Ayres wins all five matches at the MODUS Super Series – European Tour 14 starts today in Basel
Darts results from 8 October 2026: Danny Ayres wins all five matches at the MODUS Super Series. Darts today from 13:00: European Tour 14 in Basel.
Yesterday's matchday
Danny Ayres was the only player to finish Thursday at the MODUS Super Series without a defeat. Five matches, five wins – and only Conor Heneghan took more than one Leg off him, losing 3:4 in the deciding Leg.
Against Andreas Harrysson, Alex Spellman, Oliver Mitchell and Harrison Leigh, Ayres won 4:1 every time. Heneghan remained his only serious challenger: he won four of his five matches, left Mitchell and Harrysson without a single Leg and came through 4:2 against Leigh and 4:1 against Spellman.
Harrysson was left without a win. He lost 1:4 to Ayres, 1:4 to Leigh, 0:4 to Heneghan and 1:4 to Spellman; he came closest in his 3:4 defeat to Mitchell.
Behind them, Leigh, Spellman and Mitchell were level on two wins each. Leigh lost his opener 2:4 to Spellman, then won 4:1 against Harrysson and 4:1 against Mitchell before going down to Heneghan and Ayres. Spellman beat Leigh and Harrysson but lost to Mitchell, Ayres and Heneghan. Mitchell started with a 0:4 defeat to Heneghan and picked up his wins against Spellman (4:2) and Harrysson (4:3).
- Ayres 4:1 Harrysson
- Leigh 2:4 Spellman
- Mitchell 0:4 Heneghan
- Harrysson 1:4 Leigh
- Heneghan 3:4 Ayres
- Spellman 2:4 Mitchell
- Harrysson 0:4 Heneghan
- Leigh 4:1 Mitchell
- Ayres 4:1 Spellman
- Heneghan 4:2 Leigh
- Spellman 4:1 Harrysson
- Mitchell 1:4 Ayres
- Spellman 1:4 Heneghan
- Ayres 4:1 Leigh
- Harrysson 3:4 Mitchell
In the late session, Danny Trueman came through 4:2 against D. Lauby Jr., L. Cocks won 4:2 against N. Tuik, and William Borland also beat Lauby 4:2. No official Average figures were available for any of these matches; the statistics lines for the fixtures remained empty.
What's on today
Friday belongs to the European Tour. From 13:00, the 1/32 finals of European Tour 14 will be played in Basel, 16 matches spread across two sessions. The afternoon session runs from 13:00 to 16:30, the evening session starts at 19:00 and ends with the last fixture at 22:30.
The action gets under way at 13:00 with N. Zonneveld against B. Brooks, followed by William O'Connor against J. Haavisto (13:30), Mensur Suljović against G. Jehirszki (14:00) and S. Bialecki against Karel Sedláček (14:30). Joe Cullen faces T. Bissell at 15:30, Cameron Menzies meets C. Reyes at 16:00, and Rob Cross closes the session at 16:30 against M. Vandenbogaerde.
The evening session brings the highest-profile ties: Andrew Gilding against S. Bellmont (19:00), Dave Chisnall against Alan Soutar (20:00), Raymond van Barneveld against Maik Kuivenhoven (20:30), Dirk van Duijvenbode against B. Stoeckli (21:00), Michael Smith against R. Owen (21:30), Damon Heta against A. Fehlmann (22:00) and Kevin Doets against N. Kenny (22:30).
For four Swiss players it is their first appearance in the main draw: Roman Wellinger plays N. Springer at 15:00, along with Bellmont, Stoeckli and Fehlmann. They qualified for the tournament the day before through the host nation qualifier. Four further places went to replacements after several professionals withdrew – which is why Sedláček, Soutar, Owen and Kenny are in the draw today.
The MODUS Super Series continues alongside it. From 14:10, the same six players are back in round robin action, 15 matches through to 18:20. It starts with Mitchell against Harrysson (14:10), Leigh against Ayres (14:30) and Heneghan against Spellman (14:45). The rerun of yesterday's deciding-Leg duel between Ayres and Heneghan is scheduled for 17:05, and Harrysson against Ayres brings things to a close at 18:20.
The second group follows late in the evening: Trueman plays Borland at 23:10, Lauby against Tuik at 23:30, and Borland against Cocks at 23:45.