Overview
- Munyua clinched the deciding set with a 135 checkout and earlier went six perfect darts toward a nine-darter despite two miscounts.
- The win secures at least £25,000 in prize money for the Kenyan qualifier in a tournament expanded to 128 players with a record purse.
- A wasp landed on Munyua’s face during the match, with differing reports on whether he later killed or attempted to keep the insect.
- Japan’s Motomu Sakai also triumphed on debut in the same session, adding to a series of early upsets and seeded exits.
- Munyua qualified through the African route, had never been outside Africa before this event, and competed using Cam Crabtree’s shop-bought darts.