble when he really

:51:34. > :51:43.needs to. Good last darts. Needed it.

:51:44. > :51:52.It's all about who can get that double now - who's going to emerge

:51:53. > :51:59.victorious and whose nerve is going to hold. This, the deciding set.

:52:00. > :52:20.Frustration with the first two and then finds his mark.

:52:21. > :52:29.He has been straying into the 5 more often that he'd like to.

:52:30. > :52:57.Pantelidis on 202. Good first dart. Looking to the bull with the third.

:52:58. > :53:14.No finish for Peetoom. Takes the pressure off a little, doesn't it?

:53:15. > :53:20.Treble 10 for double 16. Yes, double 16 for a 119. Yes! Thank you very

:53:21. > :53:25.much! A 120 and a 119 is a leg away again. So Peetoom with the darts.

:53:26. > :53:27.Has to win this leg or it's all over. Seems to have been there

:53:28. > :53:38.before. Well, it's always bonus time, isn't

:53:39. > :53:55.it, when your opponent has had match darts and misses them.

:53:56. > :54:09.Well, that's poor and Pantelidis can seize the initiative now. Tonne

:54:10. > :54:19.plus. Needs the treble. There's just a leg between them.

:54:20. > :54:27.Really wants a treble with that last dart - and, oh no. As you said only

:54:28. > :54:34.a few moments ago, he has just hit so many 5s in the last few minutes

:54:35. > :54:41.going for that treble 20. And Pantelidis is starting to take

:54:42. > :54:50.control - that's significant. A 95-point lead. This is against the

:54:51. > :54:57.darts. And it's a leg that would take him into the main draw, should

:54:58. > :55:02.he win it, Pantelidis. Only 41. Got every chance now, hasn't he? He has

:55:03. > :55:07.only scored 122 in his last three viftsz, Peetoom. -- visits, Peetoom.

:55:08. > :55:16.He's looking for the 25 there. He's all over the place at the

:55:17. > :55:34.moment. This is for the match. He has

:55:35. > :55:43.another visit, should he need it. He will need it. And he wanted to take

:55:44. > :55:50.more than 22 out of the 143, I'll tell you that for free! Well, that's

:55:51. > :55:54.poor - and that's nerves. 197, then, for Peetoom. Good darts - that's

:55:55. > :55:59.more like it. A nod of approval. And another! Coming down the board. That

:56:00. > :56:07.makes things look a wee bit healthier. Well, he has taken out

:56:08. > :56:13.119 and 120 in this set. Treble 17 and bull's eye would see him take

:56:14. > :56:19.out 121. This is for the match - bull's eye. The crowd knew it -

:56:20. > :56:30.knowledgeable bunch. 74, then, to keep it alive for Peetoom. 16 would

:56:31. > :56:37.leave tops. And he has done it! 74 checkout and he saves his skin and

:56:38. > :56:50.soldiers on. It's two apiece. From here, it must be won by two clear

:56:51. > :56:52.legs. If it goes as far as 5-all, we have sudden death. What a good dart

:56:53. > :57:08.that was from Darren Peetoom. It was just when he looked as though

:57:09. > :57:13.he had fallen apart, wasn't it? You were thinking, "What is he doing up

:57:14. > :57:17.there" and suddenly he pulls out that finish. Pantelidis was

:57:18. > :57:23.beautifully, beautifully placed, wasn't he, and then a couple of 20s

:57:24. > :57:29.and the two 1s for the 22 and it just allowed Peetoom to revive.

:57:30. > :57:36.Almost took out a 121 for the match with a bull's eye. No Greek player

:57:37. > :57:40.has ever won a match on the Lakeside stage. I hope you didn't tell him

:57:41. > :57:56.that before he went out! I didn't. He really wasn't keen to chat. He'll

:57:57. > :58:00.not mind if he wins this! They do a big players' parade just before

:58:01. > :58:03.everyone gets underway, men's and women's championship and the

:58:04. > :58:09.referees come out and say hello to the crowd. And Kostas was the first

:58:10. > :58:14.player in the draw due out and he didn't know, so he was in the room

:58:15. > :58:19.at the back happily practising and somebody had to come and get him!

:58:20. > :58:22.That's a good visit, 137 setting it up superbly. He will come back with

:58:23. > :58:26.12s but he is on the throw, so he would expect an anticipate to win

:58:27. > :58:32.this. That's handy from Peetoom, but no finish. Double 12, then, to go

:58:33. > :58:46.3-2 ahead in this decisive set. Good darts.

:58:47. > :59:12.What a good start! Remember, it's by two clear legs until 5-all. Peetoom

:59:13. > :59:13.loses this throw and it's all over. Solid tonne, bit unlucky with the

:59:14. > :59:29.third. Might not be the greatest of darts

:59:30. > :59:54.matches, but there's certainly drama out there.

:59:55. > :00:02.Making it very difficult for Pantelidis to take this one now. If

:00:03. > :00:09.Peetoom's nerve holds he has got 80 - potentially a two-dart checkout.

:00:10. > :00:17.Yeah, that last dart into treble 19 again. Has to get this. Oh dear,

:00:18. > :00:22.dear, dear, dear, dear! 79 required. Which way is he going to choose to

:00:23. > :00:32.go? He could go treble 13, he could go 19s. I think he's going 13s.

:00:33. > :00:38.Well, he has made a hash of it. Up with the treble 6 when he was going

:00:39. > :00:46.for treble 10. So treble 20 to start this - can't now be done.

:00:47. > :01:00.Puts a little pressure on this 48. To stay alive. 16, double 16. Or

:01:01. > :01:10.tops now. Can't get much closer! You can get much further, though! Treble

:01:11. > :01:17.14 would leave tops. 17 now. For tops. This is for the match for

:01:18. > :01:22.Pantelidis. Oh, he has missed another one!

:01:23. > :01:26.CHEERING The sixth match dart he has missed.

:01:27. > :01:29.Peetoom has to try and compose himself once more. Remember, he has

:01:30. > :01:55.to get this to keep the match going. 10s - he does!

:01:56. > :02:02.Scoring is very similar between the two and the checkout percentage is

:02:03. > :02:05.identical. And the match, as you can see, the stat which really matters,

:02:06. > :02:21.is dead level. They have been going close on an

:02:22. > :02:35.hour an a quarter now. -- and a quarter now. A marathon tussle.

:02:36. > :02:41.Got to give him credit - he keeps missing those match darts, but he

:02:42. > :02:47.keeps winning the legs with his own throw, and he has put himself in a

:02:48. > :02:50.good position again, has Kostas. Yeah, he's looking handy, isn't he?

:02:51. > :03:04.That's a good dart. That's not so clever.

:03:05. > :03:14.There's that wayward straight dart into the 35. -- 5.

:03:15. > :03:22.A preliminary round match, this. The Belgian Geert de Vos awaiting in the

:03:23. > :03:33.first round. Two 16s, then, to move ahead again. He'll be back. He gets

:03:34. > :03:42.another go because Peetoom, here on 199 - we've already had twelve

:03:43. > :03:53.darts. Well, that's not what he wanted. There it is!

:03:54. > :04:06.Well, you know the score by now - Darren Peetoom has to win this or

:04:07. > :04:18.Pantelidis is the winner. It's the fourth time he has had to hold his

:04:19. > :04:21.throw to stay alive in the match. That's not a good start. Not from

:04:22. > :04:26.either player. This is better. Lots of room there.

:04:27. > :04:49.A couple of cover shots from Pantelidis. Sticking around, isn't

:04:50. > :05:05.he? Only 60. So, over to you, Pantelidis. 322 remaining. Needs a

:05:06. > :05:12.little bit of a treble - can't find it. He would love another one of

:05:13. > :05:23.those - and finds it. Both throwing well on their own throw. That's a

:05:24. > :05:36.good switch from Pantelidis. Treble 17. No. Well, Pantelidis has checked

:05:37. > :05:43.out 119 and 120 - now he goes for 128. And this is for the match.

:05:44. > :05:49.Treble 18 would leave double 10. Treble 14 would leave double 16. And

:05:50. > :05:57.now he has not got a chance to finish it. But, under the severest

:05:58. > :06:10.pressure, once again, Darren Peetoom to stay alive. 16 for double top.

:06:11. > :06:13.One dart at it! So, are we going to have a Greek victory? Double top -

:06:14. > :06:20.they're ready. Ready to unfurl the flag of Greece! That has missed by a

:06:21. > :06:27.long way. Now, you can't get much closer! And there it is!

:06:28. > :06:34.CHEERING A marathon match and Kostas

:06:35. > :06:39.Pantelidis of Greece prevails. In the deciding set, Darren Peetoom of

:06:40. > :06:44.Essex - he had a chance to make the match go on even further, but

:06:45. > :06:47.couldn't take it. Pantelidis gets the darts he wants and wins it. He

:06:48. > :06:56.is through into the first round. He wins by 3-2. Seigo Asada and Darius

:06:57. > :07:00.Labanauskas are the modern faces of the global BDO Tour - Asada was back

:07:01. > :07:04.for a second crack at the Lakeside cherry all the way from Japan.

:07:05. > :07:08.Labanauskas has the honour of being the only Lithuanian ever to appear

:07:09. > :07:12.here at Frimley Green. The prize hanging tantalisingly in front of

:07:13. > :07:15.both of them was an opportunity to face the number five seed, Wesley

:07:16. > :07:20.Harms, in the first round proper. All to play for and all at stake for

:07:21. > :07:25.the man from Asia and the man from Eastern Europe.

