DE DECKER KO'S BULLY BOY! 🇧🇪 WHAT A WIN THAT IS! Mike De Decker comfortably defeats the world number one Michael Smith 6-1 to complete our Finals Day line-up! 📺 bit.ly/23EuroTourLive | #ET3 R2
Schindler delights home crowd by toppling Van Barneveld, De Decker thrashes Michael Smith at International Darts Open
PDCSaturday, 01 April 2023 at 22:57
Martin Schindler and Mike de Decker have completed the Finals Day line-up at the 2023 International Darts Open in Riesa with Raymond van Barneveld and World Number One, Michael Smith falling by the wayside.
Schindler delighted the home crowd with a victory over the Dutch icon. There were 4,000 people cheering on 'The Wall' creating a cacophony of noise and he harboured them to his advantage with a 6-4 win.
Initially, Van Barneveld led 3-2 but was broken at 3-3 and Schindler consolidated with that break proving vital at 4-3. He edged ahead again on double 16 before sealing the deal with another break at 6-4 with Van Barneveld not getting a chance at 96 to send it all the way.
While that was a closely fought tie, De Decker's win was anything but as 'The Real Deal' showed he is exactly that with a 6-1 thrashing of Smith.
Smith averaged more than De Decker with 92, 3 180's but missed all but one dart at double from his four attempts. These were at vital moments with De Decker breaking at 2-0. Smith's only leg came with an 11-darter for 3-1 but again he missed darts to allow De Decker a 5-1 lead with the Belgian sealing the deal from there.
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