Durrant claims victory on European Tour debut, Huybrechts survives seven match darts in seeing off Kurz
NewsFriday, 22 March 2019 at 21:04
The action continues at the European Darts Open with Glen Durrant, Kim Huybrechts and Mervyn King all moving through.
Durrant was making his European Tour debut and claimed a 6-4 victory with a 94 average and 50% on the doubles. He didn’t have it all his own way but will be pleased nonetheless to get through unscathed. Unlike Kim Huybrechts who had to survive seven match darts in seeing off Nico Kurz, both players played similar in a pretty even contest but it was ‘The Hurricane’ that got the better of him. Finally, Mervyn King is through to the next round after smashing Jason Wilson. He averaged 85 on his way to a 6-1 win. He capped the performance off with a 122 checkout on the bull as he eases through to Saturday. Evening Session (1915 local time, 1815 GMT) Matthew Edgar (86.07) 5-6 (86.85) Krzysztof Ratajski Jeffrey de Zwaan (91.01) 6-1 (84.92) Josh Payne Kim Huybrechts (87.03) 6-5 (87.42) Nico Kurz Jason Wilson (77.84) 1-6 (85.97) Mervyn King Michael Rosenauer (87.14) 4-6 (94.41) Glen Durrant Ritchie Edhouse v Dimitri Van den Bergh Steve Beaton v Raymond van Barneveld Wayne Jones v Vincent van der Voort
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- This is the difference between other players and Phil Taylor. Phil would be completely motivated even before his walk on and didn't need anything else to do so.richieburnettrocks14-11-2024
- Still impressive though. Also literally everyone cares about averages that's what makes darts fascinating.medinabello14-11-2024
- BS he won a Euro Tour during this down period something that not many players can say. Dobey, Noppy, DvD, Ross Smith to name just a few.medinabello14-11-2024
- Maybe the supposed top players are burnt out from the endless travelling and tournaments, I just don't think they have the dedication or outright desire to win. I think they are more interested in the money and being popular, just keeping their rankings steady. The only thing that mattered to Phil Taylor was winning, not winning a few games to top up the money pot and seeking the fans attention. Maybe there is too many tournaments now and the enthusiasm is gone. This year especially has seen so many different winners and unexpected draws and line ups.richieburnettrocks14-11-2024
- Nobody cares about averages, the only record he'll take from Phil and its meaningless. Winning tournaments is the only importance of darts and nobody will ever eclipse Phil in any meaningful way. What does an average pay or warrant any success, this proves that, yet people still bang on about them.richieburnettrocks14-11-2024