NEW CHAMP & NINE-DARTER! Final Session Highlights – 2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open

Highlights from the final session of the 2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open in Kiel, Germany, which saw a nine-darter and a new champion crowned.

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Smith had a visit of 40 that really just killed it and Humphrey you could see his eyes light up he just stepped in and finished off and I think he was to some extent a little bit relieved to get the job done because it could have been really really awkward 78 for 2-0 loose one 38 mire 167 a glimmer of hope vanen hum will be annoyed especially if vanen finds this 167 and he may well find the 67 Bullseye for vano that’s absolutely spectacular that’s on a par with the 132 against gilding and Luke humre is absolutely kicking himself because of the loose first start on his previous visit but mvg once again steps in with style world champion world number one getting six darts from 135 never got a dart to win the leg and take out I would say that whoever wins this game is favorite to win the title they are the two most likely winners from the field but it’s also a chance to just strike a blow ahead of potentially meeting on Thursday in the Premier League and a more important one at the O2 where the title will be decided Gan securing his place in the finals night with that performance in leads on Thursday 56 one more place of grabs asol or Michael Smith will take it depending on the outcomes in Sheffield on Thursday here in ke vanwin 9 is within touching distance of a breaker throw 70 points away 16 it’s on the F no problem whatsoever for nvg and all of a sudden Luke humre maintain the [Applause] advantage 96 [Applause] floor spacing ke in the Vino arena is filled and the banks of seating are pretty healthily occupied as well brilliant turnout once again on the final day of action on the European tour Humphrey is looking at 47 when he returns to get this break back Luke C leg is Luke to throw first game 36 win this by more than 200 points 27 well he’ll only have two DTS at a double and vanan can can apply a little bit of pressure here well it’s more than enough pressure 64 points away should he get the opportunity one for double four for Luke humph anxious times for the world champion now how is he losing this leg is he losing this leg double 16 oh van Go’s first Miss at a Double L require eight wow well he got there in the end my goodness me 21 d leg that rather has the copy book hasn’t it after the 11 data and the 14 datas preceding it there that tells you how well he’s scoring [Music] 421 two breaks for humph one for van gowin and another big visit here as well and Luke humph clears the final hurdle and he’s motoring towards the Finish Line the winner of this will be favorite for the title and it’s going to be luke humph to beat van gern once again double eight 63 humph is the world number one stamping his authority in this Clash you will see that more it could be a premier league final but you will not see Michael vanan anymore at this year’s Baltic seed Arts open because the beaten finalist from last year Coan Luke humpr has his eyes and his sights set on the title this time around well Mike DEA has featured in a euro tour quarterfinal before that was in Budapest last year where he was eventually beaten by Scott Williams in the last eight so 140 this is not Uncharted Territory for him but the semi-final would be not but waiting in the wings on 97 DEA with work to do here on the 97 let’s see how knet fares with this 97 first and foremost there’s the 57 didn’t like that one bit just had a little glance and a little glare at that one 77 M require 125 a nervous look over to this need a treble 20 he’s had some fantastic finishes this week you know as you’re going to add this to the list yes he is leg m is it your week well first PDC and he was what 40 late 40s wasn’t he so a real late CER in terms of winning the biggest prize of a lot and then you look at someone like Richie edow who’s early 40s and all of a sudden he’s on he’s on the crest of a wave biggest best phase of his career by a long way that’s a great story Richie edos 96 it’s um yeah it’s a difficult thing to Fathom about what the optimal age is for a a successful darts player course ler is blowing things out of the water with the what he’s done as a 16 17y old8 has he got Mike de dea’s number hasn’t been kind tops but he has now shot the seventh leg Danny e leg Mike to throw first in May 2016 that he actually won his first European tour match as well so I just sort of tracing back his career and he was 140 a relative late starter a late Comer to the sport itself didn’t really get going till he was a a teenager didn’t even really pick up a set of darts really till he was 16 17 or so he said3 reason to believe you require 136 European