Hempel delighted after Tour Card triumph on Day Three of European Q-School: "I did not expect to be able to win one of the four days"

Wednesday, 17 February 2021 at 09:00

Florian Hempel claimed an outright Tour Card on Day Three of 2021 PDC European Q-School defeating Luc Peters after an excellent day of darts.

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Hempel, a former handball player, joins Geert de Vos and Geert Nentjes in coming through outright after a brilliant day which saw him average between 94-96 for the most part.

"I am so happy!" said Hempel. "I did not expect to be able to win one of the four days and get a direct Tour Card, but that makes it even better now.

"After my match against Lukas Wenig I started to think that there might be something special to come today. After that I always felt like I was in control of my matches and was that decisive bit better than my opponents."

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Florian Hempel joins PDC Tour! 🇩🇪 Florian Hempel from Germany managed to secure his first ever TourCard defeating Luc Peters by 6:2 in the final with a 148 checkout. Let‘s here from a happy champion. All the results from today: tv.dartconnect.com/boards/pdceuqs…