:07:26. > :07:35.I don't think I have seen that happen before, Tony. Well, you know,

:07:36. > :07:38.as I say, just as you are going to throw, it's long. Mind you, I have

:07:39. > :07:42.been kept in the dark before. I thought we would be having long

:07:43. > :07:43.chats and singing songs and making witty anecdotes. That's a good

:07:44. > :07:55.start. No harm done, as far as you can see,

:07:56. > :08:02.with the scoring at the present moment. A good start from the both

:08:03. > :08:10.of them. Asada had a very good win at the 2014 Masters in Hull, when he

:08:11. > :08:13.beat Daryl Fitton. Went out there after to Lancashire's Mark McGeeney,

:08:14. > :08:16.but he has started well here. Well, Daryl, as far as I'm concerned, is

:08:17. > :08:39.one of the best players I've ever seen. Oh! First of the match. Well,

:08:40. > :08:45.we've heard a lot about Labanauskas and we now see the truth. He had a

:08:46. > :08:48.158 checkout last year. He won a ?5,000 bonus - it was the best

:08:49. > :08:57.checkout of the tournament. And 140 now to go ahead. Very methodical,

:08:58. > :09:05.isn't he? Yeah. I get fed-up of the checkouts - especially with the

:09:06. > :09:09.missus! Asada can only try and apply a bit - put him under the thumb and

:09:10. > :09:27.hope that something goes wrong. Nice last dart. So tops. Labanauskas with

:09:28. > :09:36.the throw to go ahead. Right on the wire. A tiny adjustment needed. OK,

:09:37. > :09:47.big shot. Well, this is doable. The bull. 25 would leave the bull. He

:09:48. > :09:55.would have to go for it. Double top. Labanauskas. Well, we can't see

:09:56. > :10:07.where he went - oh, yes, we can now. Just across there to the left. Have

:10:08. > :10:16.another go. Three missed doubles so far for Darius. 10s now - make that

:10:17. > :10:24.four. This is becoming a little bit worrying for the favourite. It's

:10:25. > :10:36.early days. There's nerves there. 16 would leave tops. Oh, he didn't mean

:10:37. > :10:42.to go that way! One way to do it! Double top anyway.

:10:43. > :10:53.What a start of this first leg. Labanauskas tries against - after

:10:54. > :10:57.six failures, double 5 is never an easy one but straight in we go.

:10:58. > :11:02.Holding on to his throw - just about. So first leg goes with the

:11:03. > :11:26.throw. The first maximum for Asada. Well, he can certainly throw, Seigo

:11:27. > :11:31.Asada. I remember last year, during a somewhat chaotic appearance, he

:11:32. > :11:33.did actually put some good numbers together against Brian Dawson,

:11:34. > :11:44.although he was stumbling around a little bit worryingly. They say he's

:11:45. > :11:48.one of the top players in Europe. In Asia, yeah. Seigo Asada, I'm

:11:49. > :12:02.referring to, there. Yeah. That's a bit unlucky - just the

:12:03. > :12:10.wrong side of the wire - but that's good.

:12:11. > :12:16.His teacher will be telling him about the spelling of company

:12:17. > :12:33."Rising" there! Knowing his bioboy. -- boy. The rising sun. Here we go.

:12:34. > :12:40.He is nicely set up on 40. Labanauskas is back on 207, but

:12:41. > :12:45.already with a leg in his pocket. The first to three sets, of course,

:12:46. > :12:58.takes the match. That's good - put him on to a nice finish. It's double

:12:59. > :13:13.top. And a 13-dart finish. Good leg, that. Threw nicely, didn't he? Good.

:13:14. > :13:16.Two good players, these. Labanauskas with ten ranking titles in total to

:13:17. > :13:28.his name. This is his second Lakeside visit. Yes, two of 'em ...

:13:29. > :13:35.Turns 140s. Happy days for Asada at the moment. He's hitting some good

:13:36. > :13:40.shots. Averaging over 97. As you say, early days yet, Tony, but he's

:13:41. > :13:45.settling into it well. Just shows you've got the feeling of the pitch

:13:46. > :13:49.and the throw. That's a good thing for your confidence, as well. Here

:13:50. > :14:12.we go - another 1. Back-to-back 140s. Two 140s.

:14:13. > :14:22.And again, peppering that treble 20. 140, 140, 85 - down to a finish of

:14:23. > :14:35.136. And the throw of Labanauskas is very

:14:36. > :14:40.much under threat here. Asada can go against the darts. 136 he requires.

:14:41. > :14:45.Looking at treble 20 for his first - and got it. Treble 20 again would

:14:46. > :14:56.leave double 8. He has got it! So, double 8 for a 136 checkout. Oh, how

:14:57. > :15:03.unlucky! Oh, unlucky. He has bust it, as well. Oh, dear me - wrong

:15:04. > :15:10.bed. Never do it. The voice of experience from Tony Green!

:15:11. > :15:18.That was a fine dart. Asada's just got to do it again. He knows what

:15:19. > :15:25.it's about. Looks like he can do, as well. Double 8. That's a bit

:15:26. > :15:37.extraordinary! Get the hit going, baby! What a start to a match. What

:15:38. > :15:43.a good effort. I like that - it has put a smile on my face! Labanauskas

:15:44. > :15:46.- a couple of 20s, then, to go ahead and somehow managed to hold his

:15:47. > :15:52.throw. Oh dear, that was a bit of a nervy pull south. And he has missed

:15:53. > :16:07.the double 10, as well. OK, double 4. The marker's there. Well. It was

:16:08. > :16:23.off. That's not my nickname, that - it's

:16:24. > :16:32.what he really does call himself! Ninja - we'll give him a nickname, I

:16:33. > :16:42.think. Darius is, "Lucky D". Yeah, we're going to give him, "Ninja the

:16:43. > :16:50.turtle". He is a lovely guy. I had a long chat with him. Well, he did

:16:51. > :16:56.well to get one in there because those first two weren't lying two

:16:57. > :17:07.cleverly. He's a footballer, isn't he? Cleverly? There is a footballer

:17:08. > :17:12.- there's a boxer, as well. Look at the scores here, two tonnes for

:17:13. > :17:39.Seigo Asada. Labanauskas, 133 and 134. It's Asada, not Seigo.

:17:40. > :17:48.Labanauskas now. A nice, solid throw, hasn't he, Tony? Very good.

:17:49. > :17:55.Very good - very direct. Siego's manager, there he is. Two tonnes and

:17:56. > :18:04.a 140 for the throw - but still could lose it. Still a chance.

:18:05. > :18:07.Double 9 is it? No, 20. That's it. Asada then can take the opening set

:18:08. > :18:17.here, with a couple of 20s. Double top. Oh, good dart! My word, what a

:18:18. > :18:25.confident start from Seigo Asada. Looks like a different bloke from 12

:18:26. > :18:31.months ago. He would look like a different bloke from 12 years ago.

:18:32. > :18:34.Don't we all, sadly! Well, this is brilliant. It really

:18:35. > :18:47.is - the way they've come out, these two. Decent averages on both sides.

:18:48. > :18:50.Asada with the edge. Three out of seven checkouts, as well, as opposed

:18:51. > :18:56.to Labanauskas, who really is struggling a bit. But he's so solid

:18:57. > :19:01.on the oche, Labanauskas. Watch that again when he comes up - but let's

:19:02. > :19:05.just concentrate on this first, because that is his second maximum!

:19:06. > :19:09.Superb throwing. And just look how solid on the oche Labanauskas is -

:19:10. > :19:21.he hardly moves his head and he never blinks. OK, 16, 180 - a chance

:19:22. > :19:30.to leave with a three-dart finish more or less. It's a three-dart

:19:31. > :19:37.finish. 121. 121's certainly makeable. Labanauskas well back on

:19:38. > :19:49.283. Good standard in this leg. It's unbelievable. 121, then, for Asada.

:19:50. > :19:55.Starting down the board. He has got a bull, so he is on 71. He has got

:19:56. > :20:00.options. Looks as though he's coming down the - no, he has gone 13s.

:20:01. > :20:05.Double 16 he wanted - and he has got it! He has got it. Well, sorry you

:20:06. > :20:10.didn't see that one, but he had options. He could have gone 17. He

:20:11. > :20:15.elected to go treble 13 and put it in double 16 and that's a brilliant

:20:16. > :20:25.piece of finishing from Seigo Asada. Makes no difference which way he

:20:26. > :20:31.went - he got the leg. He has some confidence. On, it's magic, isn't

:20:32. > :20:34.it? I mean, we've only just started. I've seen a few people struggling on

:20:35. > :20:39.the doubles today and on their finishing, but Asada is peppering

:20:40. > :20:47.the big numbers and finishing wem. -- well. And look at that average -

:20:48. > :20:58.over 101. But Darius is still in this match. Oh, very much so. Early

:20:59. > :21:01.stages yet. If Asada can strike in this opening leg and get one against

:21:02. > :21:11.the darts, it would hurt the Lithuanian.

:21:12. > :21:39.Another solid tonne for Asada. His scoring is immaculate. 96, 97 and a

:21:40. > :21:42.tonne. Amazing. Oh, that's a handy piece of cover shooting. Two treble

:21:43. > :21:50.19s and he has put himself on a finish. The thing is, John, you'd

:21:51. > :22:04.think they would be nervous. Oh, what a response! He is on 68, Asada.

