Gabriel Clemens is the last remaining German to be eliminated from the Darts World Championship in London. The 38-year-old Saarlander lost his third round match on Monday against top Welsh player Jonny Clayton 0: 4 and was unable to repeat his round of 16 from the previous year. The “German Giant”, as Clemens is called, made a lot of mistakes on the doubles and was inferior to the strong favorite for almost the entire duration of the game. Clayton is now playing against the Englishman Michael Smith.
Already in his second round match against Lewy Williams (3-0) Clemens acted below his possibilities and benefited from the double weakness of the Welsh rival.
A year ago, Clemens surprisingly defeated defending champion Peter Wright from Scotland and was the first German ever to reach the round of 16 at the most important tournament in the world. The other two participants, Martin Schindler and Fabian Schmutzler, were eliminated in round one.
No more Germans represented in London
For the German professionals, the Darts World Cup is already over before the round of 16. In the afternoon Florian Hempel failed 4-1 against Australian outsider Raymond Smith. “These are happy days for me. It worked out great for me, ”said the Australian after his clear victory. “It’s going fantastic, I’m happy with my game,” he added. Hempel, on the other hand, left the stage in “Ally Pally” after the rather mixed appearance with a sad look.
Florian Hempel was eliminated in the third round of the Darts World Cup.
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Florian Hempel was unable to build on his performance after his strong performance against fellow favorite van den Bergh. The former handball goalkeeper played 87.66 points on average, his dreaded double quota was only 34.6 percent. With his third round entry, however, Hempel brought in 25,000 pounds (29,650 euros) in prize money and thus moved into the top 64 in the world.
Hempel, who had won the German duel against his buddy Martin Schindler at the beginning, was initially unnoticed by his newly gained self-confidence. Born in Dessau, he had problems getting into the game at the beginning and lost the first set. Smith, whose son Ky was eliminated in the first round, was able to call up his performance from the first two games, showed the better nerve in the course of the game and also got the second set.
Hempel, who only started darts four years ago, started a short comeback in the third set, which he won. But Smith couldn’t miss the win, which he made perfect in the fifth set. The 42-year-old delivered a constant performance and averaged 94.79 points.
The former handball player also failed to provide support for his compatriot Max Hopp. This could now lose the so-called tour card if the Australian Smith wins another game and displaces him from the necessary 64th place in the world rankings. The tour card entitles players to take part in important PDC tournaments. “I don’t even think about that,” commented the Australian.
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