Darts results: Nathan Aspinall defies ankle injury to win all three group games in the PDC Home Tour
Nathan Aspinall won his PDC Home Tour group (Picture: Nathan Aspinall's Twitter page)
Nathan Aspinall won his PDC Home Tour group (Picture: Nathan Aspinall's Twitter page)

Darts results: Nathan Aspinall defies ankle injury to win all three group games in the PDC Home Tour

By Chris Hammer
Darts
Sun April 26, 2020 · 5y ago

Nathan Aspinall cruised into the next round of the PDC's Home Tour after winning all three games in his group despite suffering from an ankle injury.

The world number seven was aiming to avoid the same fate as Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith, who all crashed out across the opening nine days of the online tournament, but wasn't in the best shape after suffering an ankle ligament strain while out for a run last week.

Ultimately, though, Aspinall was too strong for his group rivals in all three matches, beating both Steve Brown and Ryan Joyce 5-2 with averages in the 90s while a mark of 85 was easily enough to brush aside a struggling Simon Stevenson 5-1 to seal his 100% record.

The 2019 UK Open and US Darts Masters champion said: "I hadn't thrown a dart since Tuesday and was worried about how I'd play but overall I'm happy with three wins out of three."

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PDC Home Tour Darts: Sunday results and Monday Fixtures

Play begins at 1930 BST each night
Best of nine legs

Group 10 Results - Sunday April 26

  • Nathan Aspinall 5-2 Steve Brown
  • Ryan Joyce 5-2 Simon Stevenson
  • Steve Brown 5-1 Simon Stevenson
  • Nathan Aspinall 5-2 Ryan Joyce
  • Ryan Joyce 3-5 Steve Brown
  • Simon Stevenson 1-5 Nathan Aspinall

GROUP STANDINGS

  1. Nathan Aspinall P 3 W 3 L 0 Leg Diff +10 Pts 6
  2. Steve Brown P 3 W 2 L 1 Leg Diff +3 Pts 4
  3. Ryan Joyce P 3 W 1 L 2 Leg Diff -2 Pts 2
  4. Simon Stevenson P 3 W 0 L 3 Leg Diff -11 Pts 0

Group 11 Fixtures - Monday April 27

  • Simon Whitlock v Mike van Duivenbode
  • Kirk Shepherd v Alan Tabern
  • Mike van Duivenbode v Alan Tabern
  • Simon Whitlock v Kirk Shepherd
  • Kirk Shepherd v Mike van Duivenbode
  • Alan Tabern v Simon Whitlock

GROUP STANDINGS

  1. Simon Whitlock P 0 W 0 L 0 Leg Diff +0 Pts 0
  2. Mike van Duivenbode P 0 W 0 L 0 Leg Diff +0 Pts 0
  3. Kirk Shepherd P 0 W 0 L 0 Leg Diff +0 Pts 0
  4. Alan Tabern P 0 W 0 L 0 Leg Diff +0 Pts 0

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