US Open Updates

Sunday, 23 August 2009 15:21

US Open Updates

Final

Dennis Priestley proved he still has his World Championship skills as he cleared the field before him, giving Hamilton more he could handle in the final. Priestley, the legend, added a US Open title to his massive resume winning 6-3 in a thrilling final.

DennisPriestley dodged a bullet from Hamilton in the first leg when he missed two darts at double and Priestley cleaned up 65 to hold his start.Priestley broke Hamilton in the second leg to go 2-0 up with a15 darter taking out 96 with Hamilton resting on 76. Hamilton hammered back to break Priestley’s start and then opened with 140, 42, 96, 81, 102 to leave 40 while Priestley chased with 100, 100, 85, 100, 76 to leave 40. Hamilton gave Priestley a look and it cost him the leg as Priestley did not miss his opportunity to break and go up 3-1 in the match.

Priestley then opened with scores of 140, 100, 60, 135 to leave 66. Priestley made short work of of the 66 to take the match to 4-1. Priestley kept the pressure on Hamilton hitting 137, 140, 95 to leave 129. Hamilton had his score down to 40 with a nice set shot of 165. It was too much for Priestley as he hit 89 to leave 40 and Hamilton took one back making the scoreline 4-2 in Priestley’s favor.

Priestley hit the first 180 of the match which propelled him to 76, but Hamilton was resting on 72. Priestley hit 20, 16 and narrowly missed tops and Hamilton breathed a sigh of relief when he converted 72 to break and move the score to 4-3. He then hit his first 180 of the match, but Priestley matched with his second 180 of the match and took out 38 with Hamilton needing 40. With the scoreline 5-3 in Priestley’s favor and with the start, Priestley was in the drivers seat. He opened 125, 140, 50, 100 and with 86 remaining for the match, he left 25 missing the bull on his final dart. Hamilton missed from 88, hitting 74 and Priestley failed to clean up the 25 leaving 4. Hamilton, with new life, looked at his 14 and only hit 10. Priestley did not let another opportunity to slip by and converted 4 for the victory, 6-3.

(Winner: $12,000; Loser $6.000)

Semi Finals

The semi finals featured Dennis Priestley versus Alan Tabern and Andy Hamilton versus Wes Newton.

Hamilton took a 2-0 early lead in his match and extended it to 3-0 breaking Newton for the second time in the third leg. Newton stopped the slide in the fourth leg breaking Hamilton’s start. Then, he opened with a 180, 137, 80 and cleaned up the remaining 103 for a nice 12 darter. Hamilton held his start to go up 4-2, then broke Newton again to go up 5-2, one away from the final. Newton had a look from 120 with Hamitlon resting on 20, but left 20 and Hamilton secured his place in the final in two darts, 6-2.

Priestley broke Tabern in the first leg when Tabern just missed the double 12 from 111 and Priestley cleaned up in 15 darts.Priestley held his start to go up 2-0. Tabern took one back in the third and then shot 100, 135, 180, 78 just missing the double 16 to leave 8 after 12 darts, but Priestley didn’t let Tabern have another go and finished in 15 to go up 3-1 in the match. Tabern survived a threat in leg 5 from Priestley and got another look at double 16 after missing the previous turn. He did not miss a second time and took the match to 3-2. Priestley pushed the match to a 4-2 scoreline and then shot 140, 135, 86, 60 to leave 78 with Tabern back on 146 after 12 darts. A turn later, Tabern was on 16 and Priestley took 3 to clean up 24 to go up 5-2 in the match. That seemed to take the drive out of Tabern as Priestley opened the 8^th leg 140, 140, 140, 41 to set up 40 with Tabern back on 202. A turn later and Priestley was in the final.

Andy Hamilton 6-2 Wes Newton

Dennis Priestley 6-2 Alan Tabern

(Loser: $3,200)

Quarter Finals

Wes Newton 6-2 Kirk Sheperd

Andy Hamilton 6-1 Robert Thornton

Dennis Priestley 6-1 Peter Manley

Alan Tabern 6-0 Terry Jenkins

(Loser: $1,600)

Round 4

Kirk Shepherd 6-2 Colin Monk

Wes Newton 6-2 Steve Beaton

Andy Hamilton 6-5 Colin Lloyd

Robert Thornton 6-2 Steve Maish

Peter Manley 6-1 Dennis Smith

Dennis Priestley 6-1 Andy Jenkins

Alan Tabern 6-5 Jamie Caven

Terry Jenkins 6-3 Denis Ovens

(Loser: $800)

Round 3

Colin Monk 6-2 James Wade

Kirk Sheperd 6-3 Jelle Klaasen

Steve Beaton 6-2 Colin Osborne

Wes Newton 6-5 Mark Wlash

Colin Lloyd 6-3 Mark Webster

Andy Hamilton 6-3 Barrie Bates

Steve Maish 6-5 Ronnie Baxter

Robert Thornton 6-5 Tony Eccles

Dennis Smith 6-4 John Part

Peter Manley 6-1 Donny Joe

Dennis Priestley 6-3- Kevin McDine

Andy Jenkins 6-2 Wayne Mardle

Alan Tabern 6-4 Matt Clark

Jamie Caven 6-1 Kevin Painter

Terry Jenkins 6-2 Steve Hine

Denis Ovens 6-4 Roland Scholten

(Loser: $400)

