Darts Darts in Riesa
Anger for Price and German fans after Schindler’s big victory
Status: 15.04.2024 | Reading time: 3 minutes
Gerwyn Price after the whistle: “I would have won in Wales”
Quelle: PDC Europe/Jonas Hunold
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Martin Schindler wins his first PDC title on the professional tour. The winner’s joy is enormous. His opponent in the final, on the other hand, addresses the unfairness of German darts fans. The timing of the criticism was poorly chosen. But the content is not wrong.
The stage belonged to the winner, who enjoyed it to its full length and width. Martin Schindler jumped, crawled and ran back and forth, not knowing what to do with his emotions after his first tournament success on the European Tour of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
There were moments of joy, relief and pride after the greatest success of what was, despite 27 years, a long career. The congratulations on winning the International Darts Open in Riesa continued the day after, which Schindler spent at a PR meeting in Berlin. Hundreds of people congratulated him personally on the phone and via WhatsApp, and significantly more on social networks.
Dream or reality? Martin Schindler can hardly believe his success
Quelle: PDC Europe/Jonas Hunold
Empathy that his final opponent lacked a little. Although Gerwyn Price congratulated the German and even hugged him after his decisive checkout on double 16, his frustration later broke out.
“Martin, Gabriel, all the German players are fantastic. But the spectators are an advantage,” he said on stage, giving an insight into what was bothering him before he went back to the usual phrases: “I’m not happy with myself. I should have won the game. But congratulations to Martin. He did well.” At the end of his short statement, words from the depths of his soul: “I think I would have won the game if we had played in Wales.”
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Statistically he was the better player in all areas, with one decisive exception in darts: the success rate on the double fields. Only five of the 20 attempts on the doubles landed on target. And the spectators definitely played their part in that. Some spectators consistently disrupted the concentration phases immediately before checkout with targeted whistles.
Players are annoyed with German fans
A phenomenon that could be observed in Riesa over the entire weekend: When German players were on stage, the opponents were disturbed using unfair means. The Dutchman Dirk van Duijvenbode, for example, was so annoyed after his defeat in the second round against Gabriel Clemens that he asked the caller on stage to take action. He left the stage shortly afterwards, whistling sarcastically on his fingers and giving malicious applause to the fans.
“The spectators were on my side throughout the entire tournament,” said Price, wondering about the change in mood after the final. In his round of 16 against Ricardo Pietreczko, the home power of the fans was not a factor given the Welshman’s incredible 115 average, but against Schindler it became a factor.
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Given the German’s great joy, the moment of his criticism seemed a bit unfortunate. Which doesn’t change the fact that Price, who incidentally is the record winner of the tournament in Riesa, is basically right on target with his criticism.
The Welshman only had to accept one accusation. When Schindler was brought to the hall microphone a second time, Price left the stage waving to the audience. Not a good exit. However, it was not a scandal, as some have called it. In Riesa, fair play was missed on stage, not on stage.