:22:05. > :22:09.Treble 20 would leave him the bull's eye and he has missed it. So Asada,

:22:10. > :22:18.as we said earlier on, has a great opportunity to take this leg against

:22:19. > :22:30.the throw. 68 he needs. 48 now. Now, he can only go 8 tops or 16, double

:22:31. > :22:47.16. Double 16. OK, Darius, it's your turn. 65. That's the 25. It's double

:22:48. > :22:53.top. One to go - may need it. Oh, now then! Siego's back. Well, that

:22:54. > :22:56.could be an important moment in this match, if Asada takes this out - and

:22:57. > :23:02.he has done. That's against the throw! And Asada, having taken the

:23:03. > :23:09.first set, now has the advantage clearly in the second. His manager

:23:10. > :23:18.is loving what he is seeing! The big smiles from the manager - he's gonna

:23:19. > :23:22.be happy. Might be from the land of the rising sun - it could be the

:23:23. > :23:26.setting sun for the chances of Labanauskas, if he carries on like

:23:27. > :23:32.this. His checkout percentage is impressive - look at that - 50%. He

:23:33. > :23:38.is averaging over 101 by some distance so far - this is the best

:23:39. > :23:42.individual performance we've seen, if he can maintain this sort of

:23:43. > :23:46.level. The sun is shining! Wesley Harms watching on. He is the

:23:47. > :23:49.Dutchman who's going to be playing the winner of this in the first

:23:50. > :23:58.round proper. Needs to get some sleep, then. He is having a big yawn

:23:59. > :24:02.there! A real gentleman, isn't he, Wesley? Oh, he is a lovely man.

:24:03. > :24:07.Lovely man. He has been coming here a long time, as well. Been a

:24:08. > :24:26.semifinalist - not a winner yet. He would fancy it. Wesley Harms.

:24:27. > :24:35.Asada's in a strong position once more.

:24:36. > :24:57.Brilliant. Look at this. 134, tonne, 134, 83, 50 left. The 61 on

:24:58. > :25:05.favourite is getting a battering at the moment. 50. Double 16 for the

:25:06. > :25:18.leg. And for the set. To go 2-0 up, double 8. He'll be coming back.

:25:19. > :25:29.Darius, 289. He wants double 8, does Siego. Labanauskas a long way back.

:25:30. > :25:33.The shoulders sag a little bit, resignedly. And now, Seigo Asada,

:25:34. > :25:40.double 8 for a two-set lead. That's not a bad marker. And he has got it!

:25:41. > :25:44.He has got it - he's throwing really well. That is two excellent sets

:25:45. > :25:55.from the man from Japan and he leads 2-0. Darius with the darts as the

:25:56. > :26:04.third set begins - and some news from Ally Pally and it's a good news

:26:05. > :26:10.for the former BDOStalwarts, Gary Anderson - he has retained his PDC

:26:11. > :26:14.title beating AD Lewis 7 sets to 5. So it's congratulations to him Yeah,

:26:15. > :26:16.congratulations, Gary, and well done with the nine-dart finish, as well.

:26:17. > :26:24.That was great. Well done, sunshine. Still love ya! Yeah, brilliant

:26:25. > :26:32.performance. And confounding a few predictions, as well - back-to-back

:26:33. > :26:38.champion. Here, Asada has thrown superbly so far. The break can work

:26:39. > :26:42.one of two ways. Will he be able to maintain it? Will it just break the

:26:43. > :26:47.lovely rhythm that he had developed? Well, he started with a tonne and a

:26:48. > :26:54.60. So, you know, he is still on the path. 57 and 99, it was, for the

:26:55. > :27:01.first two for Darius. But, like you say, it can make a change. You're

:27:02. > :27:07.thinking in your own mind, "Oh, I'm going well", when you are going out

:27:08. > :27:13.and then suddenly a brainwave. Darius Labanauskas with the darts.

:27:14. > :27:19.Desperate to hold on here. Ranked way ahead of Seigo Asada - although

:27:20. > :27:25.that may be a little bit misleading, because Asada doesn't compete in

:27:26. > :27:29.European Championships too often. Well, Darius has taken charge of

:27:30. > :27:34.this leg, so let's wish him all the best as well. 127 - a reminder, it's

:27:35. > :27:41.the first to three sets, so Labanauskas has to take everything

:27:42. > :27:48.from here on in. The recent terms are set. 127. He's looking down the

:27:49. > :27:53.board - now he's coming up again. Treble 20 would have left the bull.

:27:54. > :27:57.But he has got time, Tony. Yeah. No out shot, 185. So... Let's see if he

:27:58. > :28:15.can put a bit of pressure on at 82. That's not bad. Shanghai if he can't

:28:16. > :28:25.get 82. There's the bull - double 16. He needs it! Double 8. Can he

:28:26. > :28:37.get it? No! Now, that might hurt him. Shanghai required. For Seigo

:28:38. > :28:45.Asada. Now tops. Well, he did the hard part. OK, let's see how good he

:28:46. > :28:48.is now. He has been under a bit of pressure, he's just taking his time.

:28:49. > :29:01.Good thinking. He can do it. And let's see if he can now. Double 8.

:29:02. > :29:05.That's the one. The team looking a little bit more happy! A few more

:29:06. > :29:09.smiles among his supporters. At least he has got on the score sheet,

:29:10. > :29:17.straight up, in this third set, which could be - there's the world

:29:18. > :29:22.champion watching on, Scott Mitchell. Terrific performance from

:29:23. > :29:32.him earlier on. Yeah, office tractor now. Played well today - played very

:29:33. > :29:41.well. He came from behind to come through a really tense opening

:29:42. > :29:49.match. Pushed all the way. By the Kiwi visitor, Craig Caldwell. Sure

:29:50. > :29:59.we're going to be seeing him again I wonder what he's thinking about

:30:00. > :30:03.these two players, as well? Still a long way to go, so we've got a lot

:30:04. > :30:10.more darts to come, a lot more excitement, thrills and spills.

:30:11. > :30:26.Right the way through to the climax a week today. The ?100,000 prize and

:30:27. > :30:32.the title of BDO Professional Darts Champion of 2016. Who's it going to

:30:33. > :30:42.be? I like the way Siego grips that dart. Can we just get a look at

:30:43. > :30:46.that? Well, we'll take another look at the style of Asada, although

:30:47. > :30:54.we're going to have to be wary of a possible finish here. 156 he wants.

:30:55. > :31:03.Can't do it now. He will be coming back. It's 210 for Labanauskas. 156

:31:04. > :31:12.before the throw. You like his style, do you? Yeah, I do. I really

:31:13. > :31:15.do. Labanauskas - we said before, a really solid sort of throwing style,

:31:16. > :31:33.hasn't he, and he is not on a finish. Look at the grip. 56, Asada.

:31:34. > :31:39.Double 18. Nines. Just a little tremor. Yeah, well, like I said,

:31:40. > :31:53.110, it's not a bad finish. Treble 18. He won't finish now, so Siego

:31:54. > :32:06.will be back. He has another chance. Double 4 now. Asada to square up

:32:07. > :32:07.this set. Good dart. Good dart! He's a contender for the world smiling

:32:08. > :32:37.champion! I've spent a lot of time in Japan

:32:38. > :32:50.when I was in the navy. Some nice people. Very nice.

:32:51. > :32:57.Dennis Harbour was in the auditorium watching on. He had a good first

:32:58. > :33:03.round performance. I've known Dennis for many years. He's showing it and

:33:04. > :33:09.I'm not! Dennis Harbour came through against Daryl Fitton in a real

:33:10. > :33:19.nerve-jangler. Went to sudden death, didn't it? It did.

:33:20. > :33:24.I'm sure Daryl wouldn't be too pleased to be reminded of it,

:33:25. > :33:28.although he stayed around to do a bit of socialising. He's still up

:33:29. > :33:31.here enjoying the atmosphere. Upset at the time, but he has regrouped

:33:32. > :33:38.now and he has got a smile on his face. It's surprising how many times

:33:39. > :33:45.he has just faded right at that very last moment. Asada on 201 at the

:33:46. > :33:52.beginning of this throw. Labanauskas is on a finish on 160, but it's a

:33:53. > :33:59.big ask. He has got to hit the treble 20s, a couple of them, and

:34:00. > :34:12.then tops. That's one. It's not there now. Nearly. OK. 144. Treble

:34:13. > :34:23.20... That's the American guy, isn't it? Larry Butler, was it? Yeah,

:34:24. > :34:29.Larry Butler. He is through to the first round,. Beat James Hurrell -

:34:30. > :34:42.another tight match. 75, Tony? Yes, it is. We know there's 17, so 18 -

:34:43. > :34:56.it's double top. That's the one! 2-1. Going with the throw. Talking

:34:57. > :35:01.about Larry Butler, I actually played against Larry in America when

:35:02. > :35:06.I was touring in my playing days and there he is again on the stage. He

:35:07. > :35:11.is not far behind you, is he? He is 58, isn't he, Larry? Yeah, well, I'm

:35:12. > :35:11.47! Started commentating when you were 12!

