Martin Schindler cannot defend his title at the International Darts Open. A catch -up is unsuccessful in the semifinals.
The title defense fails: Martin Schindler said goodbye to the International Darts Open in the semi -finals.
The German number one in Riesa in the Saxony-Arena against the Englishman Nathan Aspinall in the duel about the final initially hardly had a chance. Then he set off a comeback – and ultimately lost 4: 7.
Martin Schindler flies out in the semifinals
“The Wall” fell behind early and was only able to score after three lost Legs. The brief hope of ASPINAL quickly destroyed the break to 4: 1.
The fans celebrate Schindler – until Aspionall the sack close to the sack
After that it seemed to go, Schindler had to survive several matchdarts of his counterpart. But while the German suddenly got better, Aspinall showed nerves. Schindler won three legs in a row, the German fans celebrated him with speech choirs – before his English opponent closed the sack.
The bottom line was a 3-dart average of 93.83, Aspinall came up with a value of 104.11 despite the weak phase.
The final day had started for Schindler with a convincing performance. Against the Belgian Dimitri van den Bergh, he delivered a sparkling clean 6-0 in the round of 16, and Peter Wright (6: 2) was not a big hurdle.
Aspinall meets Stephen Bunting in the final, who had turned off Luke Humphries in the semifinals. A year ago, Schindler won his first title on the PDC tour in Riesa.