Darts Championship: The Dutch invasion is repelled – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

      

 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         

 
 
 
 
 
          Lightweight and easy (l.) Pjil Taylor holds Raymond van Barneveld at distance
     

 
                                           
 
 
     
     
     
         
         
                                                             

There “threatened” at the 22nd edition of the PDC World Championship Darts for the first time a final without British participation – are on Sunday now but the English world champion Phil Taylor instead of two Dutch and the Scot Gary Anderson in the final of the World Championship Darts PDC of the professional association. The two Britons eligible on Saturday evening with relatively significant victories against their Dutch opponents.

                         
         
         
                                                             
                                 

Anderson finished first in the first semifinal of the dream of the previous World Champion Michael van Gerwen of the title. After the 6: 3 win the Scotsman stands for the second time after 2011 in the World Cup final. There he meets the sixteen-times world champion Taylor, thanks to an unchallenged 6: may deny such a final victory after 2 sets against his arch rival Raymond van Barneveld for the 18th time. In an operation Taylor failed in the final course twice just: never played in a World Cup a nine-darter of the most successful players in the history of darts, so the 501 points in a single game played down with the least possible number of nine litters. Against van Barneveld, he was twice until the eighth throw on the right course for this feat, and just missed each triple-19 short. However, that was probably a good omen: The date last three players who achieved a nine-darter in this and the World Cup last year, lost their games despite the singular feat

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Although now two Britons the last seven winning sets, each with five legs (individual games) scheduled Final dispute is ongoing World Cup for the expansion of the game beyond the island. Came a few years ago most seven or all eight quarter-finalists from England, as represented in this year only Taylor and his compatriot Stephen Bunting and three Scots, the colors of the old darts Empire. In addition to the semifinal losers also was another Dutchman, Vincent van der Voort, in the top eight.

                         
         
         
         
             
                                                                      
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

     
     

 
     
 

     
 
     
 
     

 
         
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Gary Anderson (l.) Is in the final, Title defender Michael van Gerwen looks on Sunday

 
             
 
             
 
                             
         
         
     

 

     

 

 
 

 
     
     
                 
                                 
                                                                             
                                                                                                               
         
                                     
                                          Gary Anderson (l.) Is in the final, Title defender Michael van Gerwen looks on Sunday
                     
     
     
 

 
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The German participants celebrated a little respect for success by first time two players had qualified for the second round. The 18 year old talent Max Hopp may due to the advancement in the top 64 on the money list, the PDC equipped in the new year with the tour map of significantly more tournaments than before. This gives him the chance to establish himself as a professional in the extended world class.

                                                                             
 
  

 
 
 
                       

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