:35:12. > :35:25.LAUGHTER I can't score! This is good, again,

:35:26. > :35:27.from Asada. OK, let's get back with the action. This is his eighth

:35:28. > :35:44.140-plus score. The opening's here. 264. This will

:35:45. > :35:50.just square it up with throw if he can do this. Looks like he is on a

:35:51. > :35:59.finish here. He is. 164. It's a good one. He's going to put some pressure

:36:00. > :36:03.on that Labanauskas throw to try and hold the set, if Asada can close

:36:04. > :36:07.this one out from here - and he must be the favourite to do so. 164, he

:36:08. > :36:15.wants. He has got time, though. Oh, great first dart. Bull's eye if he

:36:16. > :36:23.wants it! Oh! He wanted it big-time! I did tell you! Oh, just a fraction

:36:24. > :36:27.- the smiles are out again! Sometimes they take a more pragmatic

:36:28. > :36:33.approach, don't they, and just set up the favourite double - none of it

:36:34. > :36:45.for Siego! He is good - he is very good! 25. Single 9. Normal. It's

:36:46. > :36:52.double 8. Double 4. Still with a chance. 203. Yep, he'll come back

:36:53. > :36:56.with another chance to take that leg and continue in this set. He's 2-1

:36:57. > :37:00.down at the moment but still favourite to square it up at two

:37:01. > :37:08.apiece. So let's see if he can do it this time. A pair of 2s for Seigo

:37:09. > :37:13.Asada. Labanauskas waiting - but he won't get a chance! Asada takes it

:37:14. > :37:18.out and it's 2-2. Well, now you know the score here, you know the set-up.

:37:19. > :37:22.If Labanauskas doesn't hold his throw here, it is Seigo Asada who

:37:23. > :37:36.will go through in straight sets. OK. 2-0 in sets. 2-2 in this set.

:37:37. > :37:39.Seigo Asada. Asada's average has come down a little - he has just had

:37:40. > :37:46.a little bit of double trouble. He started brilliantly in the first

:37:47. > :37:56.set. Then in the second, just a little bit more human. Never seen

:37:57. > :38:07.him smile. You'll see him smile if he wins! Yes! Still fighting away -

:38:08. > :38:16.a maximum. His second. Fourth of the match altogether. We are seeing some

:38:17. > :38:29.great darts from these overseas players.

:38:30. > :38:37.Just a bit over the top. Caught the flight and it veered away. Only a

:38:38. > :38:40.matter of time, Tony. You sort of feel that one of the players from

:38:41. > :38:50.the far east really makes a big breakthrough. Well, Paul Lim, a

:38:51. > :38:56.friend of mine... Singapore, wasn't he? Singapore, yeah. He had a

:38:57. > :39:00.one-dart finish in the BDO. 1990 - that was when that was. Well, there

:39:01. > :39:04.you are. Like I said, I was playing golf with him in the morning and on

:39:05. > :39:09.the night-time he got a nine-darter. Did he beat you? Yes, he did!

:39:10. > :39:17.LAUGHTER I bet he could putt! So did Simon!

:39:18. > :39:21.Good dart. Now, he has got to get Shanghai here, he's looking for. OK.

:39:22. > :39:29.I'd go for the 20s. Treble is needed. Can't finish now. Asada on

:39:30. > :39:34.108. Asada can win the match here. This is for the match. 108 to win

:39:35. > :39:48.3-2. Steady the nerves, my boy! A treble 20 would leave double 14 if

:39:49. > :40:02.he fancies staying where he is. Can't do it now. So Labanauskas

:40:03. > :40:06.breathes again. OK, you've got to get it, Darius! I would think the

:40:07. > :40:16.way your partner is playing. Double 10. Well done! Well done - it

:40:17. > :40:20.continues. What a battle - what a struggle - that was. That was just

:40:21. > :40:23.to hold his throw. But we want more of this, don't we? And he has got

:40:24. > :40:28.the set and that's the important thing and it's now 2-1.

:40:29. > :40:42.The scoring power has just come down a notch from where it was earlier

:40:43. > :40:48.on, but it's a real good tussle this, and good to watch. Well,

:40:49. > :41:01.they've found their range very quickly. Especially Asada. That's a

:41:02. > :41:06.slip. Now then. Now then! When you've lost a set - he's 2-1 up -

:41:07. > :41:09.but suddenly he has got to guard against those negative thoughts come

:41:10. > :41:14.into the back of his mind. He has got to stop thinking, "Well, I've

:41:15. > :41:18.lost that one, if I lose another one it's all going down to the wire". He

:41:19. > :41:26.has got to keep on attacking. He is - he is back in with the trebles.

:41:27. > :41:28.There they are, two of 'em. The tenth score of 140 or more, plus a

:41:29. > :41:43.couple of 180s. Relentless. 180 leaves double. I think he would

:41:44. > :41:48.be quite happy with that. 140 wouldn't be bad, would it? Yeah,

:41:49. > :42:00.yeah it would be handy! As it is, it is a tonne. It is an a Shanghai out

:42:01. > :42:09.shot. Nothing to do for Darius yet. Goes across, changes the angle. And

:42:10. > :42:13.it was well worth doing. So Shanghai - that's the treble, the single and

:42:14. > :42:19.the double, all on 20s. That's the aim. He has done the hard part.

:42:20. > :42:24.There's the if a 20. -- the fat 20. Oh, and the double just the wrong

:42:25. > :42:32.side of the wire! But 169 - can't finish. Double top coming in for

:42:33. > :42:44.Asada. Still in the mire. Here we go. It's double top. Could be the

:42:45. > :42:56.best of order. Double 10. That's the one! Brilliant. First leg of the

:42:57. > :43:04.fourth set. Holding with the throw. And that's the first little step

:43:05. > :43:09.towards the victory which could take him into the - well, it would take

:43:10. > :43:15.him into a first round match against Wesley Harms, if he can come home

:43:16. > :43:40.ahead of Darius Labanauskas. Good player, Wesley. Plus, a nice guy.

:43:41. > :44:00.Say good luck to bed. But he's done it. He got it over there.

:44:01. > :44:11.This is good. Yes... Well, he is worried he is going to knock the two

:44:12. > :44:19.of them out. And liesly coming second... It was on the... Yeah, he

:44:20. > :44:25.got a splatter into the two of them, and left with nothing. Yeah.

:44:26. > :44:38.136, finish is on. Not now. He's got another three.

:44:39. > :44:48.Well, he is not quite done as much as they should have done. 92 is not

:44:49. > :44:54.a bad lead, but Asada can put him under pressure if he gets a big

:44:55. > :44:56.score. He is doing precisely that. And Labanauskas, it's starting to

:44:57. > :45:10.look like a must-get, this. He's left a bull's-eye. Oh, near,

:45:11. > :45:18.near, near. Think he thought it was in. Treble ten, double 16...

:45:19. > :45:33.20. It's double 16 now. Take your time. Still a chance. Darius has got

:45:34. > :45:42.a bit of tidying up to do. He is on 31. Double 12 with the seven there.

:45:43. > :45:43.And that puts him back on level terms in this fourth set. One leg

:45:44. > :45:47.apiece. A rather fetching hat. He is waiting

:45:48. > :46:20.for Santa, I think. A slightly unnerving experience

:46:21. > :46:26.earlier on, I went to the install gentleman's room, and a bit of

:46:27. > :46:31.strange breathing coming from one corner, and I looked around, and

:46:32. > :46:37.there was Darth Vader. I I said to him, I hope it's the mask making the

:46:38. > :46:42.noise, or you got a bit of problems here. Had a laugh. Star Wars is

:46:43. > :46:47.everywhere at the moment, isn't it? Even at the Lakeside.

:46:48. > :46:59.There it is. There he is. I didn't know, that is what Darth Vader

:47:00. > :47:01.really looks like! Right in front of him. Sitting on the table. There it

:47:02. > :47:15.is, yes! I don't know what turned out to

:47:16. > :47:26.drinks... Didn't look terribly intergalactic, did it? Down 280

:47:27. > :47:33.after 12 darts. Darius, 213 to play with.

:47:34. > :47:41.Asada on the finish. 80 now, he lines up for. Treble 20. Double ten

:47:42. > :47:56.-- double ten. Oh, perfect! He's a leg away from

:47:57. > :48:05.victory. Well, his manager has never stopped smiling. And that's how well

:48:06. > :48:10.he's playing. You'll see the big lad on stage wreathed in smiles as well.

:48:11. > :48:16.He's got a chance. And it looks as though he is doing that, Tony!

:48:17. > :48:21.That's two. Oh, still pretty good. 11. Darts like this, you'll win the

:48:22. > :48:38.title, sunshine. Watching on, the pairs partner of

:48:39. > :48:45.Darius Labanauskas. Due to play Gary Robson, the number 13 seed. , yeah,

:48:46. > :48:50.he's got a task on his hand then. A good player, he is, and Robson, we

:48:51. > :48:59.know what he's all about. It will be a good tussle, that. Yeah.

:49:00. > :49:06.Oh, good recovery there. He needed that. Asada gets a big hit now

:49:07. > :49:16.though, he's going to be sitting pretty. 130 would be handy.

:49:17. > :49:18.Difficult to get a treble now. Yeah, I thought he would change there.

:49:19. > :49:36.Probably should have done. Yep. Yes, come on! Don't rush it. You

:49:37. > :49:42.have got plenty of time. Can Asada get himself onto a finish? 262 here.

