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Dimitri van den Bergh denies nine-dart Ross Smith at the Dutch Darts Championship

Jamie Shaw in European Tour 25 May 2024

Van den Bergh denies Smith

Dimitri Van den Bergh defied a nine-darter from Ross Smith in Round Two of the Dutch Darts Championship in Rosmalen on Saturday.

Former European Champion Smith had previously achieved perfection on the European Tour in Gibraltar in 2013, and followed Luke Humphries and Luke Littler in hitting a nine-dart finish in this year’s campaign.

However, it was not enough to see him through to the Last 16 as he failed to fully recover from an abject start which saw him fall 4-0 behind.

Smith reeled off four legs in a row, with the nine-darter coming in leg seven, but was left to rue costly missed doubles in the latter stages as Van den Bergh regained his composure to claim the next two legs for victory.

Meanwhile, Michael van Gerwen headlined the Dutch quartet who progressed through Saturday’s Second Round, with Danny Noppert, Jermaine Wattimena and Gian van Veen also sealing their place in the final day of action on home soil.

Three-time World Champion Van Gerwen whitewashed an out of sorts Kevin Doets, finishing six doubles from nine attempts and sealing victory with a 108 checkout.

Noppert survived a missed match dart from Andrew Gilding – who was unable to land double 12 for a 141 finish in a dramatic conclusion to their tie – after Wattimena had earlier taken out 127 to seal the deal against Ricardo Pietreczko.

Van Veen escaped after two missed match darts from Dom Taylor in a dramatic end to their contest as he returned to take victory with his fifth dart at a double to progress to a clash with Gerwyn Price.

Van Gerwen’s third round opponent will be Chris Dobey – who also coasted to a whitewash win as he punished a desolate display from Dutch youngster Moreno Blom.

Former World Champion Price also enjoyed a routine whitewash win as he thrashed Mickey Mansell 6-0 with a 101 average.

Reigning champion Dave Chisnall kicked off his title defence with a commanding 6-2 success against Niels Zonneveld, averaging 100.7 to advance to a Last 16 tie with Jonny Clayton.

Clayton defied five 180s from Host Nation Qualifier Marvin van Velzen to seal his progress, while Ryan Searle reeled off four straight legs to dump out James Wade 6-3 with a ton-plus average.

Searle will now meet Dutch-born Swede Jeffrey de Graaf – who became the first player to move through to the Last 16 courtesy of a 6-3 victory over Masters champion Stephen Bunting.

Ritchie Edhouse converted sensational checkouts of 150 and 164 to deny second seed Damon Heta in an extraordinary tussle and continue his prolific European Tour form this year.

Cameron Menzies followed up Friday’s first round win over Raymond van Barneveld with victory over another former World Champion, Peter Wright, in their all-Scottish tussle.

Wright led 3-1 early on, but Menzies took the next five legs without reply as he moved through to Finals Day for the second time in 2024.

Martin Schindler defied a 145 checkout from Brendan Dolan to maintain his hopes of a second European Tour title of 2024 with a 6-4 success as he moves through to meet Van den Bergh.

Luke Woodhouse averaged 99.3 to end Daryl Gurney’s hopes of World Cup of Darts qualification with a 6-4 victory.

Northern Irish number one Josh Rock impressed with an average of 104.8 as he overcame Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-3.

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Dutch Darts Championship 2024 Day Two Results

Saturday May 25

Second Round

Afternoon Session
Stephen Bunting 3-6 Jeffrey De Graaf
Daryl Gurney 4-6 Luke Woodhouse
Damon Heta 5-6 Ritchie Edhouse
Dave Chisnall 6-2 Niels Zonneveld
Jonny Clayton 6-4 Marvin van Velzen
Ricardo Pietreczko 5-6 Jermaine Wattimena
Danny Noppert 6-5 Andrew Gilding
Ryan Searle 6-3 James Wade

Evening Session
Chris Dobey 6-0 Moreno Blom
Gerwyn Price 6-0 Mickey Mansell
Josh Rock 6-3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Michael van Gerwen 6-0 Kevin Doets
Martin Schindler 6-4 Brendan Dolan
Peter Wright 3-6 Cameron Menzies
Ross Smith 4-6 Dimitri van den Bergh – *Smith hits a nine-darter*
Gian van Veen 6-5 Dom Taylor

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2024 Dutch Championship 🇳🇱9️⃣
Ross Smith lands his second nine-darter on the European Tour 🙌🏻pic.twitter.com/qCNdu6pvOv
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