Rodriguez hits 108 average during opening round win over De Decker, Hempel impressive in debut and Van Trijp defeats Brown in hard-fought victory

Hempel was seriously impressive in a whitewash win over Ryan Harrington with a 92 average. His highlight was a 156 checkout with 6/11 on the doubles, could a new German star be born as a result of this debut victory?
Rodriguez was the most impressive hitting a 108 average in a 6-2 win over Mike de Decker with the Belgian playing his part smashing in a 104 average himself.
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In terms of scoring, it was six 180's with 6/12 on his doubles with De Decker only getting three darts at doubles throughout and hitting two of them including a 106 checkout.
Finally Van Trijp who was playing in his second European Tour of the season was the first Host Nation Qualifier to move through in Zwolle. He saw off the in-form Keegan Brown in a 6-5 win.
Both players played their part in a superb game with Brown hitting two ton plus checkouts on the way including a 138 but it was the Dutchman who came through in a deciding leg.
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Ryan Joyce (87.98) 2-6 (93.1) William O’Connor Mickey Mansell (91.67) 6-4 (93.79) Kyle Anderson Brendan Dolan (92.37) 6-1 (83.71) Wesley Plaisier Florian Hempel (92.02) 6-0 (87.1) Ryan Harrington Mike De Decker (104.72) 2-6 (108.79) Rowby-John Rodriguez Keegan Brown (89.44) 5-6 (92.77) Danny van Trijp Alexander Merkx v Glen Durrant Danny Noppert v Harry Ward