Smith is still waiting for his first big one majorTitle and has already lost many important finals. That the audience is fully occupied Alexandra Palace Sticking to him wasn’t enough for the local hero in the end.
Lots of mistakes on both sides
The final of a high-class tournament, which, in addition to some world-class matches, was also characterized by the corona chaos and the resulting game cancellations, started with many mistakes. In the very first sentence, Wright and Smith threw many arrows past the double. In the meantime, both world-class players had a quota in the single-digit percentage range. Smith looked generally nervous and initially made a few mistakes.
From the third sentence it became match significantly higher quality. Smith met the Triple-Fields suddenly like in the previous rounds and after just four sets he had eleven shots with the maximum number of 180 points.
Exciting final phase
Seasoned Wright, on the other hand, changed darts again during the encounter, but left significantly more chances at the beginning than the day before in the 6: 4 against compatriot Gary Anderson.
The longer the game lasted, the more exciting it got. The slight final outsider Smith made a 4: 3 lead from a 2-0 deficit and looked more confident from set to set. After that, Wright improved again. A duel at eye level developed and the most exciting World Cup final in years. In the end it was well over 35 recordings with a maximum of 180 counters.
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Status: 03.01.2022, 11:51 p.m.