saw debut in 2014 as well 136 here for Danny noet 76 away double eights right in the bottom corner NOA and there we see for the first time NOA establishing a twole cushion Anda not looking like a beaten man but looking like a man who knows that he’s got an awful lot to do every or wants to give him himself every possible opportunity or the best possible opportunity because he knows that the finishing has not been top draw by any stretch tonight for Danny oppet so any sort of significant cushion that he can build up here will hopefully from his point of view work in his favor one 121 gets the treble 17 doesn’t need to be aggressive doesn’t need to go for it has he got the eyes no he hasn’t 81 yeah the absolute perfect leg for Dan oppet he probably felt it was going to go the distance and that R smile on the face of Mike deas where were you the past nine5 Danny require 40 well three more opportunities match starts have already come and gone for Danny noet will he take full advantage on this occasion so far two darts have gone astray no score well well mik require 65 last time he went for this he hit the Bull’s Eye wow all those positive things we’ve seen about Mike de but when he come to it the missing of the big number there will really hurt 40 tops for not but his friend off for we’ll find that soon enough he’s missed three attempts already at 20 but no mistake with that one a 16 D in the end for Danny NOA I suspect there’s room for improvement ahead of a meeting with Luke humph in the last four later on tonight in the end noet goes through with an average of 96.75% the ti of finishes I talk about them so much the one D this is what you can’t practice for it’s either there third leg when things are going your way they seem to go in and look at that reaction very early in this game those sorts of things were going pretty much every time against rco is averaging way more than Ed house for most of the game he’s playing really well but every chance that came his way he just snaffled it up beginning to sink his teeth into this game but don’t write this man off Relentless 180 now then give Rob cross a taste of his own medicine a perfect setup shot to get him within Striking Distance great another in there not quite but can Richie back up the 180 with a combo finish you get W dart at Double it’s often been enough enough so far today it usually is enough it’s enough again leg Richie Ed 290 points in two visits to the board stranding Rob cross on 76 93 just all a lot of it is down to what he’s doing about Now setup play finish setup play finish 100 it’s not bad you requ cross I’ll have a look at the 12 six for the third time in this match he missed double 64 in the very first leg the best de get is a dart at Bullseye here won’t even get that he in pole position in this leg Rob cross to get the break back he needed this could be the best of the lot once again it’s that double 16 it was a slight hesitation there but no different to the out no difference to the Celebration he’s in a world of his own on the finishing right now he cannot [Music] miss Rob cross keeps putting in the big scores Richie EDH house keeps hitting every double he’s going for Golden last start from Rob cross 41 quite simply didn’t throw that second D and once again that sarcastic Applause for the first time in a long time it’s Advantage cross 43 well this game has been about these two testing each other with some Brilliance but right at the end it’s all got a bit messy it might be down to who makes the fewer mistakes there’s just two points in it six start wins it cross may need the six 13 out standing under the circumstances to leave a two D exactly what Rob cross needed tops is never his favorite Dart but any Dart for the match you would take 60 20 for Tops having to move to the left plent of that bed to a to Win It Ro cross brings Richie Ed House’s brilliant run to an end he had to survive a match D in the process but it’s a tight one that goes the way of voltage and the two-time European Champion leave 20 for Tops which he ended up taking out having hit a single 10 in the previous leg to complete the 70 check out m is actually having some Joy on the treble 18 rather than the 19 in this leg Yeah he suddenly clicked into gear but it may be too late because s has one D at Double 10 maybe not too late at all rasas he’s done well to get into position here and challenging to hold thr after 86 oh he’s owned the 54 in this leg and it’s B him this opportunity to hold these thr when he was someway back yeah very good M rasma three legs in all going with throw but a missed opportunity there for Ryan s well this is where he hit the five last time this time no mistake double five require [Music] 120 acire 167 madis will return he’ll have a decision to make straight at it or to splits that’s not gone well for Ryan you acquired 10 yeah just musing to himself as he steps