Ross Smith was by far the best performer on the first day of the International Darts Open 2020. With an average of 112.8 and 75% on his doubles, “Smudger” moved into round 2 in a superior manner. His opponent Mario Vandenbogaerde had no chance to take control of the game. Smith played the second highest average in the history of the International Darts Open and missed the record set by Joe Cullen, whose average was just one point higher.<\/p>\n
German number 1 Max Hopp won his opening match clearly with a 6:1 victory over former BDO world champion Jelle Klaasen. Hopp played a good match and will meet the winner of the last European Tour event, Jose de Sousa, tomorrow. With this victory Hopp took an important step towards the European Darts Championship (29.10. – 01.11.2020), for which he is now almost certainly qualified.<\/p>\n
Gabriel Clemens was equally successful in his full-German first round match. The “German Giant” did not have any problems with the 6:1 victory against the qualifier Philipp Hagemann. Clemens even finished the game with a 167 high finish.
\nMartin Schindler, meanwhile, also beat the Polish player Tytus Kanik very comfortably. Schindler won 6:1, even though Kanik set the highlight of the game with a 170 checkout.
\nFranz R\u00f6tzsch (6:4 against Brendan Dolan) and Robert Marijanovic, who beat a struggling Jamie Lewis 6:0 without any problems, also successfully qualified for the second round. This brings the total number of Germans in the second round to five – more than ever before!<\/p>\n
Here are all the results at one glance:<\/p>\n
Afternoon session:
\nScott Marsh 5:6 Jason Lowe
\nBenito van de Pas 3:6 Andreas Harrysson
\nSimeon Heinz 2:6 Andy Hamilton
\nMario Vandenbogaerde 1:6 Ross Smith
\nFranz Roetzsch 6:4 Brendan Dolan
\nMichael Rosenauer 2:6 Ron Meulenkamp
\nSteve West 6:3 Toni Alcinas
\nDanny Noppert 6:1 Sebastian Pohl<\/p>\n
Evening session:
\nJamie Lewis 0:6 Robert Marijanovic
\nTytus Kanik 1:6 Martin Schindler
\nScott Baker 6:4 Michael Unterbuchner
\nMartijn Kleermaker 6:5 Arsen Ballaj
\nMadars Razma 6:4 Kai Fan Leung
\nMax Hopp 6:1 Jelle Klaasen
\nGabriel Clemens 6:1 Philipp Hagemann
\nMaik Kuivenhoven 0:6 Jesus Noguera<\/p>\n
The following pairings will take place on saturday when the top-seeded players enter the competition facing the winners of today’s first round:<\/p>\n
Afternoon session:
\nJamie Hughes : Steve West
\nAdrian Lewis : Danny Noppert
\nMichael Smith : Martin Schindler
\nJoe Cullen : Robert Marijanovic
\nDaryl Gurney : Scott Baker
\nDave Chisnall : Ron Meulenkamp
\nJames Wade : Andreas Harrysson
\nRob Cross : Franz R\u00f6tzsch<\/p>\n
Evening session:
\nKrzysztof Ratajski : Martijn Kleermaker
\nStephen Bunting : Andy Hamilton
\nNathan Aspinall : Jason Lowe
\nMensur Suljovic : Gabriel Clemens
\nMichael van Gerwen : Madars Razma
\nGerwyn Price : Ross Smith
\nJose De Sousa : Max Hopp
\nIan White : Jesus Noguera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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