Glorious retreat for Jermaine Wattimena at the World Championship darts | Darts

sport">From the first moment the man from Westervoort was behind the facts. Van den Bergh broke Wattimena in the first set and although the Dutchman did that in turn immediately, the first set went to the Belgian. After he finished, Wattimena hit his forehead with his hand.

Anger

sport">It would be a precursor to how the third afternoon match at Alexandra Palace would go. Van den Bergh took the lead, gave Wattimena a few chances here and there by throwing low scores, but his opponent was unable to step in. After the second (lost) set, in which all legs went with the darts, he threw his arrows furiously at the table.

sport">Van den Bergh was feeling better by the minute, felt that he hardly had anything to fear and also took the third set from Wattimena. Just like in the first leg of the match, Van den Bergh broke him and claimed the set 3-1. Via a perfect fourth set (3-0 in legs), the Belgian eventually qualified for the eighth final.

Boost

sport">“It is not that Dimitri was throwing so brilliantly at the start of the game, but I do not take the chances that I still get,” Wattimena concluded opposite. RTL7. “I tried to boost myself a bit during the entire match, but at a certain point that doesn’t work anymore. I will be working on myself in the near future. ”

Van Gerwen in evening session

sport">Earlier in the afternoon, Krzysztof Ratajski and Ryan Searle Van den Bergh led the way to the last sixteen. Ratajski was 4-0 too strong for Simon Whitlock, Searle defeated Kim Huybrechts 4-2. In the evening session on Sunday, Michael van Gerwen comes into action, he meets Ricky Evans.

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