up there he has split it six Ryan you require 124 quite animated at times isn’t he mad as rasma you never know what he’s going to produce in terms of a reaction Bullseye and S takes it one two4 and rasma was on the verge of a 3-2 lead there and in the blink of an eye it seems s has punished him one two4 the check out on the bullseye 32 s with a break in the point where Ryan s may have to start stabbing mades rasma with his dots 79 or setting off the smoke machine yeah just as he’s tying his shoelaces I mean this is a real grind for rasma right now but suddenly you get these injections every now and then you’re never quite sure when they’re going to materialize but it’s materialized at a very good time s needs to find the response once again we’ve not had a gap of two legs in this match so far but we might be about to have one and it might be Ms rma’s match to lose very shortly reel 18 not found 58 ran s this is very manageable yeah single six double top 86 M you acquired 14 yeah rasma trying to get the crowd on side increasingly on side and just raising the noise a little bit he wants to try and give himself something to work with here tops for rasma for 53 and there we do have that twole cushion for the first time in this real war of attrition now in this quarterfinal Ryan s up against it and well if he’s going to go through to the semi-finals he’s going to have to produce not’s not one of these one one of these neither of these guys have won one of these 50 7 well little wonder he looks disappointed with that he’s um left himself 116 which is you know if you’d offered him that at the start of play a 5-3 lead and a 116 checkout for the match I think he would have absolutely snapped your hand off 96 away gets the treble double 18 for a passage into a second European s semi-final and M rasma M sec was his place in the last four no need for a 65 special in this one Ryan s really running out of steam but that was more like it from madas rasma he continues to thrive on the European Tour stage in K where Ryan s cannot emulate his room to the semi-finals of last year he bows out he goes home but the dream very much alive for laia’s number one couple of the KE football players in the audience so I think that’s what they’re aiming a great way to celebrate a great achievement last night as4 114 here for hum for 2-0 he’s got loads of darts and loads of time in hand in this one as well yeah that’s more like it from luk that’s a big step in the right direction started off with the 18 data that was a 15 data but that was right now yeah the head dips there was a shake of the head from humri as he went to retrieve his darts there Dan’s a clever player though he’s a tough old cookie as Danny not b a playing he’ll pick up those signs from Luke Humphries but when you think you’ve got him 140 that’s when he can be most dangerous just when you think he’s switched off momentarily but that’s a 140 88 here for kna on throw that leaves tops well this for a 12 dter 68 yeah the troubles that he had on finishing in that match against the DEA may be coming to the four again here 14 just a little bit of pressure there from Luke to get down to 101 but still you’d fancy up it here from double 10 now gets a little bit tricky de go big with the first very aggressive accuracy in a position absolutely Premier League this week remember yeah three wins and leads on Thursday night and of course one beaten this weekend as well 43 Dan require 85 yeah pivotal moment in this match it’s on throw for Danny not but perfect start loves tops it’s been short such a good first start that’s what the anguish is all about yeah two from eight plays Four from six that’s another significant difference right now as well make that five from eight the opportunity unities on the doubles are being taken more often than not by Luke humph and Danny NOA really up against it now 5-2 down it’s another break of throw and bumph is two away from yet another European T final he looks fit he looks strong knows how to win these 54 is 94 again and yeah frustration and a touch of annoyance on the face of luk humre he’s you know he’s in a good position there could finish off in 14 DS but he knows that the margins are potentially tighter than they appear with knet looking to threaten on 1434 yeah no consideration of the double double which many players might have done but for not but needs a spark just not happening for the hopefully he will be back for a big big lead and just to be one away for another finals he was looking for trouble 13 there but he missed it by a long way hum is looking for double sent [Applause] third Dan here require 57 no commentary required big 17 same Target for not it wow well d boy that’s uh 25 well that just about sums up his semi-final so far doesn’t it far too many mistakes and that was perhaps the biggest of the lot that was a real opportunity to at least