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The two friends hugged and Nico Kurz congratulated them warmly.

Gabriel Clemens had won the first German duel at a darts world championship with 3: 1 immediately before and can look forward to a match with defending champion Peter Wright after Christmas in addition to the first entry into the third round and £ 25,000 in prize money.

The German number one started the match with a break, Kurz responded with six perfect darts in the second and equalized after 13 arrows.

The 23-year-old then took the 2-1 lead with a 115 finish, but then gave away the first set.

With 25 points remaining, he hit 14 and then missed the 3. Kurz had fallen out.

Clemens punished his opponent 2-2 and survived a set dart in the fifth leg.

1-0 for the favorite, who also took the lead in the second set.

Strong finish: Nico Kurz made the first set unnecessarily, but then impressed with three high finishes in a row

Source: dpa / Adam Davy

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The highlights, however, were reserved for the amateur: Kurz checked 160 points to make it 1-1 and then 123 over the bullseye to make it 2-1.

When he finished the third leg in a row with a high finish, he scratched his neck in disbelief - just like last year when he missed the nine-darter by just a millimeter at his World Cup premiere.

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Clemens was the more constant player, set a high point himself with an 11-darter in the third set and got the necessary break to 2-1 in the following leg.

The averages fluctuated between 90 and 95, but both impressed with their double odds of 60 percent.

The German duo operated the best advertising for their sport.

Downright atypical that Kurz then skipped five darts to re-break.

Clemens checked to 2-1 after sets.

In the third run, the favorite was on the accelerator, increased his average to 95.7 and only wobbled a bit at the end when he needed six match darts to make it 3-1 in the last set.

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The Saarwellinger reached the third round of the World Cup for the first time and will stay with his partner in London in view of the corona pandemic.

At the 2019 World Cup, he lost 3-2 to Scotsman John Henderson in the second round, and last year the first round ended surprisingly.

Again Clemens lost just 3-2 to Benito van de Pas from the Netherlands.

"All the numbers speak for Gabriel Clemens"

The “board show” as a preview of the German duel at the Darts World Cup.

The guest is expert Robert Marijanovic, one of Gabriel Clemens' closest friends, who meets Nico Kurz in the evening.

What speaks for Gaga Clemens, what for a victory for Nico Kurz?

The answers in the video.

Source: WORLD

Now he wants to be the first German player in World Cup history to move into a round of 16.

The task couldn't be more difficult with world champion Peter Wright.

Gerwyn Price continues to shiver

Previously, on Monday evening, the “Polish Eagle” Krzysztof Ratajski, who clearly defeated Ryan Joyce 3-0, Kim Huybrechts and Gerwyn Price made it into the third round.

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Huybrechts defeated number ten in the world rankings, Ian White, who was eliminated in round two as the third seeded player after Jamie Hughes and Jeffrey de Zwaan.

Despite an average of 109, White ran after a 2: 2 set deficit after making too many mistakes on the doubles and was unable to close the gap at 1: 3.

His Belgian opponent will now face Ryan Searle in the duel of outsiders.

Then World Cup co-favorite Gerwan Price bought his ticket for the third round.

The Welshman, number three in the world rankings, defeated his compatriot Jamie Lewis, but had to tremble for a long time at 3-2 and benefited in the decisive set from a mistake by his opponent, who fell out on 68 points.

The average (91.97) and the checkout rate (34.48 percent) were not yet ready for the title either.

Monday's games

2nd round

Krzysztof Ratajski (POL / 15) - Ryan Joyce (ENG) 3-0

Ian White (ENG / 10) - Kim Huybrechts (BEL) 1: 3

Gerwyn Price (WAL / 3) - Jamie Lewis (WAL) 3-2

Gabriel Clemens (GER / 31) - Nico Kurz (GER) 3: 1

The games on Tuesday

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Second round

from 1 p.m.

Brendan Dolan (NIL / 30) - Edward Foulkes (JPN)

Joe Cullen (ENG / 16) - Wayne Jones (ENG)

Simon Whitlock (AUS / 18) - Darius Labanauskas (LTU)

Adrian Lewis (ENG / 21) - Danny Baggish (USA)

from 19 clock

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Danny Noppert (NED / 25) - Cameron Carolissen (SAF)

Devon Petersen (SAF / 29) - Steve Lennon (IRL)

Rob Cross (ENG / 5) - Dirk van Duijvenbode (NED)

Dimtri van den Bergh (BEL / 9) - Paul Lim (HKG)

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