Smith 1-0 Suljovic
A 180 from Smith puts him in command.
Suljovic responds with one of his own.
Smith then leaves himself 57.
Suljovic can’t finish 93, leaving 25.
Beloved tops sees Smith through.
Van den Bergh 5-1 Illagan
140 leaves Illagan on 45.
Van den Bergh gets a magic 164 finish to end the contest.
That’s brilliant from the Belgium.
Van den Bergh 4-1 Illagan
68 finish puts Van den Bergh well in command now.
He’s 4-1 up now, with Illagan struggling a bit.
Illagan has not had the best of games.
Van den Bergh 3-1 Illagan
Illagan scores 76, to leave 40.
Pressure is on Van den Bergh who has a 112 finish to find.
He misses the double 20, and leaves 40 himself.
But Illagan crumbles, and can’t find a double 10.
Then Dimi makes a mess on the double 10.
Illagan only finds 5, and he’s made a mess of that.
Van den Bergh’s a no score on his return, while Illagan can’t finish 5.
Van Den Bergh finally gets a double 1 to end this leg.
Van den Bergh 2-1 Illagan
Van den Bergh sinks the third leg to edge agead.
Much better from the Belgium, who has reportedly been seeing a psychologist to help improve the mental side of the game.
Can he build on that now?
Van den Bergh 1-1 Ilagan
He’s staying in there.
That’ll give Illagan confidence. Just a hold of throw, mind.
We’re level again.