Evans causes first upset at German Darts Championship; Bunting edges out Van den Bergh

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Saturday, 30 March 2019 at 21:34
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Ricky Evans knocked out the first seeded player at the German Darts Championship. 'Rapid Ricky' defeated Mensur Suljovic with 6-4 in the second round.

Suljovic took a 3-1 lead, but after four legs 'Rapid Ricky' managed to turn on the turbo. He hit two 15-dart legs to level the match, before Evans threw a 14-darter and a superb 124 checkout to lead 5-3. The Austrian came back to 5-4, but the game was over after Evans hit a 13-dart leg to win the match.
Stephen Bunting defeated two-time World Youth Champion Dimitri van den Bergh to reach the third round in Hildesheim. 'The Bullet' beat the Belgian after a leg-decider. Peter Wright made no mistakes against Andrew Gilding and booked a 6-3 victory over 'Goldfinger'.
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Afternoon session schedule

Darren Webster (91.42) 6-5 (95.24) Luke Humphries
Ian White (104.8) 6-5 (107.2) Jamie Hughes
James Wade (91.76) 6-1 (89.36) Boris Koltsov
Jonny Clayton (97.24) 6-2 (90.1) Simon Stevenson
Adrian Lewis (87.39) 6-3 (78.36) Kevin Knopf
Jermaine Wattimena (90.71) 6-1 (79.35) Steffen Siepmann
Gerwyn Price (95.55) 6-2 (88.07) Mark Dudbridge
James Wilson (87.69) 6-5 (85.47) Mario Robbe

Evening session schedule

Daryl Gurney (98.46) 6-1 (97.28) Andy Boulton
Joe Cullen (101.49) 6-4 (101.25) Nathan Aspinall
Rob Cross (99.96) 6-4 (97.66) Ron Meulenkamp
Peter Wright (96.46) 6-3 (87.65) Andrew Gilding
Stephen Bunting (95.56) 6-5 (96.38) Dimitri van den Bergh
Mensur Suljovic (91.99) 4-6 (96.43) Ricky Evans
Michael van Gerwen v Keegan Brown
Dave Chisnall v Mervyn King
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