His arm had not yet warmed up before Dimitri Van den Bergh had to brace himself for a first hammer blow in the match.
A 170 checkout was a piece of cake for his opponent, who immediately steamed to a 3-1 lead.
The audience was eager to see it happen and lined up behind Jonny Clayton. The Dreammaker was regularly treated to a flute concert, but our fellow countryman held on and evened the score: 4-4.
Van den Bergh showed with a check-out of 125 that he is not just anyone. And that he could roar. Game on.
A smile, that’s all it elicited from Clayton.
He was playing darts carelessly. The square inch of the board he targeted was unceremoniously penetrated by his arrow.
Three times the maximum score in single legs, 156 and 126 thrown out as if in his man cave playing darts with friends. Should the force majeure be emphasized even more?
No, with two expensive misses on double 8, Van den Bergh threw in the towel, much to the delight of the audience.
He leaves the World Matchplay, Belgians Kim Huybrechts and Mike de Decker also left their 1/16th finals against Van Duijvenbode and Cullen respectively.
2023-07-19 20:15:51
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