‘The greatest leg of all time!’: Darts fans hail Michael Smith’s spectacular nine darter on his way to World Championship title win, as he capitalizes on Michael van Gerwen narrowly missing out on the feat by Michael Smith just seconds ago
Michael Smith sealed his first World Darts Championship title on Tuesday night with a 7-4 victory over Michael van Gerwen.
As well as going down in history for the result, there was a particularly special moment in the third leg of the second set.
The Dutch No.1 had a chance to produce a nine-dart finish, but narrowly missed his final shot at Double 12.
Michael Smith (L) throws the perfect leg, to the frustration of Michael van Gerwen, who misses his
Bully Boy stepped in to capitalize on van Gerwen’s mistake and stuck his own perfect leg in just nine throws. The PDC Darts Twitter page hailed it: ‘THE BEST LEG OF ALL TIME!’
Sky Sports commentator Wayne Mardle agreed. He declared: ‘That’s the most amazing darts leg you’ll ever see in your life… I’m speechless. I can not talk.’
Fans on Twitter backed up the claims of the amazing leg feat, at an early stage in a final that went back and forth between the two legendary Michaels.
One fan wrote: ‘Feast upon the ElClassico of arrows’, in reference to the match-ups that Real Madrid and Barcelona usually share on the football stage.
Fans and professionals praised the unique nature of the nine-dart finish in the second set
It was the first nine-darter of the entire tournament, and it came in the last game. Luckily for Bully Boy, he got his act together to seal the set, en route to the famous victory.
Smith became only the second player to hit a nine-darter in a World Championship final, after Adrian Lewis in 2011.
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