After losing in his first match back last weekend in Budapest, Peter Wright has returned to the winners' circle seeing off Raymond van Barneveld in a battle of World Champions at the German Darts Open in Jena.
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Wright recently had gallstones surgery which has caused him to miss sometime including the World Series recently but he will now aim to revive his form with a confidence building run this weekend.
In the end, it was a 6-3 win over 'Barney' with a 99.88 average, two 180's and 40% on the doubles in a polished display. Breaking to go 2-0 up, he was halfway to victory after consolidating but Barney broke to make it 3-2 after Wright had missed darts to go 4-1 ahead.
He consolidated to make it 3-3 but a pivotal two missed darts at double which allowed Wright back to pin double 18 and go 5-3 up proved vital as Wright sealed the deal on double eight last dart in hand.
While Joe Cullen has survived a scare in moving through with last week's Hungarian Darts Trophy winner having to produce a masterclass of finishing to deny Joe Murnan.
To begin the tie, Murnan pinned a 121 checkout on the bull to go 2-1 up before Cullen replied albeit both only holds with a 141 checkout. But Murnan continued to hold and build, after a 116 checkout from Cullen, he made it 5-4 and went one away.
But finally Murnan's throw was broken albeit in a decider as Cullen pulled out a 136 checkout with the former sat on 84 to win.
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Peter Wright secures his first victory since returning from surgery, as he defeats Raymond van Barneveld in a battle of the World Champions.
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