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Razma lost 1-4 in the match with four sets won, with each match being played with three legs won.
Smith had seven 180-point moves in the game while Razm had none. The Latvian averaged 87.39 points per move and 44.44% accuracy in the double sector, while Smith scored 94.01 points and 45.16%.
The dart throwers won the first two Legos, with Smith scoring a 180 in each. There were also draws after the next two legs, but in the fifth leg Razma secured victory in the first set and reached 1-0.
RAZMA LEADS!
Michael Smith got off to a slow start here and Razma punished him, winning the first set 3-2.
📺 https://t.co/f3RU9WTIoD#WCDarts pic.twitter.com/y254q4JeUA— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) December 27, 2023
Smith improved his game in the second set and secured victory in the fourth leg.
Smith also started the third set with a break and took the lead, but Razma also responded with a break and made it 1-1.
Smith took advantage of the next break opportunity only after Razma missed a double eight and the Englishman started the fourth leg with another 180-point move, and later won the set.
Razma started the fourth set with a break and won two legs, but in the third his opponent managed another 180-point move.
In the fourth round, Razm failed to check out, which allowed Smith to equalize the set at 2-2. The set winner was decided in the fifth leg, where Smith was dominant and won the game 3-1.
The fifth set began with Razma winning the first leg, but Smith’s 180-point move in the second allowed him to take a significant lead and level the score at 1-1.
Smith made it 2-1 with a break in the third leg and started the fourth leg with two 180-point moves, leaving Razma with no hope of a comeback.
Razma, who is ranked 32nd in the PDC rankings and is also seeded in the 2024 championship with this number, was free in the first round, but in the second round fight for three sets won he beat the Belgian athlete Mike de Dekker with 3-1 and reached the third round for the first time in his career.
Smits, on the other hand, is the leader of the PDC rankings, he was free in the first round and in the second round he won 3-2 in a five-set battle over the Dutchman Kevin Dots.
Last year, the Latvian reached the second round of the World Cup, where he lost 3-1 to two-time world champion Gary Anderson from Scotland.
The “Alexandra Palace” championship competition will take place in London from December 15th to January 3rd, in which dart throwers will compete for prize money of 2.5 million British pounds.
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