UK Open Match Reports Round Third Round
First Group of Matches
Co Stompe stuns Simon Whitlock with a dramatic 9-7 victory. The Australian had opportunties to take the match to a deciding leg but missed six darts at doubles allowing the Dutchman to step in for the win.2005 Runner-Up Mark Walsh defeats Mervyn King with a 9-5 triumph and the 2008 World Championship Runner-Up Kirk Shepherd wins the last four legs of his match against Darren Johnson to win 9-6.
20-year-old Michael Smith from St.Helens records an impressive 9-2 win over 18-year-old Riley's Qualifier, Sam Hill.
Rileys Qualifier Andrew Gilding sends Andy Hamilton crashing out of the competition with a 9-6 victory. The match was finely balanced at 6-6 before the Suffolk man reeled off three consecutive legs to record a superb victory.
Reece Robinson continues his superb run at the 2011 Speedy Hire UK Open with a nail-biting final-leg victory over Wayne Jones. The 19-year-old had led the game 8-5 before Jones fought back to force a decider where the youngster held his nerve by hitting the bullseye to move into the last 32.
Mark Webster records a 9-5 victory over Tony Eccles and Ronnie Baxter ends the hopes of Steve Maish to put himself in the draw for the Fourth Round
Second Group of Matches
Five-time World Champion, Raymond van Barneveld returns to Bolton with a tough 9-5 victory over Steve Brown to put himself into the draw for the last 32.Newly crowned Premier League Champion, Gary Anderson, opens up his challenge for the 2011 Speedy Hire UK Open title with a 9-4 victory over Ian White having led the game 6-0 in the early stages.
Mark Hylton, who impressed at last year's World Championships records a 9-0 whitewash victory over 2007 World Championship semi-finalist, Andy Jenkins.
Denis Ovens, a semi-finalist in last year's competition overcomes the challenge of Kevin Painter with a 9-4 triumph.
Bradford youngster Joe Cullen comes through over Rileys Qualifier Stuart Monaghan in a final-leg thriller having led 6-3 in the earlier stages of the contest.
2008 Champion James Wade ends the hopes of Michael Mansell with a 9-2 victory and Dave Chisnall enjoys a debut victory in Bolton by the same scoreline with a win over Richard North, a 21-year-old Rileys Qualifier from Swindon.
The colourful Peter Wright opens his campaign successfully with a 9-1 thrashing of local man Peter Hudson to put himself into the Fourth Round of the tournament.
Third Group of Matches
Phil Taylor defeats Mark Frost 9-3 to seal his place in the Fourth Round of the UK Open. Frost held his own by sharing the opening
four legs of the match before Taylor streaked away to record a routine victory.
Canadian John Part continues his impressive form in 2011 with a 9-2 triumph over Dutchman Roland Scholten, gaining revenge for defeat in the final of this competition in 2004.
John Bowles continues his giant-killing feats at the 2011 Speedy Hire UK Open with a 9-7 victory over Justin Pipe. The 44-year-old qualifier from Widnes, who had defeated Peter Manley and Devon Petersen on the opening night of tournament came back from 7-3 down to take his place in the next round.
World number eight Wes Newton, ends the hopes of Scotland's John Henderson with a 9-3 victory. Paul Nicholson also wins by the same margin over Graham Hollis to reach the Fourth Round.
Andy Boulton, the 38-year-old qualifier from Ayrshire, knocks out Dutchman Vincent van der Voort by a 9-7 scoreline. The Dutchman had led the match 6-3 and 7-4 but could not get over the finishing line allowing Boulton to become the second Qualifier to put his into the hat for the last 32 draw.
Yorkshire's Dennis Priestley outlasts Alan Tabern to reach the Fourth Round with a 9-6 triumph. The two-time World Champion was 6-5 down to the man from St.Helens but put together a run of four successive legs to come through.
Michael van Gerwen, confirms his place in the Fourth Round of the 2011 Speedy Hire UK Open by defeating Rileys Qualifier Richie Howson 9-2.
Final Group of Matches
Terry Jenkins survives a storming comeback from World Champion Adrian Lewis out of the competition. The man from Ledbury had led
the match 7-3 before Lewis produced superb darts to reduce the deficit to 8-7 before Jenkins produced a fantastic 11-darter in the 16th leg to send
the World Champion packing.
Robert Thornton ends the hopes of Wales' Wayne Atwood with a 9-6 victory. The Scot was the better of the two players in the early stages and led 6-2. Atwood pulled back to level at six all before Thornton moved away again to win three legs on the spin to book his place in the last 32.
Joe Murnan becomes the fourth Rileys Qualifier to book a place in the last 32 of the competition with a dramatic deciding-leg victory over former World Championship finalist, Mark Dudbridge. The 21-year-old from Greater Manchester had led the match 8-4 before the Bristolian fought back to win the next four legs and force a decider. But the youngster held his nerve to win the final-leg and record a famous win.
24-year-old Daventry thrower, Martin Edgar, defeats York's Martyn Turner by an 8-6 scoreline and put his name in the draw for the Fourth Round.
Former World Champion, Steve Beaton, records a superb victory over Derby's highly-rated Jamie Caven by a 9-2 margin.
Colin Osborne, who reached the final of this competition in 2009 before losing to Phil Taylor, wins his last 64 contest against Mark Jones by a 9-4 scoreline.
Andy Smith overcomes the challenge of qualifier Paul Harvey by the same margin.