King defeats Portela in Hildesheim, Dudbridge battles past Clemens

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Friday, 29 March 2019 at 21:32
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Mervyn King will return on Saturday at the German Darts Championship as the former BDO major winner defeated Diogo Portela 6-3 in the first round.

Former world championship finalist Mark Dudbridge is also through after seeing off the German qualifier Gabriel Clemens. Mario Robbe defeated Maik Langendorf to book his place in the second round.
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Evening session schedule (19:15 local time, 18:15 GMT)

Tytus Kanik (93.18) 4-6 (99.08) Jamie Hughes
Keegan Brown (91.29) 6-5 (88.27) Madars Razma
Steffen Siepmann (90.07) 6-2 (81.92) Mickey Mansell
Diogo Portela (82.96) 4-6 (88.12) Mervyn King
Maik Langendorf (78.41) 3-6 (84.36) Mario Robbe
Mark Dudbridge (89.15) 6-4 (85.05) Gabriel Clemens
Steve Beaton v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Mike Holz v Nathan Aspinall
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