force the issue a little bit just extend the match a little bit more maybe not would be calling for a timeout or I think he may have already done it just to have a bit of a breather and just to reassess just feel he’s forcing that Dart like you See’s a very softly thrown Dart just see there a little bit force but would have been for the match but he can leave it pretty sick still work to do though 126 yeah Grimace on the face of Humphrey is once again one two6 though for nit here 69 away that leaves the big red button1 can’t find it 196 well it’s been solid that would been spectacular 56 went for the double double and require [Applause] 25 and state with a big number two dots at eight to extend the match and take us into a 10th leg 63 bit of semi- respectability about the score l bit of a distraction for Danny as he sets up this 174 it’s the fact that the party animals in here right now with the right on the front row right on the front row there’s a pocket of about 20 of them and nobody else around them is doing anything dan6 Stewart right in the middle Danny not but looks at this 76 just double check in there go back re reassess the situation look at that treble 20 gets it he likes double eight get really back in this game double four 72 well that would have put a really different gloss on this match a really significantly different emphasis as well but as it is Luke Humphrey is now looking at Double 12 and double six for a passage into the final once again on the European tour like goodness me he won’t be satisfied with how that one panned out here he really had to dig deep in the end luk for his just when it looks as though he was going to run run away with it 6-2 was the lead he got holded back a little bit and I think all in all Luke humis will be glad to be still on course for a seventh European tour title two and a half legs in he’s averaging 72 you think Luke Humphrey is bothered who he plays CU I get the sent he rather play across really despite the fact that madz is 72 I think he needs something out I think he thriv when he’s challenged as well it’s I haven’t seen anybody play anywhere near their best against mad this week including right now 156 what a first start follows it double 18 for 30 n56 Bobby Bobby Bobby taking charge of this one [Applause] did I say well if I said to as I pause for Rob second 180 I mean if you have a look at the head-to-heads and the highest ever averages against madz I think that could be top because I used to love playing people like Madar where I struggled believe or not was the quick plays I even was on the oy thinking I have to speed up here because I’m ruining their gear 95 I quite enjoy playing the slow player and I think I had a real big average against M I enjoyed playing him I think I had a I don’t think he ever beat me 58 luckily I didn’t play him in the last two years of my career but that’s another Point 12 six for Rob cross not needing to go on the 19s oh lovely double 18 Again the 126 to go with the 156 and look at that Swagger from Rob cross 19 to the Savior once again disate he’ll be back downstairs in that bed again first real lazy Dart there from Cross 60 we mentioned about Rob cross and he’s just made some tweaks to how he prepares for these days and he is looking fresher 126 and it’s days like this where it’ll pay dividends if he is feeling fresh going into a third and then fourth game of the day knowing he has to be good and that is good can’t get any better 180 number three in this match for Rob cross the doubles have been good for mad this weekend to get back in this game simply has to go up double 18 has been good for Rob cross game from the six leg M that reaction there seven leg good M rasma come on he s to the crowd and a genuine career changing 30 Grand in ranking money that opens the door to all sorts of things players like madis Ras will be thinking that can be me but these chances don’t come around very often when they do and need to make the most of it yeah that’s when you wake up or maybe a week’s time and you think God can I just go back to that game again say he’s a fit lad as Mage you know can’t be looking at fatigue anything like that right now but he hasn’t been at this stage for a while 123 maybe something like this finish will get him going he needs a treble 18 in if he does 52 having much joy going for the bullseye on that occas only Le 71 but this for another break and to put Rob cross on the brink of victory 2 second Bullseye for voltage 62 64 took an age M you acquire 71 just the 25 bed options here for rasma the 17’s rout are 54 left [Music] back to double 18 G on the E leg he has not missed the dart at Double and he goes to his little section of rasma Ultras he’s given him something to shout about he is dangerous and he is consistently dangerous just hasn’t felt like a 100 average the finishing has been good this time it’s double 16 