Humphries impressive in seeing off Hughes, Brown and De Decker edge through

The action is coming towards it's conclusion on Day One of proceedings at the Austrian Darts Championship with Luke Humphries, Keegan Brown and Mike de Decker moving through to the second round.

All three ended up with deciding legs and it all began with Humphries impressing in seeing of Jamie Hughes who of course won last time out at the Czech Darts Open. 'Cool Hand' showed class with five 180's and a 12 darter when it mattered to edge out 'Yozza'.

Brown similarly went the distance with 'The Needle' surviving a comeback from his opponent Hannes Schnier and silencing the home crowd in the process.

His opponent was 5-3 behind and seemingly on his way out of the tournament but hit back with a 120 and 155 to force the decider. Brown though claimed the victory in the deciding leg.

Finally it was Mike de Decker who edged out Chris Dobey to move through with all 11 legs going with throw and it was De Decker claiming the throw beforehand who will be thankful for that edging out 'Hollywood' to reach the next round.

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Austrian Darts Championship schedule

Day One, evening session

Alex Steinbauer (77.74) 4-6 (86.54) Kirk Shepherd
Mark Webster (91.3) 3-6 (101.71) Dimitri Van den Bergh
Luke Humphries (88.99) 6-5 (88.56) Jamie Hughes
Hannes Schnier (82.89) 5-6 (80.53) Keegan Brown
Mike De Decker v Chris Dobey
20:45 Rowby-John Rodriguez v Josh Payne
21:15 Jeffrey de Zwaan v Christian Goedl
21:45 Kyle Anderson v Stephen Bunting

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