Mike de Decker completes 2nd round lineup at German Darts Grand Prix 2025 after wins for Schindler, Van Barneveld, Ratajski and others on dramatic opening day
PDCSaturday, 19 April 2025 at 22:59
The second round lineup is complete at the 2025 German Darts Grand Prix in Munich. After a dramatic opening day of the tournament this Saturday, World Grand Prix champion Mike de Decker finished off the first round this evening with a 6-3 win over Swede Johan Engstrom.
De Decker, who has already reached the final of a European Tour event in 2025, was comfortably the better player against the experienced Engstrom in the early stages, racing into a 2-0 lead. After some missed darts by the Belgian in leg 3 however, Engstrom got himself on the board. It really prove a catalyst for the Swede however, with De Decker ultimately running out a relatively comfortable 6-3 winner in the end.
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Earlier in the evening there wins for the likes of Ricardo Pietreczko, Gian van Veen, Raymond van Barneveld, Jermaine Wattimena and Dirk van Duijvenbode, but it was the performances of Krzysztof Ratajski and German number one Martin Schindler that stood out.
Ratajski looked to be sailing into the second round with relative ease in Munich when he lead 5-2 against Mensur Suljovic. Suljovic though, rolled back the years with an incredible and helped by 4 missed matchdarts by the Pole, the former World Matchplay finalist forced a decider. In the decider though, Ratajski held his nerve with an incredible 129 checkout to scrape into a meeting with Michael Smith.
| Mensur Suljovic | VS | Krzysztof Ratajski |
|---|---|---|
| 89.09 | Average (3 Darts) | 96.7 |
| 12 | 100+ Thrown | 15 |
| 5 | 140+ Thrown | 4 |
| 2 | 180 Thrown | 3 |
| 125 | Highest Checkout | 129 |
| 1 | Checkout 100+ | 3 |
| 31.3 | Checkout percentage | 37.5 |
| 5 / 16 | Checkout | 6 / 16 |
As mentioned, German number one Schindler also impressed in front of his home crowd. Schindler sent the Munich crowd into a frenzy with a 6-3 win over Mario Vandenbogaerde in a real cracker on the Euro Tour stage. Averaging a touch under 103, the German number one was pushed by Super Mario but pulled out some of his best darts right when it was needed.
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