:quality(80)/cdn-kiosk-api.telegraaf.nl/3c790568-2dfd-11ec-b4bd-0217670beecd.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "Impressive Michael van Gerwen to second round European Championship Darts, also Danny Noppert by | Darts")
sport">Van Gerwen shot off the starting blocks like a comet. He immediately broke his opponent with an 11-darter and then threw his own leg with 12 darts. De Vlijmenaar really left his opponent untouched and took a 4-0 lead in no time with an average of more than 106. Before the break, Krcmar did something back and put himself on the scoreboard: 4-1.
sport">Even after the break, Van Gerwen cheerfully continued where he left off and after a lightning-fast match, the four-time tournament winner was a 6-2 victory on the scoreboard.
Noppert
sport">Earlier in the evening Danny Noppert also convinced. The Dutchman had little trouble with Krzysztof Ratajski: 6-2.
sport">With a score of 2-2, the thirty-year-old Noppert had the important break in the pocket and the taste completely. He accelerated enormously, didn’t allow his Polish opponent any more legs and won the match with five legs in a row. On his first match dart it was immediately hit.
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sport">Noppert is in good form. Last week he made it to the semi-finals at the World Grand Prix in Leicester. There he eliminated compatriot Van Gerwen in the first round.
sport">The European Championship will in any case have a different winner this year. Defending champion Peter Wright went down surprisingly inglorious against German Florian Hempel on Thursday evening.
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