Matth\u00edas \u00d6rn Fri\u00f0riksson is started well on the new IPS Ranking season. He started the tournament with a bye. In the last 16 the consistent Vitor Charrua was the first opponent for Fri\u00f0riksson. Fri\u00f0riksson played very well and won 5-0, including a 15-darter, a 87-checkout, a checkout percentage of 45% and an average of 79,1. P\u00e9tur Gu\u00f0mundsson was beaten in the quarterfinals 5-1. \u00der\u00f6stur Ingimarsson was the opponent for Fri\u00f0riksson in the semi-finals. ‘The Eagle’ started extremely well, he won the first three legs including a 14-dart-leg. Ingimarsson came back to 3-2, but leg 6 and 7 went to Fri\u00f0riksson for a 5-2 win and a place in the final. Karl Helgi J\u00f3nsson was the other finalist. He stormed through the final with wins over J\u00f3nas Helgason (5-4), Alexander \u00deorvaldsson (5-4) and Gu\u00f0mundur Sigur\u00f0sson (5-2). In the final the first two legs went with the darts. J\u00f3nsson broke in the third leg, but Fri\u00f0riksson broke immediately back with a 94-checkout for 2-2. Then 3 legs went with the darts, with a 79-checkout from Matth\u00edas and a 16-darter from J\u00f3nsson, for 4-3. In the eighth leg J\u00f3nsson missed two darts at double for 4-4, Fri\u00f0riksson hit double 5 for his first IPS Ranking title this season. At the women, Elinborg Steinunnard\u00f3ttir won the first ranking, she defeated Ingibj\u00f6rg Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir 5-1 in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Double for Fri\u00f0riksson in Keflavik, J\u00f3nsson runner-up again<\/strong> Fri\u00f0riksson continues winstreak in Reykjavik<\/strong> Charrua wins IPS Ranking 4 and denies Fri\u00f0riksson unbeaten weekend<\/strong> On 10 and 11 August the first 4 IPS Rankings were played in Iceland. The first two rankings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[125,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-ips-ranking"],"yoast_head":"\n
Matth\u00edas \u00d6rn Fri\u00f0riksson continued his win streak in Iceland. He completed the double in Keflav\u00edk. Fri\u00f0riksson had a bye in the first round, before he defeated Kristinn Helgason 5-2 in the last 16, including a 131 checkout. In the quarterfinals Bjarni Sigur\u00f0sson was the opponent. Sigur\u00f0sson had a lead of 4-1, but couldn’t finish the match. Fri\u00f0riksson won 4 legs in a row, including a 66, 56 and a 81 checkout on the bull in the deciding leg. Gu\u00f0mundur Sigur\u00f0sson reached his second semi-final of the day, but the 32-year old from Grindav\u00edk was too strong with a scoreline of 5-0. Karl Helgi J\u00f3nsson also reached the final for the second time of the day. This time he defeated Eyj\u00f3lfur Gunnarsson (5-0), Vitor Charrua (5-2) and P\u00e9tur Gu\u00f0mundsson (5-3) on his way to the final. The second final of the day went between Fri\u00f0riksson and J\u00f3nsson once again. The first 4 legs went with the darts. The fifth leg was a bad leg from both players, but Fri\u00f0riksson broke J\u00f3nsson and hold his own leg in 21 darts for 4-2. Leg 7 and 8 went with the darts again and so Fri\u00f0riksson won his second title of the day with his second 5-3 win over J\u00f3nsson in the final. Ingibj\u00f6rg Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir won the second IPS Ranking at the women with 5-4 win over Petrea Fri\u00f0riksd\u00f3ttir in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IPS Ranking 3 started in Reykjavik Sunday morning. Matth\u00edas \u00d6rn Fri\u00f0riksson was the strongest in Reykjavik again, after his two wins in the Icelandic Pro Tour. Fri\u00f0riksson had a bye in the first round, so his first match was against Hallgrimur Egilsson in the last 16. The first 7 legs went with the darts. In leg 8 Egilsson missed doubles for 4-4, Fri\u00f0riksson punished Egilsson and won 5-3. In the quarterfinals Alexander \u00deorvaldsson was the opponent for Fri\u00f0riksson. Fri\u00f0riksson played very well and won 5-1, including finishes of 86, 87 and 85. Gissur Halld\u00f3rsson surprisingly reached the semi-finals and was the opponent for Fri\u00f0riksson. ‘The Eagle’ had no problems with Halld\u00f3rsson; 5-1 including an average of 73,5. Gu\u00f0mundur Fri\u00f0bj\u00f6rnsson reached the final of Icelandic Pro Tour 2, but he reached also the final of IPS Ranking 3. He defeated to the final Gu\u00f0mundur Sigur\u00f0sson (5-3), P\u00e9tur Gu\u00f0mundsson (5-3) and Vitor Charrua (5-1). Fri\u00f0riksson started very strong in the final, he won the first three legs including a 94-checkout and a 16-darter. Then in legs 4-6 there were 3 breaks. Fri\u00f0bj\u00f6rnsson hold his own leg in 16 darts for 4-3. In leg 8 Fri\u00f0bj\u00f6rnsson missed a lot on the outer ring for 4-4, Fri\u00f0riksson punished him to check out 20 with his last dart in hand for the treble of IPS Ranking titles! Ingibj\u00f6rg Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir won her second title of the weekend, she defeated Petrea Fri\u00f0riksd\u00f3ttir 5-3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dart.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/67875647_492297288197141_6912802489146277888_n.jpg?resize=640%2C853\")
The last ranking of the weekend wasn’t won by Matth\u00edas \u00d6rn Fri\u00f0riksson. The always consistent Vitor Charrua won the last ranking of the weekend. He started the tournament with a bye. In the last 16 Charrua played against Kristj\u00e1n Sigur\u00f0sson. Charrua won 5-1, including two 17-darters. In the quarterfinals young talent Alex M\u00e1ni P\u00e9tursson was the next opponent for Charrua. P\u00e9tursson had a 2-1 lead in that match, but Charrua won 4 of last 5 legs including a 13-darter for a 5-3 win. In the semi-finals the man in form, Matth\u00edas \u00d6rn Fri\u00f0riksson was the opponent for ‘The Grenade’. Charrua won the first 4 legs in the semi-finals, with a 80-checkout in the first leg and a 14-darter in the second leg. Fri\u00f0riksson came back to 4-2, but Charrua held his own leg for a 5-2 win and a place in the final. Charrua stopped the 18 game win streak of Fri\u00f0riksson. Fri\u00f0rik Diego was the other finalist. He reached the final with wins over Gu\u00f0mundur Fri\u00f0bj\u00f6rnsson (5-3), Gu\u00f0mundur Sigur\u00f0sson (5-3), \u00der\u00f6stur Ingimarsson (5-3) and P\u00e9tur Gu\u00f0mundsson (5-1). Diego won the first leg in the final with a 99-checkout, after that Charrua won 5 legs in a row for his first IPS Ranking title of the new season. Ingibj\u00f6rg Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir ended her weekend with her third title in a row in the womens competition. She defeated\u00a0 Petrea Fri\u00f0riksd\u00f3ttir once again, this time the scoreline was 5-2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dart.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/67700552_2356772711243389_3039369697624588288_n.jpg?resize=640%2C853\")