Veenstra wins with record average at Lakeside

Wim Blokpoel - Last night Richard ‘Flyer’s Veenstra played his last 16 game of the 2022 WDF World Championship at Lakeside against 15 year old Luke Littler. It turned out to be a very special game.

In the first set it was 1-1, as Veenstra hit a 12-darter for 2-1, and then won the first set 3-1 in legs. In set 2 Veenstra continued this amazing performance with a 14-darter and even improved that as he won the set by winning legs in 11 and 12 darts!!!!! In set 3 the man from Ossenzijl, hit a 15-darter, 18-darter and another 12-darter to win the game 3-0 in sets, only dropping one leg and go through to the quarter-finals!! And not only that, thanks to three 12-darters and one 11-darter, Veenstra hit a record average of 104,91!! That is the highest average ever hit at the Lakeside World Championship, as Veenstra vroke the record from Raymond van Barneveld decades ago. In the quarter-finals Veenstra will play Number one seed Brian Raman from Belgium, who also had a very great game last night. That game is played friday afternoon. Today, Ryan de Vreede has his last 16 game against James Hurrell, while Aileen de Graaf plays her last 16 game tonight against Mikuru Suzuki.

Richard Veenstra 3-0 Luke Littler (3-1, 3-0, 3-0)

Averages:

Richard Veenstra. 104,9

Luke Littler. 92,3