67 more dramas rasma webu Ross has survived a match D to get here of course Richie Ed house could have beaten him M rasma raises his arms it’s only his third 180 of the weekend he’s does done most of his scoring on the treble 19 does it get him back in the leg no it doesn’t 63 cross shrug of the shoulders dealt with 10 leg m is game on take that to the Ultras first time I’ve seen Ultras though dft’s Pokemon I their minions left you know I was going to ask I was going to turn the M off and ask I’m no expert 43 yeah I’m still I’m still on rain but3 he’s starting downstairs over the treble 19 he just not being his friend as much in this game the setup play is stunning the first time we can see Rob cross this is for the match treble 17 and ballseye not just yet 57 madis hasn’t missed the darted double yet M you acquire and in a game where he’s felt like he’s been second best all the way through Ed he only 64 Rob cross 11th leg minion are 127 travel 17 SE no need to go for the ball sets it up match starts incoming for Rob cross well it’s been a brilliant we for Asma could he finish on a 171 here this treble 19 has been blistering this week not to be cross 13 three DS for the match you acquire 32 the world number six the two-time European Champion for a spot in the fine Rob cross has missed three for the match and this might have life in it the minions burst into [Applause] life Rob cross might have turned around because that little pocket of support for madz were louder and louder as the doubles were missing and missing sticking to that double 18 in but this time just has to move across the y a touch back to the Center for double n 45 his first darts missed at Double in this entire game when you’ve been out scored so much you have to take your chances he couldn’t take that one and cross has another opportunity to kill this game off which he does Rob cross sees off rasma it’s another very very solid display voltage the world number six is in a European tour final for the 10th time in his career and for the fourth time he’ll go up against luk humri up in the other Final in which they met in Syle finger as well yeah there’s no real pattern between them like I say they usually tight Affairs between them I know each other’s game and I think both of them know it’s on the night they play their air game they’ll fancy the chances just send the momentums with Luke humpr right now everything he touches at the moment turns to go he’s so good such an ambassador on the board and away from the board AC cross there’s not one for reputations as he looks at treble 19 here cuz that’s a decent marker if this treble 19 goes it does go being at this Bullseye already in this match for the 1707 46 yeah good attempts but Humphrey is not standing on ceremony here looking at 46 just nuding the wire for double eight not doing too much wrong on the finishing so far are they yeah the last far this for Rob cross actually will be if com scores dry here9 and he does 16 see a long way away the right legs but if you can break early doors that will make this man a favorite for the game just just checking the situation he knows this has to go would have been another bull attempt to do not give L any chance such a rhythm play if this first half goes he’ll fancy this now you know oh just a minor deflection wasn’t that just wonder whether that was to tell him Luke looks as though he he can’t quite believe what’s happened there and I do think there was ever such a slight touch on the way through but well Rob cross won’t care one jot about that double 16 for the break of throw double eight with the last half for Humphrey’s in leg three 34 L requir 60 that’s the first time really we’ve threatened a genuine break of throw Luke is not there yet double 10 is off Target as well and missed opportunities for both players now but Rob cross having missed starts at double 16 and double8 will return for double eight once again it stem from that first start that’s 60 finish there for Luke humph didn’t move cross was delighted because he sncs that D eight and we have our first breaker throw Rob cross leads this match 3-2 with the dart big chance well he just putting the key into the ignition in this leg one thing we haven’t had this weekend sorry why do I do it why he not I don’t know but yeah luk fris went close didn’t he on day one against B oh on his day one on Saturday against buety 10 darts in the end he said he actually knew it as soon as he left his hand that it was not going to be on target for that double 12 he felt he put too much shoulder into it and that was the end of that no should in the dart on both players at the moment potential 11 Darter Le AR is best leg of the match from Luke humph throw first back on throw back on throw no reaction there from either humph or [Music] cross 77 well we’ve hit the situation in this final where either player has opened up a