Tom Sykes beat Cameron Menzies 6-4 in the last 16 of the 2026 Slovak Darts Open on Sunday, 21 June, to move into the quarter-finals in Bratislava.
The Englishman’s run at the Incheba Expo has become one of the sharper storylines of the European Tour weekend, and this result gave it another serious lift. Sykes had already forced his way into finals day after knocking out Martin Schindler, but taking out Menzies, who had produced one of the performances of the tournament against Gerwyn Price in the Tom Sykes tie build-up, makes the result more than a routine last-16 win.
Menzies arrived with clear momentum after averaging 106 in his previous match. Sykes, though, handled the pressure of a deciding-stage session and came through 6-4, according to the PDC finals-day update from Bratislava.
Sykes Turns Breakthrough Run Into Quarter-Final Statement
The victory matters because Sykes is no longer just a lively outsider in the draw. He has now beaten two dangerous opponents across the weekend and has done so on a stage that is testing several established names.
For Menzies, the defeat halts what had looked like a potentially major World Matchplay-relevant push after his Price win. For Sykes, it keeps alive the chance to make the first Slovak Darts Open a genuine career-marker.
The quarter-final line-up will now decide whether this remains a strong weekend or turns into something much bigger.
