HEMPEL COMPLETES THE COMEBACK! Incredible scenes at Ally Pally as Florian Hempel comes back from 2-0 down to beat Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-2! 📺 bit.ly/24WCLive #WCDarts | R2
Fabulous Florian Hempel produces astonishing great escape to defeat Dimitri van den Bergh again at World Darts Championship
PDCFriday, 22 December 2023 at 21:26
Florian Hempel famously defeated Dimitri van den Bergh at the 2021/22 PDC World Darts Championship in a win that was a potential floodgate opener for his career and German darts. Two years on and it could be again as he has produced an astonishing great escape to defeat 'The Dreammaker' at the Alexandra Palace.
Hempel came from 2-0 down to stun the 15th seed 3-2, he survived three match darts and now saves his Tour Card in the process after having a dismal time since that famous win barring a resurgence in recent months.
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In the opening set, Van den Bergh came from 2-0 down to edge out the opener with a 117 checkout and looked to be going through the motions going 2-0 up despite missing 14 darts at the outer ring in a 3-1 set win. But Hempel who like alluded to had to win to keep his spot in the top 64 showed battle and grit.
He edged a must win third set in the deciding leg to keep his hopes alive and really started firing from there with a spell binding spell including a 151 from 2-0 down in the next set with Van den Bergh missing bull for the match off a 127 and that confidence booster saw him hit a 10-darter to send it all the way before snatching the set.
He steamrolled the final set as a result with back-to-back 10 darters and Hempel's marvellous comeback was set and now the former handball player will return after Christmas knowing his spot on the tour is also safe.
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- More roid rage than nonsenserichieburnettrocks18-12-2024
- Even the wild crowd went easy on him... we really have gone soft in this country. He should now play in the men's events and try and recover a smidgen of respect, rather than take advantage of the women's game.MrYnyslas197118-12-2024
- The bloke wouldn't get any abuse if he just earned his way in instead of putting on lipstick and larping as a bird.thebogeyman17-12-2024
- Imagine what he'd be like if he done it on TV.medinabello15-12-2024
- Moot point Wattemina will beat him anyways so he will have an early Xmas after all.medinabello15-12-2024
- Grow up mate it's a game of darts surely a player has the capacity to play more than 1 best of 5 set match in one evening.medinabello15-12-2024
- Modus will be good for him. Great comp.medinabello15-12-2024
- I'm with Asp here. If they moan about it don't pick them. Simple as.medinabello15-12-2024
- We don't need the Saudi's money and prohibitive laws. Simply take the World's to other countries like Germany, Holland, Scotland, Poland, Belgium. Not only will you get sell out crowds with bigger venues but it will also freshen up the comp a bit. Let's face it Ally Pally is getting a bit boring now. Imagine 10,000 in Berlin, Rotterdam, Brussels etc.medinabello15-12-2024
- Am probably going to be in a small minority, i would not miss the walk ons, best part used to be the lovely ladies which obviously now makes me a misogynist. Its all part of the razzamatazz show business side and its not that long so not something that winds me up however some of the walk on choices are abysmal while some work, MVG and Seven Nation Army being an example. Dimi the Dancer is / was just awful and Peter Wrights is old hat now.Mysstree14-12-2024