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Cool-hand Waites deals tough hand to Scot Paul
Second seed
Scott Waites surged into the second round with a ruthless 3-0 whitewash of Scot
Paul Hanvidge.
Poker-loving
Waites, the 7-2 second favourite showed no emotion as he clinically
despatched the veteran Scot with a barrage of big scores and some
precision-finishing.
The Scot
struggled with dartitis - the nervous affliction which effectively brought five
times world champ Eric Bristow’s run at the top of the sport to an end - which
prevents players from releasing their darts cleanly.
The rout took
just 24 minutes as Waites annexed six of the opening seven legs to open up a
commanding two set lead. He hit a maximum in the first leg and then hit three
faultless doubles to win the opening set with the throw.
A flurry of
140s followed in the next which he completed unchallenged once again in just six
minutes. Uncharacteristic missed doubles gifted the opening leg of the third set
to Hanvidge on double one but Waites swept back to take the next against the
throwing advantage.
And then the
Halifax carpenter turned the screw adding the next with double 10. The Scot
pounced after Waites missed two double tops for the match to exit on 74 and take
the set to a deciding fifth leg.
Waites said afterwards: “I was pleased with my
performance but feel a bit for Paul. I didn’t realise that he was suffering from
dartitis.
“I started well and then eased off a bit. My darts are going really well and I
am playing well at the minute. I am looking for the title this week but will
take each game at a time,” said the confident Waites.
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