:49:43. > :49:49.It's a difficult one, if he gets a tonne, he can't finish on a 162. 40

:49:50. > :50:05.would do the trick! Well, he's done it. 122. That will do you.

:50:06. > :50:16.Solid response but Asada can win the match here. 122. Treble 18 would

:50:17. > :50:20.leave the bull's-eye. He is good with his finishing as well, you

:50:21. > :50:29.know. He really is. He's a good player, I told you. Averaging 93 and

:50:30. > :50:36.he's had some big hits and some classic finishes. However, let's go

:50:37. > :50:44.to Darius. He's got a Shanghai shot to save it. Oh, dear. Can't be done

:50:45. > :50:50.now. Immaterial. No matter what he gets. Because 32, double 16, it's

:50:51. > :51:05.over. He is coming back for the match. Double 16 for a place in the

:51:06. > :51:12.first round, against Wesley Harms. Double 8 to steady the nerves.

:51:13. > :51:23.Double 4. Oh, no! Oh, dear! He is not smiling now, his manager. OK...

:51:24. > :51:30.Blocked the better bit, but... It's not all over yet! What a good dart

:51:31. > :51:35.that was, because the line was not particularly well. He was able to

:51:36. > :51:40.slide in over the top. 2-2. What a match this is. See these players and

:51:41. > :51:50.it's been fantastic. Been a good game. Asada has got the throw. Could

:51:51. > :52:02.be important. In theory, he would be the favourite to get first to the

:52:03. > :52:05.finish. Let's take it all away. Labanauskas, a real tussle in his

:52:06. > :52:21.first round match last year. Went out against Robby Green.

:52:22. > :52:32.Two-nil down and lost in the fourth set. That 167 checkout in the

:52:33. > :52:40.process... Seigo is coming on now. His maximum. What a tile to do it!

:52:41. > :52:45.All in the corner with the bed. 103 left. Darius with 320. Fighting

:52:46. > :53:05.away. For the match, then! 83. He needs treble 17. Heads missed

:53:06. > :53:10.it! -- he's missed it! Still nothing Darius can do here. Just get down,

:53:11. > :53:16.big score, leave a comfortable finish... And just hope. Two of

:53:17. > :53:33.them. That's a great throw. So, 60 left.

:53:34. > :53:45.51... 19... Double 16... Two darts for it. He steadies himself... Here

:53:46. > :53:53.we go. One. Two... Match darts are going begging again!

:53:54. > :54:09.Tops. To go two-all in sets. Oh, he's missed it! Oh, dear! Look at

:54:10. > :54:18.that! They can almost barely stand watching. Is there now, it's all in

:54:19. > :54:26.your hands, hook. He does it! Delight. It's all over. What a

:54:27. > :54:31.shame, I could have watched those darts right through the night.

:54:32. > :54:37.Absolutely brilliant drama. And a Japanese style bow from Seigo Asada,

:54:38. > :54:42.he looked like a completely different player from 12 months ago,

:54:43. > :54:47.performed really well, and he's won it by three sets to one. Nine times

:54:48. > :54:53.women's world champion Trina Gulliver was back for a 16th

:54:54. > :54:57.consecutive appearance, a resume rather different to her opponent,

:54:58. > :55:03.Dee Bateman had not been here for ought years, and the win, of this

:55:04. > :55:06.one would face the very much in-form Lisa Ashton, who has taken one step

:55:07. > :55:19.closer to a had electric of titles. -- to a hat-trick of titles. First

:55:20. > :55:24.to two sets, through to the quarterfinal against Lisa Ashton.

:55:25. > :55:34.The first darts she's thrown on the Lakeside stage sin 2008. Not like

:55:35. > :55:47.she planned them. And there is the golden girl... Trina Gulliver. MBE

:55:48. > :55:53.and truly deserved. The nine time world champion, seeded eight this

:55:54. > :56:06.year. She's won a staggering 82 world ranking titles. Looking for

:56:07. > :56:16.83. It's that number ten that's been annoying her -- annoying her, ever

:56:17. > :56:21.since 2011. The lady from Manchester that's really put the boil on.

:56:22. > :56:53.Stopped her parade, unfortunately. Yeah, Lisa Ashton awaits in the

:56:54. > :57:00.quarterfinals of course. Well, happy to win... Sorry, Carry on, Tony. I

:57:01. > :57:09.was going to say, Dee is not started in the best of ways. 46, 41 and 22.

:57:10. > :57:18.You can tell, the other lady's nerves were large. I mean, it's the

:57:19. > :57:25.spotlight. Well, as I say, she is making her second appearance on the

:57:26. > :57:29.Lakeside stage. As trina comes close to the first maximum of the match.

:57:30. > :57:39.There we are. In and out. Shanghai when she comes back. A couple of

:57:40. > :57:58.good wins in the qualifiers. But this is for the opening leg.

:57:59. > :58:31.And the first leg, Trina Gulliver! Straight along the barrel. It's

:58:32. > :58:41.trina to throw first in the second leg. Game on. Trina to throw first

:58:42. > :58:43.in the second leg. Game on. Good so see Trina back to something like her

:58:44. > :58:58.best. Have a look at Dee here. Takes quite

:58:59. > :59:00.a while between the dart being released and the dart landing on the

:59:01. > :59:16.board. Go and make a cup of tea. Yes, straightaway. Into the treble.

:59:17. > :59:21.Trina is much more forceful with her throw. Let's have a look at this one

:59:22. > :59:33.of Dee. Her stance. Very small throw.

:59:34. > :00:10.There we go. Really pushes them through here, does Trina.

:00:11. > :00:24.Enjoyed themselves today. Never been away. Some wonderful darts.

:00:25. > :01:01.A bit of a problem with her left hand. 96. That's good.

:01:02. > :01:12.She has the darts in this leg. Yes, 135 the finish and not a bad finish.

:01:13. > :01:23.60. Trina, you require 135. Slowly but surely, you get the feeling that

:01:24. > :01:30.Dee Bateman is working her way into the match. She's getting closer and

:01:31. > :01:46.close tore the trebles. Trina liked her role of 25 there. So 16s or 8s.

:01:47. > :02:00.Could be treble 19, the shot. That leaves 70. We'll see. That's 19.

:02:01. > :02:05.Treble 20... For a two-leg lead, tops for Trina.

:02:06. > :02:43.Tens? Good dart. There is the... So will the advantage -- with the

:02:44. > :02:44.advantage in this throw, I think she's going to start hitting into

:02:45. > :03:02.the trebles. So Dee did really well, there is

:03:03. > :03:09.Jodie, her niece. She did really well to come through those

:03:10. > :03:13.qualifiers last October. She defeated a former world Masters

:03:14. > :03:23.champion, followed by a Japanese player, 3-0 in the five. Yes, back

:03:24. > :03:27.on form, ain't she? Yeah, Trina is back on form, and Dee is back at

:03:28. > :03:36.Lakeside after seven years of watching it on telly. She lives the

:03:37. > :03:39.barrow in furn yes in coupleburia, Dee Bateman, but she plays darts for

:03:40. > :03:55.Yorkshire, he birth county. Well, some hair styles, but nothing

:03:56. > :04:32.like that before. That This is for the first set. It's a

:04:33. > :04:47.race to two. In the women's first round.

:04:48. > :05:12.Gets into the trebles, trying too hard. Tell you what, she can really

:05:13. > :05:16.play, Dee Bateman. She won seven ranking titles, most reasonable, the

:05:17. > :05:18.Welsh classic of 2009. She needs the red bit at the top of the board.

:05:19. > :05:24.She'll be back. 230. It's what is Dee is looking at,

:05:25. > :05:50.for the score. She hit it in the last leg, she

:05:51. > :06:15.missed Well, already, one set up with the

:06:16. > :06:21.throw in this second set. Dee Bateman, really not doing anything

:06:22. > :06:28.at the moment. But we'll see. Played quite a bit on the circuit last

:06:29. > :06:31.year, did Dee. England Masters, England classic, the British Open,

:06:32. > :06:36.the England Open and the international Open, and the Welsh

:06:37. > :06:40.Open. She reached the last 16 in the Isle of Man. That's better. Right

:06:41. > :07:04.down the oche here. Blocked the bed. She'll have to

:07:05. > :07:07.switch. Be nice to see Dee produce some of her best darts. At some

:07:08. > :07:30.stage this evening. Come on, there will be nerves. That

:07:31. > :08:00.is what you can put it down to. Mind you - Happens to the best of

:08:01. > :08:17.them. Yeah Dee has beaten that score. Come on, Dee.

:08:18. > :08:33.Chandeliers are shining. But not on Dee Bateman.

:08:34. > :08:48.It's a great venue, you know. The comfort...

:08:49. > :09:02.There you go. She can do it! The thumb is warming up as well. She's

:09:03. > :09:04.not had a dart at a double yet. As Trina goes onto the boil, Dee has

:09:05. > :09:19.six darts at one foray. That's the first darts blocking the

:09:20. > :09:26.bed. Might have been better going off the 19s, but she knows what she

:09:27. > :09:35.wants. Chance now for Trina to step in. Blocked the bed a bit as well.

:09:36. > :09:36.It's been a very patchy sort of leg from Trina. She is on a finish,

:09:37. > :09:44.finally. Treble 17 for double 18 for dee. Not

:09:45. > :09:57.far away. Wrong treble. Well, Trina left it. Can she get it?

