Martin Schindler didn’t have much to blame himself for after his exit from the European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen. The tournament winner from last weekend in Riesa scored an average of 106 points in his second round match late on Saturday evening against Rob Cross. The fact that he lost out 5:6 against world champion and defending champion Rob Cross was at best due to two missed match darts in the decider.
After Cross had missed a first arrow to win on tops, the new German number one was 66 points remaining thanks to a 180, hit triple 14, but then missed double 12 and double 6. The Englishman then checked on double 10 to win. “I really enjoyed it here. And I was really happy for Martin last weekend. “He’s been there for a few years and really deserves it,” said Cross, praising Schindler’s first triumph six days earlier. This ended Schindler’s streak of seven consecutive wins on the European Tour.
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The only German hope in the Glass Palace of Sindelfingen is Gabriel Clemens. After leading 5-0, the “German Giant” beat Ricardo Pietreczko 6-2 and literally swept his compatriot off the stage.
“Pikachu” then almost delivered the appropriate symbolism when he applauded his counterpart with his hands raised, walked backwards, tripped over one of the boxes at the edge of the stage and was just able to keep his balance.
Clemens followed the stumbler with raised eyebrows. “The first legs were a disaster for both of us, but Ricardo didn’t score well afterwards and didn’t hit the doubles. Of course that was good for me,” he said afterwards.
Due to the weakness of his opponent, who only hit two of his twelve attempts at doubles and achieved an average of 80.15 points, a solid performance was enough for Clemens. The final average was 93.64 points. The highlight – like last weekend in Riesa – was seven perfect darts. This time he tried the eighth dart on the triple-15 instead of the triple-19. “But that was also far away. Maybe I can just do seven perfect ones,” said the Saarlander and laughed.
Humphries beats Littler
On Sunday afternoon (4:30 p.m., DAZN live) he will now face Englishman Dave Chisnall, who beat Keane Barry 6-3.
“We’ve had a lot of close games, especially on the European Tour. “I have a great audience here in Sindelfingen and I’m looking forward to the match,” said Clemens, who, with his success, is still in the race for a starting place in the World Matchplay. The difference to the 32nd and last starting place is 3000 pounds; a victory over Chsinall would bring him 2000 pounds.
The highlight of Saturday came from Damon Heta, who set a personal best with an average of 117.48 points. Luke Humphries and Luke Littler also met in a repeat of the World Cup final.
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The two currently strongest players in the world thrilled the 3,500 spectators in Sindelfingen with an exciting, high-class match that only ended in the decider. Littler missed a match dart on the bullseye, Humphries then checked after eleven darts to make it 6:5. It was his first victory over Littler after the World Cup triumph. Since then he had lost to the youngster six times.
European Darts Grand Prix, results
2nd round:
Krzysztof Ratajski (POL) – Scott Williams (ENG) 4:6
Ross Smith (ENG) – Luke Woodhouse (ENG) 6:2
Ryan Searle (ENG) – Stephen Bunting (ENG) 5:6
Dirk van Duijvenbode (NED) – Ritchie Edhouse (ENG) 1:6
Danny Noppert (NED) – Daryl Gurney (NIR) 6:5
Jonny Clayton (WAL) – Chris Dobey (ENG) 6:5
Dave Chisnall (ENG) – Keane Barry (IRL) 6:3
Josh Rock (NIR) – Jeffrey Sparidaans (NED) 6:2
Gary Anderson (SCO) – Christian Perez (PHI) 6:3
Gerwyn Price (WAL) – Brendan Dolan (NIR) 6:1
Michael Smith (ENG) – Raymond van Barneveld (NED) 6:5
Damon Heta (AUS) – Mickey Mansell (NIR) 6:2
Rob Cross (ENG) – Martin Schindler (D) 6:5
Michael van Gerwen (NED) – Johan Engström (SWE) 6:1
Luke Humphries (ENG) – Luke Littler (ENG) 6:5
Ricardo Pietreczko (R) – Gabriel Clemens (R) 2:6
Round of 16 (from 1 p.m.):
Michael Smith (ENG) – Josh Rock (NIR)
Gerwyn Price (WAL) – Gary Anderson (SCO)
Rob Cross (ENG) – Danny Noppert (NED)
Luke Humphries (ENG) – Stephen Bunting (ENG)
Ritchie Edhouse (ENG) – Ross Smith (ENG)
Damon Heta (AUS) – Scott Williams (ENG)
Michael van Gerwen (NED) – Jonny Clayton (WAL)
Dave Chisnall (ENG) – Gabriel Clemens (D)
