Martin Schindler was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the German Darts Championship. The German number one missed match darts.
Martin Schindler dramatically exited the German Darts Championship in the round of 16!
The German number one lost to Dutchman Dirk van Duijvenbode 5-6 in legs and missed a match dart on double 20 in the tenth leg on his own throw. Earlier, he had already missed an opportunity to decide the match in his favor.
Schindler fails despite better average
“The Wall” played a three-dart average of 93.79 points, while “Aubergenius” had 92.13 points.
Both players had significant problems hitting doubles: Schindler finished the match with a double success rate of 33.33 percent. Van Duijvenbode hit 31.58 percent of his attempts at doubles.
Particularly in the eighth leg, both players missed several darts to checkout. Schindler finally hit double 10 to make it 5-3, creating what seemed to be the decisive moment. In the following leg, he missed his first match dart on double 20.
In the tenth leg, Schindler then missed another match dart before van Duijvenbode leveled at 5-5 and then checked out 100 points with two darts to win in the decider (T20, D20).
Darts: Van Duijvenbode to face Wright
In the first round, van Duijvenbode drew attention by throwing his first stage nine-darter against Karel Sedlacek. The next day, he eliminated Chris Dobey from the tournament (6-2) and achieved a personal record average of 117.74 points.
The Dutchman was far from that form on Sunday afternoon but still managed to win the thriller against Schindler.
In the quarterfinals, van Duijvenbode will face defending champion Peter Wright in the evening session.