Van den Bergh eases past Webster, Shepherd also through with scrappy victory over Steinbauer

The first two matches of the evening session on Day One at the Austrian Darts Championship are complete with Dimitri van den Bergh and Kirk Shepherd both making it through.

Shepherd had to survive a tough test against Alex Steinbauer coming through in a 6-4 victory. It was a scrappy affair with Steinbauer averaging 77 to Shepherd's 86.

Steinbauer's big moment came when he hit a 103 checkout and his doubling was better at 33 percent compared to Shepherd's 24 percent.

It was his scoring that saw him through with 2 180's and 5 140's as the former World Championship finalist got through a potential banana skin.

Van den Bergh on the other hand was supremely impressive seeing off Mark Webster with ease in a 6-3 victory. He averaged the best of the round so far with a near 102 average in a 6-3 win.

The World Youth Champion who always excels on the big stage now faces off against Peter Wright in Round Two tomorrow.

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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
19:15 Luke Humphries v Jamie Hughes
19:45 Hannes Schnier v Keegan Brown
20:15 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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