Austrian Darts Open 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Schindler thrashes Smith in dominant final after Aspinall and Dobey’s shock exits
MARTIN SCHINDLER has taken the Austrian Darts Open crown from Luke Littler after humiliating Ross Smith in a dominant La Graz final.
The German star found himself in a commanding early 3-0 lead before going on to beat Smith 8-4.
Premier League stars Nathan Aspinall and Stephen Bunting went crashing out early doors.
While Chris Dobey got dumped out at the quarter-final stage.
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Next up: Ryan Joyce vs Ross Smith
A shot at Martin Schindler awaits for one of these two.
Ryan Joyce has played well in the tournament, but Ross Smith has done well to get over the in the gritty moments.
Match result: Rock 6-7 Schindler
Josh Rock missed TWO darts at double 12, but Schindler could not punish him on 141.
The he missed double 12, double 6 and double 3, with Schindler on 76.
SEVEN match darts missed by Rock, and two from Schindler before the German FINALLY nailed double 8 to end the tie.
Rock 6-6 Schindler
The wrong time for Josh Rock to stop finding trebles.
Martin Schindler nails double 16 for the 12th leg, but now Rock is throwing for the match.
Rock 6-5 Schindler
The crowd are fully behind Schindler here, chanting "Martin Schindler" every time he gets near the oche.
He is throwing to send us to a deciding leg.
Rock 6-4 Schindler
Well, Josh Rock is now throwing and is one away from a spot in the final.
Martin Schindler needs a response of some sort here, because Rock has taken this one away from him now.
Rock 4-4 Schindler
Schindler ran into an early lead out there, but now he is having to look over his shoulder a tad.
Josh Rock is right back into this one, and is now LEVEL with Martin Schindler with eight frames gone.
Schindler 3-1 Rock
Martin Schindler has made a fast start to this semi-final tie!
The German takes out double 18 to take the fourth leg and increase his lead over Rock.
Next up: Schindler vs Rock
Match result: Heta 1-6 Joyce
Heta* 1-5 Joyce
Heta 1-4 Joyce*
Heta* 1-3 Joyce
Heta 0-3 Joyce*
Heta* 0-2 Joyce
Heta 0-1 Joyce*
Next up: Heta vs Joyce
Match result: Van Duijvenbode 4-6 Smith
Dirk van Duijvenbode has played really well this tournament, but goes crashing out in the quarter-final.
The pair were unable to be split early on, but Ross Smith got his act together quicker than Van Duijvenbode, and broke his throw at a crucial moment.
Van Duijvenbode 4-6 Smith*
Van Duijvenbode* 4-5 Smith
Van Duijvenbode 3-5 Smith*
Van Duijvenbode* 3-4 Smith
Van Duijvenbode 3-3 Smith*
Van Duijvenbode* 3-2 Smith
Van Duijvenbode 2-2 Smith*
Van Duijvenbode* 2-1 Smith