With the first session of the Unibet European Darts Championship the grand finale of the 2020
\nEuropean Tour began today at the K\u00f6nig-Pilsener-ARENA in Oberhausen. It was an unprecedented
\nday of darts for the fans in attendance. In a huge session all 16 games of the first round were played
\ntoday in which the top 32 of the European Tour were in action.<\/p>\n
Jose de Sousa provided the highlight of the day in the fourth game of the night: The Portuguese, who
\nwon his first European Tour title in Sindelfingen two weeks ago, hit the perfect game against Jeffrey
\nde Zwaan in the second leg. A 180 was followed by a 177 and with a finish of 144 de Sousa delighted
\nthe audience in Oberhausen. In the end he made it through to the second round with a 6:3 victory.<\/p>\n
The number 1 of the world, Michael van Gerwen displayed a much improved performance after his
\ndip in form of the last months. MVG averaged 103.13 against Darius Labanauskas and left the
\nLithuanian, who also had an average of over 100, no chance in the end with a 6:1 victory.<\/p>\n
And also the number 2 of the order of merit impressed in Oberhausen: Gerwyn Price eliminated Kim
\nHuybrechts by 6:1, with an average of 103.68 and a sensational double percentage of 85%.
\nThe former German number 1 Max Hopp, however, had to bow out in round one. In a good game at
\neye level, the 24-year-old missed two match darts against Jonny Clayton from Wales and lost by the
\nnarrow margin of 5:6.<\/p>\n
Also for the second German in the event it was not enough to advance to the second round. Gabriel
\nClemens, who has been Germany’s number 1 since last weekend, played an average of just over 100,
\nbut in the end he hardly had a chance against world champion Peter Wright. “Snakebite” offered the
\nperformance of the day with his average of 104.44.<\/p>\n
There were also some surprises in store for the fans at the K\u00f6nig-Pilsener-ARENA. Defending
\nchampion Rob Cross (3:6 against Martijn Kleermaker), as well as Dave Chisnall (5:6 against Jamie
\nHughes) and Krzysztof Ratajski (5:6 against Steve West) went out at the first hurdle of the EDC 2020.
\n\u200b
\nUnibet European Darts Championship 2020, Thursday, Round 1
\nJamie Hughes 6:5 Dave Chisnall
\nSteve West: 6:5 Krzysztof Ratajski
\nIan White 6:2 Mervyn King
\nJose de Sousa 6:3 Jeffrey de Zwaan
\nJames Wade 6:5 Steve Lennon
\nDevon Petersen 6:1 Andy Hamilton
\nMichael Smith 6:5 Ross Smith
\nDirk van Duijvenbode 6:0 Danny Noppert
\nNathan Aspinall 6:3 Maik Kuivenhoven
\nWilliam O`Connor 6:3 Joe Cullen
\nMartijn Kleermaker 6:3 Rob Cross
\nJonny Clayton 6:5 Max Hopp
\nMichael van Gerwen 6:1 Darius Labanauskas
\nGerwyn Price 6:1 Kim Huybrechts
\nPeter Wright 6:3 Gabriel Clemens
\nMensur Suljovic 6:2 Daryl Gurney<\/p>\n
That results in the following second round matches:
\nWilliam O \u0301Connor \u2013 Jamie Hughes
\nNathan Aspinall \u2013 James Wade
\nDevon Petersen \u2013 Martijn Kleermaker
\nMichael van Gerwen \u2013 Ian White
\nGerwyn Price \u2013 Peter Wright
\nMensur Suljovic \u2013 Steve West
\nJose de Sousa \u2013 Jonny Clayton
\nMichael Smith \u2013 Dirk van Duijvenbode
\n\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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