twole cushion but if it happens here humis may well attach a lot of value to it there we see it Rob cross sluggish start 77 scored Humphrey is pouncing all over it with a 180 just the rhythm of the throw I’m just just by the side of the stage just to the right hand side a piter there just when you’re watching him the motion the Rhythm the execution the Precision it’s absolutely perfect the averages are creeping up for Luke humre and Little Wonder because he’s thrown six perfect darts and there’s a real sense of anticipation In This Crowd we have seen a nine da on the European tour in a final this year that was by Luke ller in Visa this is Luke humph in ke and the Bal six C does open and the world champion delivers Perfection once again he went so close on Saturday but this time he absolutely Nails it and once again it’s Rob cross on the receiving end oh I’ve dreamt of that moment in the comm’s Box for the 141 that was electric that was amazing the Rhythm as we talked about he just looked absolutely Sensational and you cannot take that smile up his face what a [Applause] moment well well well I’m still reeling from that I really am it’s beautiful I mean let’s not the smiles on my face it’s like I said I waited for that moment in the com’s box and it’s everything I thought it would be it was Electric in here the reaction from humph oh he he I mean he clearly when he was speaking about it yesterday against pety he clearly wanted it let’s not lose sight what’s going on here you know because Rob cross might break back [Music] here well I tell you what if hum had found a 170 there that would have been something else wouldn’t it but here we I mean this is important now because put that nine D to one side Rob cross breaking back here with 56 his favorite double goes through that same routine just look at the desire the focus in his eyes with all the screaming and the shouting going on look those sportmanship between them look at the numbers the how many times does it happen where the the the player who throws the nine daa actually goes on to lose the match we’ve seen it time and time again you know Rob cross here filling it up nicely once [Music] [Applause] again nice mils yeah make that 2011 that 2011 we could end up with 20 25 if we’re not careful the eyes are all over again the setup play just as important here he may not have even gone with the bullseye set of play [Applause] A+ well that n daa seems to have really just kick started Rob cross not that he was playing badly but any stretch it just seems to have raised his levels even more don’t care if you’re the Grand Pre Champion the world champion the Grand Slam adrenaline will be G through his body still right now but cross is just doing what he does however he’s a total control of this leg and it’s double five what a match L Rebels maybe for luk 174 would be [Applause] nice Ru 108 nothing between them not literally but such a difficult leg to call cross with the advantage surely double [Applause] 16 just oozes quality doesn’t it 110 will the mind and mistake be punished could be 95 well I thought he would might have gone for the 18 I was surprised that double 15 is more used I must admit in the modern game now he felt they had the right line and length on that treble chance for cross it deserves to go the distance this one and after 12 we have par first well that’s a slip up by lukis I think maybe a small portion of his brain might just be chewing that moment over again the score 104 points left 31 good [Applause] do let’s see where humph leaves himself after this visit in interesting Shanghai plays [Applause] 50 just crept in but it’s enough look at the eyes not once off that Target double Eight’s been good to both of these on the last start but when the pressure is at its most is up to the challenge cross is one [Music] away well Luke Humphrey’s had a 53 lead but Rob cross has won four of the last five legs he has the momentum and he has the belief that he might be about to win a second European saw title good spot there Rob since that n lost for words there did luk just a look of amusement on his face sted on the 19 J may use the bullar with the last fact he’s got the another one of those that’s a two D the left 171 he’s Sprint into that winning line Luke humph needs answers and he needs points6 Robie require 100 because Rob cross is closing in we got six dart at this 100 what a [Applause] dart double 10 and cross wins an absolute classic cross is the B in ke what a match and Humphrey’s magnanimous in defeat and a nine Dart de boot what a weird to end a fantastic weekend unbelievable scenes Rob cross makes it a double on the European saw once again he accounts for Luke humph in the final as well and you have to say he deserves that certainly the nine dods will live long in the memory but Luke humri I think will admit that Rob cross was just a the better player in the