Michael van Gerwen with Danny Noppert through in World Cup of Darts | Darts

sport">“Together with Wales (Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton, ed.), We are the favorite,” Van Gerwen said earlier from Salzburg, Austria. He and Noppert reinforced those words by sending Brazil home without too much trouble.

sport">Diogo Portela and Bruno Rangel appeared on behalf of Brazil at the geese and were immediately broken in the opening leg. On the Dutch side had Van Gerwen had his affairs in order and on the doubles it was Noppert who had his sights on sharp. Noppert was the one who threw out the first two legs.

sport">A clean sheet the Dutch duo couldn’t manage, but Brazil, on the other hand, did not get further than one leg. Van Gerwen threw out a handsome 134 with double 20 twice for a 3-1 lead, which was later expanded by the Vlijmenaar to 4-1 and via Noppert it was 5-1 on the scoreboard. Van Gerwen / Noppert had no child from Brazil and scored an average of 94.09.

sport">Together with Raymond van Barneveld, Van Gerwen won the World Cup of Darts three times. Since last season Mighty Mike however do it with another partner. Last year he formed a duo with Jermaine Wattimena, with whom he was killed in the semi-final against Ireland. This season, Van Gerwen and Noppert are making a bid for the title.

World Cup of Darts schedule

sport">First round – Friday (from 1 p.m.)

• Lithuania – Gibraltar 5-3
• Portugal – Hungary 5-0
• New Zealand 5-2 Denmark
• Northern Ireland (4) – Canada 2-5
• Belgium (5) – Czech Republic 5-4
• Austria (8) – America 5-2
• England (1) – Philippines 5-3
• Italy – Spain 4-5

sport">First round – Friday (from 7 p.m.)

• Sweden – Greece 0-5
• Japan – Scotland 3-5
• Poland – South Africa 5-0
• Ireland (7) – Australia 2-5
• Wales (2) – Russia 5-0
• Germany (6) – Finland 5-0
• Netherlands (3) – Brazil 5-1
• HongKong – Latvia 4-5

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