The afternoon session is complete at the German Darts
Championship with Mervyn King, Dragutin Horvat and Lukas Wenig through to the
second round.
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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)
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Scott Waites (93.66) 6-3 (90.35) Darren Penhall
Daniel Larsson (82.89) 1-6 (97.21) William O'Connor
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EIGHT PERFECT DARTS 😩
Dragutin Horvat misses D12 for a nine-darter but still takes the leg in 11 darts and he leads 3-0!
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