Baltic Sea Darts Open: Rob Cross turns up the voltage to deny nine-dart hero Luke Humphries in final

Cross completed an impressive comeback in the final by taking five of the last six legs to earn an 8-6 victory.

Voltage rallied from 5-3 down against world champion Humphries who earlier bagged a nine-dart finish.

Both players threw five 180’s each and averaged over 104 in a high-quality contest, though it was Cross who ultimately took home the £30,000 prize in Kiel, Germany.

Humphries looked like he was going to go on and claim a seventh European Tour title when he moved 5-3 ahead with an sensational nine-darter.

That was not enough to deny Cross, though, as he broke back in the very next leg and dropped just one more leg in the match to ensure victory at the Wunderino Arena.

The PDC European Tour returns from May 24-26 with the Elten Safety Shoes Dutch Darts Championship at Autotron Rosmalen.

 

Baltic Sea Darts Open results

Afternoon Session - Third Round

Michael van Gerwen 6-5 Andrew Gilding

Luke Humphries 6-4 Ross Smith

Danny Noppert 6-2 Franz Roetzsch

Mike De Decker 6-2 Damon Heta

Ritchie Edhouse 6-3 Ricardo Pietreczko

Rob Cross 6-5 Stephen Bunting

Ryan Searle 6-5 Daryl Gurney

Madars Razma 6-5 Joe Cullen

 

Evening Session - Quarter-Finals

Luke Humphries 6-3 Michael van Gerwen

Danny Noppert 6-4 Mike De Decker

Rob Cross 6-5 Ritchie Edhouse

Madars Razma 6-3 Ryan Searle

 

Semi-Finals

Luke Humphries 7-4 Danny Noppert

Rob Cross 7-4 Madars Razma

 

Final

Rob Cross 8-6 Luke Humphries

 

Photo Credit: Jonas Hunold/PDC Europe