Next bitter darts day from a German perspective. While two stars disappear, there is also a respectable success.
With the Players Championship, the disappointments increased from a German perspective on day six early. The three best German players all lost to the start after the ranking.
While Ricardo Pietreczko did not perform well in the 1: 6, but had a decent opponent with Kevin Doets (41 of the world), Gabriel Clemens (4: 6 against Michele Turetta) and Martin Schindler (2: 6 against Cam Crabtree) of the 93 and 96 of the world had to give up.
Martin Schindler (left) and Gabriel Clemens lost their opening games
Springer defeats number 1 – two 9 -darter again
The greatest German hope remains Niko Springer. The “Meenzer Bub”, who had already brought Luke Littler to the brink of a defeat on Tuesday, hit 6-1 at the start of Dave Chisnall. A real exclamation mark, after all, the Englishman is number 1 on the seed list.
Kai Gotthardt, who narrowly conquered Ryan Searle 6: 5, took care of the second German victory. In addition to Schindler, Pietreczko and Clemens, Maximilian Czerwinski (5: 6 against Callan Rydz), Dominik Grüllich (1: 6 against Dylan Slevin) and Leon Weber (1: 6 against Martin Lukeman) also lost their games.
As the best German, Kai Gotthardt made it into the third round, there was 5: 6 there.
Meanwhile, Luke Humphries and Alan Soutar provided a highlight, both of whom threw a 9-darter. Soutar played this against Luke Littler, who played the perfect leg next to Gary Anderson the day before.