Darts results: Nathan Aspinall gets out of jail in Gibraltar Darts Trophy

Last week's beaten World Grand Prix finalist looked for all the world as though he was suffering a hangover from that emotional run to the final as he lost the first five legs to Vincent van der Voort, three of them without threatening his opponent.

After avoiding the ignominy of a whitewash by taking the sixth leg, Aspinall survived four match darts in the seventh, hit 121 to grab the eighth, broke throw in 14 darts to get within a leg, and then levelled under real pressure.

Still it looked like it wouldn't be enough when van der Voort opened the decider with a 140, but throws of 139, 137 and 140 saw Aspinall take control.

There was another twist after he missed bullseye for the match and then two darts at double eight, leaving van der Voort returning to need 53 to fall over the line, only to miss two darts at tops.

Aspinall came back to miss two more darts for the match but pinned double four with the next one to complete a smash-and-grab win.

Earlier in the day, Ryan Joyce completed a comeback of his own albeit one less spectacular as he downed Danny Noppert 6-5, with Dirk van Duijvenbode also prevailing in a decider against Jason Lowe.

With Rob Cross, Jose de Sousa and Ryan Searle all winning 6-3, the big upset came courtesy of Wesley Plaisier, who got the better of Dave Chisnall by the same scoreline.

Damon Heta meanwhile got the better of Chris Dobey, winning 6-4 in a match marred by missed doubles, including 10 in the final leg alone.

Easy evening for MVG but Price bows out

In the evening, Michael van Gerwen picked up where he left off last Sunday with a 6-3 victory over Steve Beaton, producing a stunning 106 average in a high-quality affair.

Beaton more than played his part, also topping a hundred and hitting three of his four attempts at double, but van Gerwen was a gear too strong in a match which saw eight of the nine legs won in 15 darts or fewer.

Gerwyn Price was below his best, however, surrendering a 4-3 lead to lose 6-4 to Mensur Suljovic, while fourth seed Michael Smith lost 6-3 to impressive youngster Josh Rock.

Local favourite Craig Galliano put up a spirited fight despite losing 6-3 to Peter Wright while Gabriel Clemens made Dimitri Van den Bergh pay for a dozen missed doubles as he ran out a 6-1 winner.

Gibraltar Darts Trophy: Schedule and results

Saturday October 15
Second round
Afternoon session (1200 BST)

• Rob Cross 6-3 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
• Ryan Searle 6-3 O'Connor
• Dave Chisnall 3-6 Wesley Plaisier
• Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-5 Jason Lowe
• Danny Noppert 5-6 Ryan Joyce
• Jose de Sousa 6-3 Rowby-John Rodriguez
• Damon Heta 6-4 Chris Dobey
• Nathan Aspinall 6-5 Vincent Van der Voort

Evening session (1800 BST)

• Michael Smith 3-6 Josh Rock
• Luke Humphries 6-3 Kenny Neyens
• Peter Wright 6-3 Craig Galliano
• Jonny Clayton 6-2 Stephen Bunting
• Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Steve Beaton
• Gerwyn Price 4-6 Mensur Suljovic
• Dimitri Van den Bergh 1-6 Gabriel Clemens
• Joe Cullen 6-4 Ritchie Edhouse

Sunday October 16
Afternoon session (1200 BST)

• Luke Humphries v Wesley Plaisier
• Ryan Searle v Peter Wright
• Josh Rock v Jonny Clayton
• Rob Cross v Ryan Joyce
• Michael van Gerwen v Jose de Sousa
• Nathan Aspinall v Dirk van Duijvenbode
• Mensur Suljovic v Gabriel Clemens
• Damon Heta v Joe Cullen

Evening Session (1800 BST)

Quarter-finals

• Four Matches

Semi-finals

• Two Matches

Final

• Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2

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