Round 2

James Wade 6–2 Ken MacNeil

Colin Monk 6-5 Scotty Burnett

Jelle Klassen 6–2 Joe DaVanti

Kirk Sheperd 6–4 Chuck Pankow

Colin Osborne 6–3 Bryan DeHoog

Steve Beaton 6–1 Dan Lauby

Mark Walsh 6–4 Robert Sharpless

Wes Newton 6–4 Jason Brandon

Colin Lloyd 6–5 Bob Sinnaeve

Mark Webster 6-4 Paul Nicholson

Andy Hamilton 6–3 Gordon Dixon

Barrie Bates 6–4 Ray Carver

Ronnie Baxter 6–5 Peter Wright

Steve Maish 6–2 Wayne Budgen

Robert Thornton 6–1 Dave Thibault

Tony Eccles 6–0 Mark Venable

John Part 6–1 Brian Stamey

Dennis Smith 6–0 Ed DeBehnke

Peter Manley 6–0 Greg Evans

Co Stompe (Withdrew) – Donny Joe (Winner)

Dennis Priestley 6–2 Stephen Panuncialman

Kevin McDine 6–3 Mark Nielsen

Wayne Mardle 6–1 John Steinhoffer

Andy Jenkins 6–3 Daniel Lauby 2nd

Alan Tabern 6–4 David Fatum

Matt Clark 6–4 Darin Young

Kevin Painter 6–3 Isen Veljic

Jamie Caven 6–0 Bill Davis

Terry Jenkins 6–4 Dave Switzer

Steve Hine 6-1 Gary Mawson

Denis Ovens 6–0 David Whitt

Roland Scholten 6–2 Dan Zimmerman

(Losers: $200)

Round 1

Ken MacNeil 6-0 Bill Penn

Scotty Burnett 6-0 Peter Schaumann

Chuck Pankow 6–2 Ron Peppers

Dan Lauby 6-2 Joe Chaney

Jason Brandon 6-4 Joe Slivan

Bob Sinnaeve 6-0 Andries Sterk

Mark Webster 6–2 John Liggett

Ray Carver 6–3 Dennis Sayre Jr

Peter Wright 6-1 Par Riihonen

Wayne Budgen 6–1 Keith Graham

Mark Venable 6–3 Jeff Todd

Brian Stamey 6-4 Joe Swick

Ed DeBehnke 6–0 Leo J Ennis Jr

Donny Joe 6-0 Donny Joe

Mark Nielsen 6–2 Adrian W Lewis

Daniel J Lauby 2^nd6-4 Tom Jackowski

David Fatum 6–4 Co Stompe Jr

Darin Young 6-3 Jim Newman

Bill Davis 6–4 Robert Watson-Lang

Dave Switzer 6-2 Chris Lawson

Steve Hine 6-4 Larry Butler

Dan Zimmerman 6–2 Tom Sheets

2009 US OPEN DRAW

Board 1

James Wade (1)

Bill Penn

Ken MacNeil

Colin Monk (32)

Peter Schaumann

Scotty Burnett

Board 2

Jelle Klaasen (16)

Joe DaVanti

Kirk Sheperd (17)

Chuck Pankow

Ron Peppers

Board 3

Colin Osborne (8)

Bryan DeHoog

Steve Beaton (25)

Joseph Chaney

Dan Lauby

Board 4

Mark Walsh (9)

Robert Sharpless

Wes Newton (24)

Joe Slivan

Jason Brandon

Board 5

Colin Lloyd (5)

Andries Sterk

Bob Sinnaeve

Paul Nicholson (28)

Mark Webster

John Liggett

Board 6

Andy Hamilton (12)

Gordon Dixon

Barrie Bates (21)

Ray Carver

Dennis Sayre Jr

Board 7

Ronnie Baxter (4)

Par Riihonen

Peter Wright

Steve Maish (29)

Wayne Budgen

Keith Graham

Board 8

Robert Thornton (13)

Dave Thibault

Tony Eccles (20)

Mark Venable
Jeff Todd

Board 9

John Part (2)

Joseph Swick

Brian Stamey

Dennis Smith (31)

Ed DeBehnke

Leo J Ennis Jr

Board 10

Peter Manley (15)

Greg Evans

Co Stompe (18)

Jared Gurman

Donnie Joe

Board 11

Dennis Preistley (7)

Stephen Panuncialman

Kevin McDine (26)

Mark Nielsen

Adrian W Lewis

Board 12

Wayne Mardle (10)

John Steinhoffer

Andy Jenkins (23)

Tom Jackowski

Daniel J Lauby 2nd

Board 13

Alan Tabern (6)

David Fatum

Co Stompe Jr

Matt Clark (27)

Jim Newman

Darin Young

Board 14

Kevin Painter (11)

Isen Veljic

Jamie Caven (22)

Bill Davis

Robert Watson-Lang

Board 15

Terry Jenkins (3)

Chris Lawson

Dave Switzer

Gary Mawson (30)

Larry Butler

Steve Hine

Board 16

Denis Ovens (14)

David Whitt

Roland Scholten (19)

Dan Zimmerman

Tom Sheets

Dennis Priestley 6-3 Andy Hamilton