:09:58. > :10:23.No, not this time. , treble 20 - sorry, treble 10.

:10:24. > :10:28.Single nine leaves double 16. It's double 16. This is her first dart at

:10:29. > :10:52.a double all match. Treble 15. Double top. Oh, just

:10:53. > :11:02.pulled it down. A chance... Three darts.

:11:03. > :11:16.Yes! It's there! Could change the picture now.

:11:17. > :11:52.This is better. Something to think about and now she does. The first

:11:53. > :11:56.darts and the third dart for a 125. Seems an odd thing to say at about

:11:57. > :12:04.nine times world champion, but Trina seemed to lose a little bit of focus

:12:05. > :12:10.in the last leg. Psychiatrist after visit, she was failing to find the

:12:11. > :12:15.trebles. What it's done - given Dee a bit of confidence. Now, wasn't far

:12:16. > :12:26.away from her maximum as well, a bounceout on the wire.

:12:27. > :12:32.Shals Shanghai coming in for Dee Bateman. As we go to the bull...

:12:33. > :12:57.Treble 20. Oh, unlucky! Still relatively early stages of

:12:58. > :13:14.this second leg of the second set. No-one is taking charge.

:13:15. > :13:37.Right back at ya! Yeah, couldn't get another one in the treble 20, but

:13:38. > :13:48.certainly went for them 19s with venom. She's left 159 - and you

:13:49. > :14:12.can't finish on that. In practice, it's the sort of thing

:14:13. > :14:29.she could take out all the time. Can't be done now. So Trina, with 60

:14:30. > :14:32.level to the set. -- with 60 to level the set and to break back. She

:14:33. > :14:38.hasn't hit a double top in six attempts now.

:14:39. > :14:55.Treble 20. Dee licks her fingers. Yes! That's double 10. Keep it cool,

:14:56. > :15:13.keep it calm. And there it is! The picture is changing. Tell you

:15:14. > :15:19.what, Tony, Trina's in a match all of a sudden. Well, I mean, to get

:15:20. > :15:36.this far, it would have been sad, wouldn't it? I'm sure that Dee's

:15:37. > :15:42.pleased because now she can show a true pace with the arrows. Trina had

:15:43. > :15:53.darts to win both of the legs that she lost. ..In this set.

:15:54. > :16:11.She's really coming to light - really is. This is shaking Trina up.

:16:12. > :16:21.And now she's rushing her darts - she has changed the pace. Her body

:16:22. > :16:32.language has changed. Very rare you see Trina so subdued, so downcast,

:16:33. > :16:41.on a stage that she has owned nine times. She was going so well in the

:16:42. > :16:52.first couple of legs. In that last set. But look at that - 36, 28 and

:16:53. > :17:08.30. Nine darts and she's still some way north of 400.

:17:09. > :18:02.Just a fraction away - it's unbelievable - all around it.

:18:03. > :18:22.There's still a chance of this leg in the second set. She has now.

:18:23. > :18:50.Yeah, good thinking. 106 left - finish on. She took out 80 in the

:18:51. > :18:56.last leg after Trina had chance to say win it. -- chances to win it.

:18:57. > :19:02.Well, they're both on a finish now. Dee to go first. This is for the

:19:03. > :19:08.set. Treble 17. Leaves the bull's eye, of course. Just the wrong side

:19:09. > :19:25.of the wire. Well, that's what she went for. Her

:19:26. > :19:36.highest Lakeside finish is 135. Treble 18 and bull for a 124. Bull's

:19:37. > :19:48.eye. Trina Gulliver! Unlucky. But Dee now, can she get two 9s? Yes,

:19:49. > :19:56.she can! Well done, Dee! One apiece. Wow, who wins this, then, toe I?? --

:19:57. > :20:10.Tony? Well, nerves will be jangling now.

:20:11. > :20:22.The deciding set - if it gets to two legs apiece, it's sudden death.

:20:23. > :20:36.Good start from Dee. Yeah, solid 95. We haven't seen a maximum yet in

:20:37. > :20:41.this match. Trina has hit 54. .. On the world championship stage -

:20:42. > :20:58.that's a record, but she has not hit one since 2012.

:20:59. > :21:11.Steady throwing for Dee - 95 and 85. It juices the tonne there that Trina

:21:12. > :21:19.had with the first three darts. Advantage, Dee.

:21:20. > :21:28.Oh, unlucky. Caught the flight. Suddenly Dee will be Big Bash League

:21:29. > :21:31.that she can win this match. -- suddenly Dee will be believing that

:21:32. > :21:38.she can win this match. She looked all at sea in the first set. I think

:21:39. > :21:45.the nerves will be jangling in Trina. Well, Trina looked to be

:21:46. > :21:50.sailing along serenely, as we know she can, and then all of a sudden,

:21:51. > :21:56.midway through the first leg of the second set, something seemed to

:21:57. > :22:05.happen. Something changed. She did have darts to win that leg and the

:22:06. > :22:13.next one. But at the moment it's three legs apiece, one-set apiece.

:22:14. > :22:19.-- one set apiece, and it's Dee, you would say, who's looking the more

:22:20. > :22:23.likely. But then again, Tony, you never know what happens when the

:22:24. > :22:30.finishing line hoves into view. Exactly. That's when the nerves come

:22:31. > :22:41.into play. Well, that's going to help. But only a little - because

:22:42. > :22:55.that's not a finish and nor is this. 159, as you say - no finish. And 169

:22:56. > :23:01.also not a finish. Here we go. That's Snow White, I think - I

:23:02. > :23:10.wonder where the single seven dwarfs are! Heading down to the nitty

:23:11. > :23:29.gritty now. Deep breaths. To the oche. 76. Double 8. Double 4. Quick,

:23:30. > :23:48.before the treble 20 one falls out! Two 4s to hold her throw - yes!

:23:49. > :23:56.For the first time in this match, Dee Bateman is ahead. Can she stay

:23:57. > :24:00.there? How the scenery has changed. Just signs towards the end of that

:24:01. > :24:08.last leg, though, of Trina Gulliver re-finding her form. A couple of 99s

:24:09. > :24:17.and a 100 to start this leg. This is good from Bateman.

:24:18. > :24:44.Yeah, that'll do. Well, it took Dee a full set before she had a dart at

:24:45. > :24:48.a double, but since she has scored well enough to start aiming at the

:24:49. > :24:55.doubles, look at that - four out of seven. 57%.

:24:56. > :25:11.There we go. Trina's three from twelve. Good marker. For the treble.

:25:12. > :25:36.So advantage point here after nine darts. Trina Gulliver. MBE.

:25:37. > :26:03.She has a lead of 110 in this leg. She won't take it out this time.

:26:04. > :26:21.Yes. Thinking. Well, that leaves 140. Dee's still

:26:22. > :26:32.back on 267, but Trina really should have put it to bed by now.

:26:33. > :26:39.It's not been a great leg of darts from Dee Bateman since she went

:26:40. > :26:47.ahead in the match for the first time. Another one of those. And,

:26:48. > :26:49.again, should be done. She'll have at least, I would think, six darts

:26:50. > :26:57.for a double. Double top for Trina. She's already had five earlier. And

:26:58. > :27:19.here it is, double top. First time. The first time she has

:27:20. > :27:25.hit double top in six attempts and my goodness me, did she need that.

:27:26. > :27:30.If she does go to two legs apiece, we will bully up to see who has the

:27:31. > :27:34.advantage to go first in the sudden death of eight. Trina, as you would

:27:35. > :27:47.expect, has been there before. She has played three final leg deciders

:27:48. > :27:54.- and has won all three against Vice Prium in 2002 and twice against

:27:55. > :27:58.Hunsala again in 2002 and in 2007. A lot of rivalry there - a great darts

:27:59. > :28:03.player from Holland. Finally won the world title, having lost in so many

:28:04. > :28:16.finals. So, Dee's still in the match. The 2009 Lakeside world

:28:17. > :28:22.champion, Frances Hunsala. There's always a battle on between her and

:28:23. > :28:23.Trina. Five times the loser finalist, the men, the champion. And

:28:24. > :28:40.it was Trina who did the damage. Unlucky - caught the flight there

:28:41. > :28:45.and it just pushed it down a touch. Well, it has come down to this,

:28:46. > :28:46.then, this first round match of the women's world championship - the

:28:47. > :29:18.best of three legs. Yeah, good marker, that. Ever

:29:19. > :29:31.closer, she can still go for the treble. Come down for 19s if you

:29:32. > :29:36.wish. We'll wait and see. Hesitated. She wanted a finish there - and

:29:37. > :29:39.hasn't done. Oh, lovely. Will she go for another one, because it's loose,

:29:40. > :29:48.that dart. She has done. Will she go again? Come on! Oo! Now then! Trina

:29:49. > :30:05.in trouble. And the head goes down. Six darts

:30:06. > :30:19.from 233 and she's still not on a finish. Dee is. 20 or 12. Oh,

:30:20. > :30:23.unlucky! Although, was that heading for the treble? It was! I went

:30:24. > :30:29.backwards with that - I thought it was going to hit me! What an

:30:30. > :30:32.extraordinary thing, she bounces out of the treble 20, which would have

:30:33. > :30:40.bust her and then finds it again with her final dart! No hand shot

:30:41. > :30:48.with this throw. 162. So back to the oche. And not a bad finish - treble

:30:49. > :30:59.20. Just don't follow it with another one! She can still finish.

