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Should someone have turned up their nose, which is why in the "Home of Legends", a bar in Hong Kong, next to pictures of sports icons like Eric Bristow, Muhammad Ali, Pelé, Bruce Lee or Jack Nicklaus, Paul Lim is also hanging on the wall, he should watch the latest appearance of the globetrotter at the Darts World Cup 2021.
Paul Lim, owner of the cocktail bar, is sensationally in the second round of the world championship.
After defeats in the first round in recent years, he didn't seem to be able to add any further success to his 36-year World Cup history.
But the Singaporean has made history again.
At the age of 66, Lim moved into the second round against Luke Humpries, 41 years his junior.
In 1990 he threw the first nine-darter in World Cup history.
Happy after the victory: The Singapore Slinger decided the duel of the generations for itself
Source: Getty Images / Luke Walker
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The victory alone is an extraordinary achievement.
That it came about after a 2-0 set deficit - it's unbelievable.
Lim is an escape artist, known for rescuing himself from tricky situations and creating game situations in which the viewer rubs their eyes in amazement while looking at the score: How did he do it?
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Source: WORLD
Even after the set equalization to 2: 2, all perceived values spoke for Humphries, who dominated the match, was the better player, had thrown a match dart on the double-20 in the fourth set - and didn't seem to really know how Lim in it at all had brought this decision sentence.
Humphries throws 13 arrows past the double
With a score of 1: 1 in round five, the Englishman then had every chance to make the decisive 2: 1, with 8 points remaining, while Lim was still waiting at 176 points.
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Humphries, however, awarded a first legdart on the double-16 and could not use the following twelve (!) Darts to check.
Lim, on the other hand, erased the points after 22 darts on the double-4 and 14 darts later also won directly.
“It was a fight in the end and it was just about putting pressure on him.
Then it would be easy for me ”, Lim revealed his approach after the match.
The “Singapore Slinger” will meet Dimitri van den Bergh on Tuesday in round two (live on the DAZN * streaming service).
And he wants to come back and play the World Cup again at the age of 67.
“I'm getting a little tired.
I used to be able to party all night and still play the next day.
It wasn't a problem.
But that no longer works, ”he said in an interview with“ WELT ”.
He also has knee problems: “It gives me pain at tournaments in Asia.
But the events also last the whole day, "says Lim," the World Cup is not a problem for me. "
Friday's games
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1 round:
Mickey Mansell (NIL) - Hauptai Puha (NZL) 3: 0
Darius Labanauskas (LTU) - Liu Chengan (CHN) 3-0
Wayne Jones (ENG) - Ciaran Teehan (IRL) 3-2
Dirk van Duijvenbode (NED) - Bradley Brooks (ENG) 3-2
John Henderson (SCO) - Marko Kantele (FIN) 3-2
Luke Humphries (ENG) - Paul Lim (HKG) 2-3
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2nd round
Jamie Hughes (ENG / 28) - Adam Hunt (ENG) 0: 3
James Wade (ENG / 7) - Callan Rydz (ENG) 3-0
The games on Saturday
from 1 p.m.
1 round
Steve Lennon (IRL) - Daniel Larsson (SWE)
Scott Waites (ENG) - Matt Campbell (CAN)
Kim Huybrechts (BEL) - Di Zhuang (CHN)
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2nd round
Mervyn King (ENG / 19) - Max Hopp (GER)
from 19 clock
1 round
Andy Hamilton (ENG) - Nico Kurz (GER)
Andy Boulton (ENG) - Deta Hedman (ENG)
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Damon Heta (AUS) - Danny Baggish (USA)
2nd round
Michael van Gerwen (NED / 1) - Ryan Murray (SCO)
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