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Vincent van der Voort balks at draw against best friend: "This is not fun at all"
PDCFriday, 26 January 2024 at 12:00
The World Series of Darts circus descends on the Netherlands this weekend for the Dutch Darts Masters.
In the opening round, Vincent van der Voort will take on his best friend Michael van Gerwen. "This is not fun at all," Van der Voort admits in conversation with Sportnieuws.nl. "Especially because you haven't played for two months and you want to prepare a little bit together. You can't do that now."
Despite this difficult draw, Van der Voort does want to make the best of it. "You have to make do with the draw you have. We will just see every behind the scenes and do normal. It's not the first time either."
The winner of the match between Van der Voort and Van Gerwen will take on the winner of the match between Rob Cross and Raymond van Barneveld in the second round.
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UndartedWaters15-11-2024 - Agree. Van der voort will be the one taking a break when he loses his tour card. Everyone saying about how bad Wright's last 18 months have been, and in that time he's won several Euro tours and the European Championships.Matilda6215-11-2024
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