King edges past Petersen, De Zwaan smashes Fasching

The first day of action at the Austrian Darts Open has come to a close with Mervyn King and Jeffrey de Zwaan the final players through.

King faced a tough test in the form of Devon Petersen and he only just squeezed through against the Spartan who was making his first appearance on the European Tour for some time. De Zwaan on the other hand had it easier smashing through debutant Banjamin Fasching. ‘The Black Cobra’ only averaged 87 but didn’t need to average high with his opponent only reaching 75. Friday May 3 First round Afternoon session Conan Whitehead (89.86) 4-6 (96.59) Keegan Brown Boris Koltsov (91.37) 6-5 (80.68) Johan Engstrøm Jamie Bain (79.17) 1-6 (88.53) Steve Lennon Dietmar Burger (83.19) 2-6 (90.41) Tytus Kanik Stephen Bunting (87.20) 6-4 (85.05) Patrick van den Boogaard Ross Smith (73.53) 4-6 (81.56) John Henderson Darius Labanauskas (103.98) 6-1 (86.00) Michael Rasztovits Mark Webster (86.77) 6-1 (80.40) Dirk van Duijvenbode Evening session Mark Barilli (82.65) 3-6 (88.47) Steve Beaton Andrew Gilding (96.56) 5-6 (95.76) Chris Dobey Diogo Portela (77.94) 1-6 (87.16) Ryan Searle Kim Huybrechts (87.27) 2-6 (87.69) Nathan Aspinall Jamie Hughes (79.65) 6-3 (78.69) Patrick Tringler Raymond van Barneveld (87.62) 6-1 (80.77) Mark Wilson Mervyn King (89.31) 6-4 (84.21) Devon Petersen Jeffrey de Zwaan (87.33) 6 (11) 1 (75.36) Banjamin Fasching