King eases past Siepmann, Horvat misses nine-dart finish en route to victory over Huybrechts

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Friday, 25 September 2020 at 17:06
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The afternoon session is complete at the German Darts Championship with Mervyn King, Dragutin Horvat and Lukas Wenig through to the second round.
King who will be after confirming a World Grand Prix spot before the cut off this weekend started out in the best possible way easing past Steffen Siepmann in a 6-1 win.
En route, he hit a 93 average with two 180’s and 5/16 on his doubles compared to Siepmann who only averaged 78 with 1/10 on his doubles proving pivotal.
There will be two host nation qualifiers through to the next round though including Dragutin Horvat who missed double 12 for a nine-darter before closing out the match with a ten-darter in a 6-4 win with four 180’s and a 94.6 average.
Lukas Wenig is also through after surviving a late comeback from Cody Harris who came from 4-0 down to level up but he lost out in a 6-4 defeat. It is a first time win for the German who will go onto face Dave Chisnall tomorrow instead of a repeat of the World Series of Darts Finals tie from last weekend.

Schedule of Play - Friday September 25

First Round - Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)

Scott Waites (93.66) 6-3 (90.35) Darren Penhall
Daniel Larsson (82.89) 1-6 (97.21) William O'Connor
Ron Meulenkamp (89.23) 5-6 (94.93) Richard North
Boris Koltsov (84.92) 2-6 (90.14) Steve Lennon
Franz Roetzsch (91.42) 5-6 (89.03) Jeff Smith
Lukas Wenig (84.59) 6-4 (80.58) Cody Harris
Ronny Huybrechts (91.09) 4-6 (94.67) Dragutin Horvat
Steffen Siepmann (78.95) 1-6 (93.68) Mervyn King

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