 Complete the following phrase:  After seeing off Mensur Suljović 31 in the first round of the 2015 World Championship, Smith beat Brendan Dolan 42 after having been 20 down, to set up a third round tie with fellow St. Helens player Stephen Bunting. Despite taking out checkouts of 170 and 132, Smith was 30 down, before finding his scoring game to restrict Bunting to one leg as he closed the gap to 32. Ultimately his slow start to the match proved costly as he lost the next set to be knocked out 42 in a game that saw each player average 102 and hit eight 180s apiece. Smith won the fifth UK Open Qualifier by beating Adrian Lewis 65. A rematch with Bunting followed in the third round of the UK Open, with Smith missing two match darts in the deciding leg to be beaten 98. He claimed the second European Tour title of his career by winning the International Darts Open with a 63 victory over Benito van de Pas in the final. Smith suffered a 104 defeat to Gerwyn Price in the first round of the World Matchplay, but retained his European Darts Trophy title by seeing off Michael van Gerwen in the final for the second year in a row. At the World Grand Prix he punished two missed match darts from Price to beat him 21, but Smith then lost from 20 up in sets against Jamie Lewis in the second round. Wins over Wayne Jones, Lewis and Andy Fordham saw Smith top his group at the 