:31:00. > :31:05.Treble 19. You can go for the bull. Oh, and that's on the wire!

:31:06. > :31:16.I think I'm unlucky, you know! CHEERING

:31:17. > :31:20.Two bounce-outs for Dee Bateman at crucial moments and it has let Trina

:31:21. > :31:24.Gulliver into this leg. Treble 20 for double top. Yes, double top to

:31:25. > :31:40.move to within a leg of the match - no! Trina had the chance. Dee

:31:41. > :31:48.Bateman - three darts. Here we go. REFEREE: Thank you.

:31:49. > :31:58.Wiping her hands, is Trina, in the background. Double 16.

:31:59. > :32:25.Oh, dear! What can be the matter be! Yes! It's there! She's a leg away. A

:32:26. > :32:26.penny for Trina's thoughts. Trina needs all the help - throwing first

:32:27. > :32:43.in this leg. Trina has had chances. She's only

:32:44. > :32:50.hit one double top in seven attempts, but look at that from Dee

:32:51. > :32:54.Bateman - five out of nine. As soon as she found some kind of focus

:32:55. > :32:57.early in the second set, when she had the chances she has taken them.

:32:58. > :33:13.One more double from her and she's through. This is - it has to be

:33:14. > :33:24.nerves, it really has. I know she really wants it, Trina. So does Dee.

:33:25. > :33:34.Well, the first one to get a treble 20, I think, will win.

:33:35. > :33:52.Not far away. There it is. Big call, Tony. Trina has the darts in this

:33:53. > :34:01.leg. If she wins it, she takes us to sudden death, remember. "Come on",

:34:02. > :34:07.says Dee to herself. She'll never get a better chance. .. To beat

:34:08. > :34:11.Trina Gulliver on the Lakeside stage. The point wasn't touching. It

:34:12. > :34:15.would have counted if it was. It didn't have to be in the board.

:34:16. > :34:27.She'll have to come down, I would think.

:34:28. > :34:50.There it is. Oh, yes. Oh, yes! That's how it scores! A third 140.

:34:51. > :35:00.Trina under pressure on the brink. .. Of a first round exit for just

:35:01. > :35:16.the second time in her career. 269. Not a very good figure, that, 269.

:35:17. > :35:31.216 is better. Two of them. On a finish. At least. Not a great one,

:35:32. > :35:39.but she can finish the leg in three darts. Not so for the time being, at

:35:40. > :35:50.least, for Dee Bateman. She could do with a treble here. Not a single 5.

:35:51. > :36:03.Over to you, then, Trina. Nope, can't be done. Has had a 135 in the

:36:04. > :36:16.final of 2005. She will go for the 18 for the last dart. OK. Can you do

:36:17. > :36:34.it? It's there to be hit. Treble 20. Only the 5. Oh, good cover shot. You

:36:35. > :36:43.feel for Trina now, who has to hit 76. To take us into a sudden death

:36:44. > :36:50.leg. Oh, she has missed 16. She's missed big 16. Can you believe that?

:36:51. > :37:05.This is it, then, Tony - this is match point. Moving in. For the

:37:06. > :37:14.kill. She hopes! 62. OK. 20. Only 12. Oh no! It's bull's eye! You

:37:15. > :37:24.didn't go for that! But can you hit it?! That is the question!

:37:25. > :37:36.Everybody, sssh! Or, as I would say, "It's a bull's eye"! Trina's

:37:37. > :37:53.looking. Anguish... All on the bull. Oh! Dear! Everything's happening

:37:54. > :37:58.here! Brilliant! Dee has just walked the wrong way round. You can forgive

:37:59. > :38:11.her that. Trina must hit double top. Double 10 to stay alive. Yes! Of

:38:12. > :38:15.course she hits it! So here we go. REFEREE: Ladies and gentlemen, with

:38:16. > :38:18.the score at two sets all, we play for the bull's eye. It will be Dee

:38:19. > :38:37.to throw first. Right - now then! Yes, that's Trina's. Trina is

:38:38. > :38:40.closer. REFEREE: Fifth and final leg. It's

:38:41. > :38:50.Trina to throw first. Game on. OK! Here we go! She has been here three

:38:51. > :38:55.times before, Trina Gulliver. She's played three final leg sudden death

:38:56. > :39:03.deciders and she has won them all. Twice in finals. Oh, what a

:39:04. > :39:15.recovery. Save the best till last, they say - and that was. My, how she

:39:16. > :39:24.needed that treble 20ment -- 20. Oh, unlucky. We don't want that at this

:39:25. > :39:26.stage. She's had a few in this deciding set, hasn't she? Well,

:39:27. > :40:00.every dart counts. Just a reminder - whoever wins this

:40:01. > :40:02.leg wins the match. Lisa Ashton, the top seed and defending champion,

:40:03. > :40:09.awaits in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Whoever does win will have

:40:10. > :40:12.to play a lot better than they have done tonight if they're going to get

:40:13. > :40:29.past Lisa. Without a shadow of a doubt. OK, Dee.

:40:30. > :40:50.Oh yes! Oh yes! It's hi-Dee-hi. She takes the lead. Supportive as ever,

:40:51. > :40:54.Sue watches on. Trina switching down beautifully to the 19s. She really

:40:55. > :41:04.did need that. But this is a good one - a tonne - it leaves her

:41:05. > :41:17.finishing with 167. Unlucky. Just along the wire. There's Jodie. Yeah,

:41:18. > :41:23.feeling the pain! Two legs each in this deciding set - and look at that

:41:24. > :41:31.- just seven points between them. That'll help! If you're a fan of

:41:32. > :41:37.Trina Gulliver, that'll help a lot! 127. Her first 140, but what a time

:41:38. > :42:07.to put it away. Needs 127. Here we go - at least six darts for

:42:08. > :42:09.127. 107, Trina. She was going to go for it, treble 19 and the bull. Just

:42:10. > :42:32.missed the 19s. Just be careful. Well, she is now the hot favourite,

:42:33. > :42:40.Trina Gulliver. Oh dear, wanting 228 before the throw. Treble 20 leaves

:42:41. > :42:46.double 4. It's up to you, Trina. Double 4 it is. Don't rush it.

:42:47. > :43:03.You've got another three darts for it. Double #. -- double 4. OK.

:43:04. > :43:07.She'll wish she had taken it out there, because double 2 is not the

:43:08. > :43:11.favourite on the board. But look at this, Dee Bateman back on 219. Must

:43:12. > :43:14.hit a bit score to put some pressure on the nine-time champion. She has

:43:15. > :43:25.taken her all the way. But it looks like Dee Bateman is going to come up

:43:26. > :43:29.a little short. Still not on a finish, Dee Bateman. So still Trina

:43:30. > :43:38.- under very little pressure - for the match. A double 2! And she's

:43:39. > :43:45.through! And, my goodness, that is a huge sigh of relief from the

:43:46. > :43:50.nine-times champion! It's Gulliver against Ashton in the quarterfinals

:43:51. > :43:53.and I, for one, can't wait! Fallon Sherrock's had a brilliant couple of

:43:54. > :43:57.years and not just here at Lakeside. She made the quarters two years ago,

:43:58. > :43:59.marched all the way to the final twelve months ago and then proceeded

:44:00. > :44:04.to have a sensational year, which is why she arrived here as the number

:44:05. > :44:08.two seed. But she was up against the only Danish woman ever to appear

:44:09. > :44:12.here at Lakeside, Ann-Louise Peters, and she spent most of last year on

:44:13. > :44:16.the road just for the opportunity to set foot on this hallowed stage once

:44:17. > :44:22.again. Could there be an upset on the cards? Let's join area

:44:23. > :44:41.commentators, John Rawling and George Reilly.

:44:42. > :44:52.It has been far from the anticipated steam-rollering.

:44:53. > :45:02.Great last dart again from Fallon Sherrock. Peters only averaging

:45:03. > :45:05.about 63, but because she's finished better, she's still in there. And

:45:06. > :45:12.that boosts her chances in this particular leg. All square if

:45:13. > :45:26.Sherrock closes this one out. It will be one-set apiece. Set apiece.

:45:27. > :45:34.Oh, and here's a big one here. Oh dear. That's a big seven. Well, that

:45:35. > :45:38.could hurt. Sherrock just moving along the oche. The route to that

:45:39. > :45:41.treble 20 slightly blocked. Now, is she going to move away or stay where

:45:42. > :45:55.she is? Well, she elected to stay on that 20. 164 - doable in theory.

:45:56. > :46:08.Still doable. Still doable! Oh! That would have been the highest checkout

:46:09. > :46:20.of the tournament and the highest ever checkout by a woman.

:46:21. > :46:33.As it is, she has 33, Sherrock, to pull level. One dart at 8 - yes!

