2025 Poland Darts Masters Day 1 results, scores, schedule & bracket: Krzysztof Ratajski upset win in front of home crowd sets up match with Stephen Bunting

Alex Walsh

2025 Poland Darts Masters Day 1 results, scores, schedule & bracket: Krzysztof Ratajski upset win in front of home crowd sets up match with Stephen Bunting image

16 players came into Friday night with hopes of making it to Saturday night, and only 8 advanced.

Chris Dobey set the standard high in a 6-1 opening win, including 170, 167, and 110 leg checkouts.

Gerwyn Price was able to defeat Poland's Sebastian Białecki, despite 17 missed darts on doubles.

Rob Cross took down Poland's Krzysztof Kciuk in the third game of the night, shutting down any attempt at a comeback.

Michael van Gerwen was just able to avoid a sudden-death leg, winning 6-4 over Pero Ljubić.

Stephen Bunting continues the streak of PDC representatives surviving competitive performances from Eastern European players, beating Tytus Kanik 6-3.

Luke Littler was on the verge of having to play a last-leg decider against opponent Karel Sedláček, who averaged 97.58.

Krzysztof Ratajski defeated Jonny Clayton 6-3, sending the Polish crowd into a frenzy and punching his ticket to a match with Stephen Bunting Saturday night.

Nathan Aspinall defeated Poland's Radek Szagański, who was one of several Eastern European players to almost force a sudden-death leg.

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2025 Poland Darts Masters Day 1 schedule & results

Evening session (starts 7:00 p.m. local time)

Round of 16 (first to 6 legs)

Friday, eight round of 16 games took place, revealing the 8 quarterfinal participants for Saturday night.

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MatchDateTime (local)Results
Chris Dobey vs. György JehirszkiFri., Jul. 47:00 p.m.6-1
Gerwyn Price (2) vs. Sebastian BiałeckiFri., Jul. 47:30 p.m.6-3
Rob Cross (3) vs. Krzysztof KciukFri., Jul. 48:00 p.m.6-2
Michael van Gerwen vs. Pero LjubićFri., Jul. 48:30 p.m.6-4
Stephen Bunting (1) vs. Tytus KanikFri., Jul. 49:00 p.m.6-3
Luke Littler vs. Karel SedláčekFri., Jul. 49:30 p.m.6-4
Jonny Clayton vs. Krzysztof RatajskiFri., Jul. 410:00 p.m.3-6
Nathan Aspinall (4) vs. Radek SzagańskiFri., Jul. 410:30 p.m.6-4

2025 Poland Darts Masters Day 2 (Saturday night) bracket

Quarterfinals (first to 6 legs)

MatchDateTime (local)
Bunting vs. RatajskiSat., Jul. 5TBD
Aspinall vs. LittlerSat., Jul. 5TBD
Price vs. DobeySat., Jul. 5TBD
Cross vs. van GerwenSat., Jul. 5TBD

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Semifinals (first to 7 legs)

MatchDateTime (local)
TBDSat., Jul. 5TBD
TBDSat., Jul. 5TBD

Final (first to 8 legs)

MatchDateTime (local)
TBDSat., Jul. 5TBD

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Alex Walsh

Alex is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. A current Sports Media major at Hofstra University in New York, he is a huge Celtics and NBA fan who gets way too many notifications from NBA insiders on X. He became interested in PDC Darts at the beginning of 2024 and has been obsessed ever since.