HETA ENDS VAN VEEN'S HOPES! Damon Heta dumps Gian van Veen out of the Hungarian Darts Masters, and in doing so ends the Dutchman's World Grand Prix hopes! 🔜 Mike De Decker v Michael Smith 📺 bit.ly/PDCTVLive | #ET12 L16
Heta ends Van Veen's World Grand Prix hopes as Price ends the title defence of Cullen at the Hungarian Darts Trophy
PDCSunday, 24 September 2023 at 14:55
Gian van Veen suffered a costly defeat at the Hungarian Darts Trophy. The dart player from Poederoijen lost Sunday afternoon in the third round to Damon Heta (6-4) and therefore misses the World Grand Prix.
With his victory over Nathan Aspinall Saturday night, Van Veen briefly held the final qualifying spot for the World Grand Prix. However, because Luke Woodhouse managed to win Sunday afternoon over Peter Wright, Van Veen fell just outside the qualifying spots based on countback.
The Dutchman managed to reverse a break deficit against Heta twice. Van Veen was broken again in the ninth leg after he missed a dart on the double. Heta posted his third break via double 16 and then sealed the match with a 16-darter.
In the quarterfinals, the Australian will take on Gerwyn Price. 'The Iceman' was responsible for the elimination of defending champion Joe Cullen in the last sixteen. The topper of this afternoon was won 6-4 by Price.
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- The pundits glossing over the other factor at play in that match. They appear to be somewhat constrained in what they can say publicly.
UndartedWaters16-11-2024 - So, you don't like Littler, then? I was cheering him on, being a fellow Englishman. Honestly, some of us get far too offended nowadays. If you want to see crowd passion... watch a match when German and Dutch players face off... that can be just as bad if not worse for crowd noises. It happens, I have watched and heard Littler being jeered - Dirk van Duijvenbode in Holland, January this year. Where was your outrage then? Yes, I can clearly see what is going on here.MrYnyslas197116-11-2024
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- @UndartedWaters I totally agree with your thoughts! I totally respect Kirk but in this instance I was disappointed with his lack of crowd control. I even turned to my husband and said "Could you imagine this happening if Russ Bray was the referee tonight? At least there would have been a crowd admonishment- Ladies and Gentleman please." I so felt for Mike DeDecker...MamaVenus15-11-2024