:46:34. > :46:40.Peters was closing there. But Sherrock takes it out. Six out of 21

:46:41. > :46:45.now and the last three opportunities she has had, she has taken and she

:46:46. > :46:50.is back on level terms. Peters, though, with the darts, in what will

:46:51. > :46:58.be the decisive set. Best of three in the women's tournament. Yes,

:46:59. > :47:03.wants that shoot-out now for a place in the next round. Good start from

:47:04. > :47:12.Peters with a sharp. Back comes Sherrock with one of her own and

:47:13. > :47:16.then some. Sherrock has got the greatest scoring capability - you

:47:17. > :47:20.see that, and she almost looked fragile again on that last double

:47:21. > :47:25.finish, but she held it together and that was a big dart - had she missed

:47:26. > :47:26.out there, then the old gremlins would have really started, maybe, to

:47:27. > :47:41.creep in once more. Good switch. Yeah, she will stay

:47:42. > :47:57.with 19s, as well. Well, Peters is holding it together

:47:58. > :48:01.reasonably well but Sherrock with the opportunity to take one against

:48:02. > :48:02.the throw here. Peters is on a finish on 160 - a massive ask,

:48:03. > :48:21.though. Vital last dart, for 160. Not now

:48:22. > :48:27.for Peters. Great last dart. The pressure on Sherrock. Peters poised.

:48:28. > :48:33.It's not what she required. So the finishing opportunity's gone but

:48:34. > :48:34.that's a handy second dart. Just checking where she's at. 75 scored

:48:35. > :48:51.so far. Electing for the 17, leaving tops.

:48:52. > :49:00.60 for Peters to hold - oh dear. So one dart at tops. What a chance now

:49:01. > :49:06.for Sherrock. Yeah, this will be a big break if she takes this one.

:49:07. > :49:17.That's not a bad marker. Oh, now - 10s. Wrong side of the wire. Twice!

:49:18. > :49:25.So, can Peters get out of jail? One from 7 on tops now. Two from eight.

:49:26. > :49:30.But it's a big one and she holds and Sherrock had a chance there. Fallon

:49:31. > :49:38.Sherrock's finishing, again, has let her down. A 21% checkout rate - only

:49:39. > :49:42.5 out of 24. The fact she's had 24 double attempts as against 12 from

:49:43. > :49:45.Ann-Louise Peters shows just how much she has been outscoring her

:49:46. > :49:48.Danish opponent, but if you can't put it away, it's the old cliche -

:49:49. > :50:01.score for show, doubles for dough. I think it was that man who coined

:50:02. > :50:06.it, wasn't it? Well, that's not actually him. He's only balcony

:50:07. > :50:09.somewhere, sitting near me, but that was somebody with the old Bobby

:50:10. > :50:15.George bling. In fact there's a whole table of them. You can never

:50:16. > :50:22.have too many Bobby Georges. Which is a good job, really! He got a

:50:23. > :50:26.great reception when he was introduced to the crowd before play

:50:27. > :50:44.began, did Bobby. Hugely popular, still, around the sport.

:50:45. > :50:55.Sherrock 178 at checkout, but she's six from there. That's good. That's

:50:56. > :51:03.very good. Yeah, really good darts from Sherrock. Peters way off. 286

:51:04. > :51:09.plus these. So 57 to square it up. No checkout for Peters. Tops. She's

:51:10. > :51:17.not hit one yet - that's six attempts. Oh dear, dear, dear, dear,

:51:18. > :51:19.dear! She's going to have nightmares about these doubles if she loses

:51:20. > :51:28.this match. Peters can't finish, though. So Sherrock will go again.

:51:29. > :51:30.Her family roaring on their encouragement. Tops again. Oh,

:51:31. > :51:41.missed it by a long way. Bulled it south. 10s - and that's more secure

:51:42. > :51:47.when she switches down. Level pegging on the decisive set. Were it

:51:48. > :51:54.to get to 2-2, there has to be a two-leg margin to determine the

:51:55. > :52:02.outcome of the match. Were it to get to 5-5, they would be bulling up for

:52:03. > :52:07.sudden death. Beg your pardon - correction on that, the women's

:52:08. > :52:13.competition gets to 2-2 and then it's bull-up and sudden death. My

:52:14. > :52:19.apologies. Well, she'll just want to get through this one now, Sherrock.

:52:20. > :52:24.The doubles haven't been good. Six of 28 - nowhere near what she's

:52:25. > :52:39.capable of. But the scoring has been good enough. So far. Averaging a

:52:40. > :52:48.shade under 80. Fallon Sherrock - the number two seed under real

:52:49. > :52:54.pressure. Came into this competition on a run of form and so confident -

:52:55. > :52:59.it has not happened on the stage. And it's the doubles that have done

:53:00. > :53:11.her. But look at this from Peters. She can nudge to within a leg of a

:53:12. > :53:16.real upset. .. ..On the opening weekend at the Lakeside. It was down

:53:17. > :53:20.for 19 into the 7s, though, so 156 with the darts for the Dane. I

:53:21. > :53:28.wonder if the top seed, Lisa Ashton, is watching on. I bet she is.

:53:29. > :53:42.Sherrock defeated in the final by Ashton last year. That's wild. So,

:53:43. > :53:49.treble 19 - no, starting with 20. So it will be 19s now. Well, it won't!

:53:50. > :53:54.Well, that was erratic from Peters. You're on the money on what she was

:53:55. > :54:00.going for - it's just the delivery that wasn't quite there. Miles off.

:54:01. > :54:09.The tension creeping in - you can see it in both these throws here.

:54:10. > :54:15.Well, treble 17 would have left a couple of 10s. Now we've got tops -

:54:16. > :54:21.one dart. Brilliant from Peters! 2-1 to the underdog. If Sherrock doesn't

:54:22. > :54:26.win this leg, that's it! The number two seed would be out. And an

:54:27. > :54:36.enormous upset. Remember, before this began, the bookies were quoting

:54:37. > :54:47.her at an unbackable 11-1 on. 5-1 on to win 2-0. Well, it's in these

:54:48. > :54:51.times of adversity that you see true grit and champion class. If Fallon

:54:52. > :54:56.Sherrock has real designs on going all the way this year, she has got

:54:57. > :55:03.to produce now. A great last dart! That was a lovely cover shot. And we

:55:04. > :55:09.go to sudden death, if Sherrock can manage to win this leg. She has got

:55:10. > :55:16.the advantage, with the throw. In all probability, she's going to have

:55:17. > :55:28.first crack at a finish. You can sense the tension. In the crowd, as

:55:29. > :55:34.well. Murmerring, "It couldn't happen, could it". Her twin sister

:55:35. > :55:38.and mum watching on. There's mum. Peters, meanwhile, is right behind

:55:39. > :55:50.her. Nothing in it. Well, that's not good. Peters can seize the

:55:51. > :55:54.initiative here. Needed a treble, but she's there, she is in there

:55:55. > :56:03.jabbing away, Peters. Nail-biting stuff, George. Sherrock with a

:56:04. > :56:06.much-needed 140 - if ever that was an opportune moment. But she has got

:56:07. > :56:17.to finish and that's what she has not been doing, John. Peters on 78 -

:56:18. > :56:25.Sherrock 56. She should have two darts in it. Double 16 to stay

:56:26. > :56:32.alive. She wasn't going for that - but double 16 she gets! Great

:56:33. > :56:36.bottle! REFEREE: To determine who will throw

:56:37. > :56:42.first in the final leg the players will throw for the bull's eye. It

:56:43. > :56:49.will be Ann-Louise to throw for the bull's eye first. So who is going to

:56:50. > :56:55.get the darts? 25 - that is removed. So the darts go to the Dane,

:56:56. > :57:00.Ann-Louise Peters. Sudden death leg. Tension now. And every leg in this

:57:01. > :57:07.deciding set has gone with the darts, hasn't it, John? I'll bow to

:57:08. > :57:11.your research on that one! Have you seen my notepad?! No, I leave that

:57:12. > :57:24.to you! LAUGHTER

:57:25. > :57:32.Indecipherable higher -- hieroglyphics! Well, a good start

:57:33. > :57:36.from both. One dart in it and this could be it! How rattled it

:57:37. > :57:41.Sherrock? -- is Sherrock? My word, she could do with a treble here. Oh,

:57:42. > :57:53.and all she gets is a 1. She is on very thin ice now. Wow. This is

:57:54. > :57:59.sudden death. This is a moment where she has got to compose her. And

:58:00. > :58:09.she's 200 adrift. Great dart! Needs another. Brilliant response! That

:58:10. > :58:17.was minimum. She's still 50 behind. Look at this from Peters. Oh, it's a

:58:18. > :58:19.shame about the last dart, but she has still got a distinct advantage

:58:20. > :58:35.here. It can be done - 154. Great first

:58:36. > :58:47.dart! Loose second one. But she has got a cushion. Peters will come back

:58:48. > :58:56.with the darts and only 72 for a major Lakeside upset. Fallon

:58:57. > :59:07.Sherrock at 100. 72 for Peters. How good is her nerve? Tops now. For the

:59:08. > :59:12.match! She's got it! She's got it! The number two seed is out and

:59:13. > :59:21.Ann-Louise Peters - a rank outsider - finds the double! The form book is

:59:22. > :59:25.torn up! Fallon Sherrock, the finalist last year, defeated and

:59:26. > :59:28.Ann-Louise Peters - perhaps the best performance that she has produced

:59:29. > :59:37.for a long, long time and she is in tears of joy! Well, that's it from

:59:38. > :59:40.the opening weekend of the 2016 BDO Darts World Championship but you

:59:41. > :59:45.don't have to wait long for further live action. Please join kol lin and

:59:46. > :59:47.Bobby and the rest of the gang, 1:00 BBC Two later on this afternoon. Bye

:59:48. > :59:51.for now.