Austria have certified for the quarter-finals of the World Cup of Darts. Mensur Suljovic and Rowby-John Rodriguez defeated Taiwan 8-4 within the second spherical.
Taiwan surprisingly received by means of the group stage by beating Eire and Lithuania. “We knew we could not underestimate Taiwan,” Rodriguez opens. “I did not really feel so good earlier than the sport and instructed Mensur that it needed to come from him. However we began the sport very properly and that made it a bit simpler for me too.”
Austria already reached the ultimate of the World Cup of Darts in 2021. “No person anticipated us within the closing then and this 12 months too hardly anybody believed in our possibilities,” says Suljovic. “However I hope to do the identical right here as Austria on the European Soccer Championship and that’s to each attain the ultimate and ideally win it.”
Mensur Suljovic has at all times been there for the reason that begin of the World Cup of Darts in 2010
Outsider
“We’re an outsider for the title,” Rodriguez provides. “However Mensur and I imagine that it’s attainable. We’re a close-knit group and know one another inside and outside, which is definitely a distinction from different nations.”
Suljovic received a significant up to now with the (now defunct) Champions League of Darts. “However do not ask me to check that title with a attainable title on the World Cup of Darts,” he says. “That is utterly completely different, right here I play for Rowby and for my nation. I need to make them proud.”
