SCOTTY TO HOTTY FOR
CANADIAN SMITH
England's Scott
Waites thrashed unseeded Canadian Jeff Smith 7-1 to win the BDO World
Championship at Lakeside for a second time.
The 38-year-old regained the title he first won in 2013 and
is the eighth player to win the crown more than once.
Waites, a carpenter from Huddersfield, raced into a 5-0
lead.
Smith, 40, took the sixth set with a 161 checkout to spark
hopes of a fightback, but Waites eased to a comfortable victory.
A fifth set followed for ninth seed Waites, again on a
deciding leg, before Smith prevented what would have been a sixth whitewash in
a BDO World Championship final with a 161 checkout to win the sixth.
But he missed four darts at double to take the seventh set.
Waites then stepped in with a 14-dart leg to restore his
five-set lead, ending any danger of an unlikely comeback.
One of his final acts was to land a 156 checkout while his
opponent was waiting on 49 to win the eighth set.
GULLIVER QUEEN OF
THE LADIES
Trina Gulliver won the women's world title for a 10th time
with a 3-2 victory over Deta Hedman in Saturday's all-English BDO final
The first four sets went against the throw, with number
eight seed Gulliver, 46, winning the decider 3-0 to clinch the £12,000 first
prize.
No comments:
Post a Comment