Chisnall thumps Woodhouse with near 103 average, home hero Hempel sinks Heta and Humphries keeps his cool in Jena

The next trio of players who are through to the final day at the 2023 German Darts Open are set with Dave Chisnall, Luke Humphries and Florian Hempel making their way through.

Hempel has shown glimmers as of late that he is showing some of the form that propelled him to the latter stages of the World Championship two years ago. He delighted the home crowd again.

After dumping out James Wade, Hempel dispatched Damon Heta 6-2 in an evenly matched game in terms of the averages and scoring statistics. But he shaded it on the doubles with 30% pinning a clinical last dart 95 checkout to seal it.

He was joined by Humphries who lived up to his billing in a cool display. Seeing off Ricardo Pietreczko on a vital weekend for World Grand Prix qualification, he edged through in a decider with a 13-dart double 18 with a 98 average, two 180's and 46.2% on the doubles.

But it was the display of multiple winner, Dave Chisnall who has starred on the European Tour in 2023 who averaged nearly 103 in a thumping of Luke Woodhouse. He only hit two maximums for his scoring standards, but pinned 50% of his doubles in a clinical effort from 'Chizzy'.

This year, the Euro Tour tournaments will be broadcast by Viaplay for the first time. The afternoon sessions start at 1300 local time, 1200 BST, while the evening sessions start at 1900 local time, 1800 BST

Furthermore, the European Darts Matchplay for British darts fans can be seen via PDCTV. A subscription is required to access this live stream.

During each Euro Tour tournament, £175,000 in prize money is distributed. All qualifiers are guaranteed £1,250, while the top 16 players on the placement list at the German Darts Open will receive £2,500 anyway. However, these 16 players must win their first game in the second round for the prize money to actually count toward the world rankings and other rankings.