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of the day. The players traded blow for blow throughout, and in the
end it was Ross, in no small part down to the three finishes of 104, who
came through.
Final
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James Wilson defeated Ross Montgomery 13-11 in a thrilling final that
looked at one point as though it was going to sudden death. Montgomery
took the opening leg of the match after Wilson had missed a dart at the
bull to hold throw. The Yorkshireman responded immediately, landing
a 180 to break back, before the players traded legs to head in at the
first break at 3-3.
Wilson took three back-to-back legs after the break to open up a
considerable lead, but Montgomery responded well and had narrowed
the gap to 7-5 by the time the players left the stage for a second time.
It was Montgomery who started better after the second break, taking
back-to-back legs of his own to level the match at 7-7 before a further
burst from Wilson saw the Yorkshireman keep in touch as the scoreline
moved onto 9-9.
The nineteenth leg was a scrappy one that Wilson eventually took, only
to be pegged back again thanks to a 108 checkout from Montgomery in
the twentieth. Montgomery then moved into the lead for the first time
since the opening leg thanks to a 14-darter, only to find himself on the
wring end of an immediate break back.
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From then on in it was all Wilson, the Yorkshireman moved a leg away
in the twenty third before completing victory with a 56 checkout in a
final high scoring leg.
“I’m ecstatic right now”, said Wilson. “You wouldn’t believe how
good it feels to hold this trophy in my hand. It’s a first major for me,
hopefully the first of many! I have been trying for this for so long now
and it’s finally come true, hopefully I can go on and lift the World Title
now too.”
“I saw Ross win the Dutch Open last week and I saw him coming up
through the other side of the draw this week. I knew that once I got
there too it was going to be a cracking final.”
Wilson, who had trailed at some point during virtually every one of his
matches, added, “I have never seen anybody come back as often as I
have this week, it doesn’t matter how far down you are as long as you
have that spirit you just have to fight and fight and never give up.”
The Verdict
Some great things came out of the inaugural BDO World Trophy, not
“You wouldn’t
believe how good
it feels to hold this
trophy in my hand”
James Wilson