World Masters Darts: Stephen Bunting Pulls Off Comeback As Rob Cross Stunned By William O'Connor – CityMedia

Defending World Masters champion Stephen Bunting managed to pull off an almighty comeback to clinch a 3-2 victory over William Borland as Rob Cross suffered a shock loss to William O’Connor.

Borland got off to an electric start and with it took out a sensational 140 checkout to break the throw and move into a 1-0 lead, a 130 checkout from Bunting then being nullified as the Scotsman took out 88 on the bullseye and then reeled in the Big Fish to move 2-0 up.

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Despite falling so far behind, the world No 5 managed to battle back with some strong doubling and with the score level at 2-2, ‘The Bullet’ held his throw under pressure to go into the deciding leg with the throw

Bunting will play Peter Wright in the second round after the Scotsman won 3-2 in a battle against Kevin Doets, the two-time world champion taking out tops to clinch the deciding-leg victory.

Doets got off to a brilliant start with a 127 checkout to move 1-0 ahead but Wright managed to steady the ship and despite a 140 finish for the Dutchman, ‘Snakenite’ hit back with a 121 checkout on the bull to bring the match level at 2-2.   Rory McIlroy undergo an extensive attack

From there, Wright held his throw and then broke Doets in the deciding leg of the deciding set to keep his World Masters hopes alive.