Martin Schindler loses to Ryan Joyce at the Darts European Championship. The German is out in the round of 16.
Bitter elimination for Martin Schindler! The German number one lost his round of 16 match at the European Darts Championship in Dortmund against Ryan Joyce with 7:10.
“The Wall” made too many mistakes on the double fields throughout the match and ended up with a checkout rate of only 25.9 percent.
Schindler is eliminated in the round of 16 at the Darts European Championship
Joyce merciless on the double fields
His opponent, on the other hand, consistently took advantage of the mistakes and finished the game with a strong double rate of 66.7 percent.
After Schindler was able to secure the first leg, Joyce won three legs in a row and broke him once. He demonstrated his usual mercilessness at checkout.
Schindler with too many mistakes
Schindler’s scoring got better, so he first got his own throw and then brought back the break to 3:3.
But Joyce hit back and won three more legs in a row, making it 6:3.
German number one doesn’t give up
Before the second break in the game, the German got his fourth leg and then showed real emotions for the first time in the game. After the 14-darter, he encouraged himself.
At the score of 5:7, Schindler had some attempts to shorten the gap, but missed the double fields by millimeters. Joyce also took advantage of this mistake, broke his opponent and extended his lead.
Schindler didn’t give up, proved fighting spirit and shortened again to 7:8 – but Joyce prevented the equalizer, got his ninth leg and then ended the match on the German’s throw.
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