Van Gerwen's Nine-Dart Hamburg Heroics

European Tour

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN landed the PDC European Tour's first nine-dart finish for five years against Ryan Joyce on Saturday night.

2018 European Darts Matchplay Day One

European Tour

ROBERT MARIJANOVIC produced the performance of the day with a 6-3 win over Jermaine Wattimena at the European Darts Matchplay, as the European Tour event began on Friday.

2018 European Darts Matchplay Schedule

European Tour

THE draw and schedule of play for the European Darts Matchplay in Hamburg are now available.

Suljovic Savours 'Perfect' Denmark Weekend

News

MENSUR SULJOVIC described his Danish Darts Open victory as a 'perfect' weekend in Copenhagen.

Suljovic Lifts Danish Darts Open Title

European Tour

MENSUR SULJOVIC secured his first European Tour title of the year as he defeated Simon Whitlock 8-3 in the final of the inaugural Danish Darts Open in Copenhagen.

2018 Danish Darts Open Day Two

European Tour

THE 2018 Danish Darts Open continues on Saturday with the second round in Copenhagen.

2018 Danish Darts Open Day One

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ADRIAN LEWIS secured a 6-3 win over Ted Evetts at the Danish Darts Open, as the European Tour event began on Friday.

Laursen Heads Danish Darts Open Qualifiers

European Tour

PER LAURSEN, Brian Lokken, Darius Labanauskas and Dennis Nilsson secured places in the inaugural Danish Darts Open.

2018 Danish Darts Open Draw & Schedule

European Tour

THE inaugural Danish Darts Open will begin on Friday in Copenhagen - draw & schedule of play here.

2018 European Tour: Top Five Moments So Far

European Tour

THE 2018 European Tour has produced some magnificent moments so far, with memorable first-time victories, emerging new talent and all-round stunning darts thrown.

Michael van Gerwen picked up his second European Tour title of the year in Graz on Sunday, defeating Danny Noppert 8-5 in the final.

Van Gerwen backed up his German Darts Championship win in March by defeating fellow-Dutchman Noppert in front of a capacity crowd at the Premstättner Halle to pocket the £25,000 winner's prize.

The world number three ended last year with just one ranking title to his name, but already has four this time around as the three-time World Champion continues his resurgence in 2022.

"I always want to win, I always put pressure on my shoulders so to win this title means a lot," said Van Gerwen, who now has 34 European Tour titles to his name.

"We all had to wait a long time to play this tournament again but this crowd made it worth the wait; they were phenomenal, not just for me but for everyone in the tournament.

"It was really hard to perform on stage because of the heat which makes me even more proud of myself to get this win."

The tournament reached its climax with Finals Day on Sunday, with the last 16 taking place in the afternoon session before the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in the evening.

Van Gerwen avenged Thursday's Premier League loss to James Wade in the last 16 tie, coming through a last-leg decider to set up a quarter-final meeting with Dirk van Duijvenbode.

Van Gerwen's most impressive display of the weekend saw him average 106.05 to earn a 6-1 win over his countryman, before seeing off Stephen Bunting 7-5 in the semi-finals.

The final saw Noppert fight back from 3-0 down, hitting a 120 checkout on the way, to level at 3-3 and the pair remained all square four legs later at 5-5.

The 12th leg proved decisive as Van Gerwen landed a 14-dart break of throw to open up daylight at 7-5, before following up with another 14-darter to seal victory.

The wait for a maiden European Tour title goes on for Noppert, who reached his first final having previously made the semi-finals on three occasions.

The UK Open champion enjoyed victories over Premier League leader Jonny Clayton, Joe Cullen and Nathan Aspinall en route to the final.

It was another encouraging weekend for Aspinall on his return from injury, defeating Madars Razma and Ricky Evans to reach the last four.

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