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Clayton beaten by Ross Smith and Welsh interest ends in Budapest

The only Welshman in the Hungarian Darts Trophy field lost 4-6 to Ross Smith in the last 16 on Sunday afternoon, a day after seeing off the home qualifier.

George Benn · · updated

Archive article. Published on Sat 29 Aug, 05:10. Conditions may have changed since this reporting.

Jonny Clayton walks on at a PDC European Tour night (Photo: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Jonny Clayton walks on at a PDC European Tour night (Photo: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Jonny Clayton is out of the Hungarian Darts Trophy. The Welshman lost 4-6 to Ross Smith in the last 16 at the MVM Dome on Sunday afternoon, ending the only Welsh run left in the tournament.

Budapest path

3 figures

Last 32 v Laszlo KadarSat evening
6-3
Last 16 v Ross SmithSun afternoon
4-6
Winner8-2 in the final, 35,000 pounds
Smith

Source: PDC Europe official tournament page

Clayton had reached that stage by beating the Hungarian Laszlo Kadar 6-3 in the second round on Saturday night, ending the run of a qualifier who had stunned Daryl Gurney 6-5 on Friday in front of a home crowd. Neither Gerwyn Price nor Nick Kenny made the field, so Clayton carried Wales alone.

Smith went through to the quarter-finals on an afternoon that also took out Michael van Gerwen, beaten 4-6 by Nathan Aspinall, and Josh Rock, beaten 3-6 by Chris Dobey.

The tournament is over, and Clayton went out to the man who won it. Smith beat Dave Chisnall 6-2 in the quarter-final, Danny Noppert 7-3 in the semi-final and Gary Anderson 8-2 in the final, a second European Tour title and 35,000 pounds. The European Tour moves on to Prague and the Czech Darts Open from 4 to 6 September.

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