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The surprise at the 28th Darts World Championship so far was that there had been none.
After a season full of unexpected tournaments and title wins, the favorites prevailed on the first three days at Alexandra Palace.
Until Friday.
The fact that Jamie Hughes, seeded number 28 in the tournament, lost his second round match to Adam Hunt does not yet qualify as a sensation.
But nobody could have expected the way - least of all Hughes himself.
The Englishman kept shaking his head, raising his eyebrows and quarreling.
He started over and over again, tried to collect himself, threw himself through in the breaks, but nothing worked.
You could feel sorry for Hughes.
Shoulder problems with "Yozza"
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"A very weak idea that I can only explain to myself that his shoulder problems are stronger than I feared," said TV expert Wayne Mardle on British TV after the clear 3-0 against number 76 in the world rankings.
With “Yozza” the first player to be eliminated from the Top32.
Also benefited from the weak performance of his opponent: Adam Hunt
Source: Getty Images / Luke Walker
Hughes went down with 0: 3, 1: 3, 1: 3, was after the eleven legs with an indisputable average of 75.36 and got only three darts on a double field in the entire match.
Negative value at this World Cup.
After all, he could score twice.
Accordingly, his opponent commented on his victory calmly: “I'm just happy to be in the third round,” said the “Hunter”, who looked back on the much more difficult 3-2 in the first round against Lisa Ashton: “That was a really tough match. "
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After the Christmas break, Hunt will now continue in the third round.
He will spend the holidays with his family and exercise with his brother.
"World champion Peter Wright will be eliminated against a German"
Darts is booming, as evidenced by the number of hits on portals such as dartn.de.
Our guest and expert Marvin van den Boom sees good chances for Gabriel Clemens, Max Hopp and Nico Kurz at this World Cup and firmly believes in the first round of 16 participation by a German.
Source: WORLD
The Friday afternoon games
1 round
Mickey Mansell (NIL) - Hauptai Puha (NZL) 3: 0
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Darius Labanauskas (LTU) - Liu Chengan (CHN) 3-0
Wayne Jones (ENG) - Ciaran Teehan (IRL) 3-2
2nd round
Jamie Hughes (ENG / 28) - Adam Hunt (ENG) 0: 3
Still playing in the evening:
1 round
Dirk van Duijvenbode (NED) - Bradley Brooks (ENG)
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John Henderson (SCO) - Marko Kantele (FIN)
Luke Humphries (ENG) - Paul Lim (HKG)
2nd round
James Wade (ENG / 7) - Callan Rydz (ENG)