UK Open 2012 - Mastercaller

James Wade almost loses for the second time in his career his first match as defending champion, but survives several matchdarts against Stephen Bunting and wins the match after all. Unfortunately for him, the titleholder loses his second match at the UK Open against Colin Lloyd and makes sure that the tournament will get a new champion.

This new champion will eventually be a Scotsman. Not Gary Anderson but Robert Thornton boosts his career by winning the UK Open 2012. He defeats Mark Webster, Gary Anderson, Dennis Priestley, Wes Newton and Dave Chisnall to reach the final, where he meets Phil Taylor. The Power had an impressive run by defeating Roland Scholten, Ronnie Baxter and Terry Jenkins, but he could not bring this level to the final. Scotsman Thornton hit the doubles extremely well and claimed victory over the Power: 11-5.

Raymond van Barneveld will prove to be the best Dutch player in this tournament. In the last 16 he defeated Peter Wright in a deciding last leg, but in the quarterfinals Dave Chisnall shows his form. He plays a good match and defeats Barney 10-5.

Gary Anderson hits a nine-darter in his match against David Dodds in his last 64. It is the sixth ninth darter in the history of the UK Open.

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Competitors Of UK Open 2012

Toni Alcinas

Paul Amos

Gary Anderson

Stuart Anderson

Mark Barilli

Michael Barnard

Ronnie Baxter

Steve Beaton

Jon Bott

Paul Boulton

John Bowles

Tony Broughton

Andy Brown

Steve Brown

Stephen Bunting

Shayne Burgess

Michael Burgoine

Richie Burnett

Ben Burton

Alan Casey

Jamie Caven

Dave Chisnall

Matt Clark

Tony Cooper

Andy Cornwall

Gaz Cousins

Bob Crawley

Jason Crawley

Paul Critchley

Joe Cullen

Stuart Daniels

Nicky Denoon

Marc Dewsbury

David Dodds

Brendan Dolan

Kevin Dowling

Glen Durrant

Danny Dutson

Matthew Edgar

Jamie Ellam

Gary Ettridge

Steve Evans

Steve Farmer

Jon Farmer

Mark Frost

Andrew Gilding

Ian Gleeson

Kirk Gordon

Adrian Gray

Toon Greebe

Tom Gregory

Shaun Griffiths

Johnny Haines

Andy Hamilton

Ted Hankey

Stephen Hardy

Paul Harvey

Rob Hawker

Mick Hayward

Geoffrey Heath

John Henderson

Jerry Hendriks

Nigel Heydon

Sam Hill

Steve Hine

Richie Howson

James Hubbard

Peter Hudson

Jamie Hughes

Adam Hunt

Kim Huybrechts

Mark Hylton

Terry Jenkins

Andy Jenkins

Prakash Jiwa

Darren Johnson

Benjamin Johnson