NOPPERT INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS! A very strong performance from Danny Noppert as he averages over 100 in a 10-6 win against World Grand Prix Champion Mike De Decker. 📺 bit.ly/EC24Live #ECDarts24 | R2
Danny Noppert dumps out World Grand Prix champion Mike de Decker at European Championship
PDCSaturday, 26 October 2024 at 16:50
Danny Noppert has qualified for the quarterfinals of the European Championship. The Dutchman defeated his Belgian opponent Mike de Decker 10-6.
Noppert started the match excellently by throwing out a great 124-finish in the first leg. The second leg also went easily to the Dutchman via double 6, where Decker was not even on a finish.
'The Freeze' continued to finish fantastic early in the match, throwing a 116 finish to lead 0-3 while the Belgian was waiting on tops. In leg 4, De Decker also finally managed to get on the board via the next 100+ finish. 'The Real Deal' then managed to hold as well via a 14-darter, bringing the score to 2-3 going into the first break.
The trend of 100+ finishes continued even after the break. Noppert threw out 117 in the sixth leg to create another two-leg difference. This was already the third finish above 100 for the Dutchman. Decker responded strongly, however, and got back to 3-4 with an 81 finish.
Last year's semifinalist continued to throw consistently and extended his lead to 3-6 via an 11-darter and a 13-darter. In leg 10, De Decker managed to take another leg back via double 12, making it 4-6.
After the second break in the match, Noppert continued what he had been doing all game: finishing strong. 'The Freeze' threw a 13-darter via tops, on which he was flawless to this point, to win the 11th leg. In leg 12, Noppert missed a dart on tops for the first time to lead 4-8. Decker took advantage and narrowed his deficit slightly.
However, the man from Friesland made no mistakes and then managed to win 2 legs in a row, leaving him one leg away from victory. 'The Real Deal' managed to take another leg, but in the end it was Noppert who managed to win the match via a 70-finish. Noppert will face the winner of the match between Andrew Gildiing and Ricardo Pietreczko in the quarterfinals.
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- Agreed, thebogeyman. Remember the boxing farce at this year's Olympics... a guy posing as a woman winning the Gold Medal, grim. They should do men who think they are women (separate) competition and award a pair of tight pants for the winner.MrYnyslas197125-10-2024
- What a paltry pay day. Is the Championship going to be on TV or YouTube. I still believe the BBC sunk the BDO when they dumped it for that ridiculous champions league that also died without trace. The prize money for the girls is terrible, why can't they win the same as the boys. It will hardly entice girls to enter the sport. Although hell knows what the future is for darts with the transgender craze.richieburnettrocks24-10-2024
- "Surely darts has little to do with physicality?" If that was true, there would not be women's events for the mentally ill bloke to play in.thebogeyman24-10-2024
- My god what a clown this guy is.... So REAL women should take pills to suppress natural processes to make it equal as he does not have such symptoms? And no: you are not winning because you put in the time and money, you are winning because you have an unfair advantage. Men play better than women, it is a fact. And let's not forget he was in the top 10 of the world in the boys earlier in life!DannyJ23-10-2024