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The tournament was less than an hour old when a nine-darter had already fallen.
Sebastian Bialecki, a 17-year-old debutante from Poland, played the perfect game at the UK Open.
With a 6: 2 he moved against the Scot Jim Mcwan in the second round.
A spectacular start that kept what the major tournament known as the “FA Cup des Darts” promises every year.
Even without spectators and despite the venue being relocated due to the corona pandemic, the missing seeding list and the 154-participant XXL starting field provide a special attraction.
This year, the tournament in Milton Keynes will also see Raymond van Barneveld's comeback on the big stage.
The legend, who won a first tournament after a successful Q-School last weekend, was eliminated right from the start.
Hopp and Clemens on lap four
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Van Barneveld lost 3: 6 to Alan Soutar, whom he had defeated 6: 2 in the quarter-finals last Saturday.
“I tried last week, but he came back.
I'm so relieved that I made it this time, ”said the Scottish firefighter, who was on night duty at the fire station on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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After his strong performances - last weekend he had beaten several top ten players at the same time - Soutar is the big surprise on the tour and is considering trying it as a full professional in the future.
Lisa Ashton also caused a stir on Friday.
"The Lancashire Rose" threw a record average for a woman at a television tournament in her second round win against Aaron Beeney on the TV stage.
At the end of the statistics, the statistics showed an average of 100.3 points when they beat their English compatriot 6-2.
An achievement that has remained unconfirmed.
81.0 points against Darius Labanauskas were not enough in round three.
She was eliminated with 2: 6.
Extreme fluctuation: After the record average, Lisa Ashton was disillusioned
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Martin Schindler got a lot closer out of the tournament.
The Strausberger had played his way into the third round with victories over the Dutchman Berry van Peer (6: 5, average: 92.1) and the Canadian Jeff Smith (6: 1, 95: 8).
Against Martijn Kleermaker he threw an average of 93.4 again, but had to let the Dutchman go ahead at 5: 6 and be content with 1000 pounds of prize money.
Steffen Siepmann and Lukas Wenig had already failed because of their opening hurdles in the tournament, which lasted until Sunday.
Florian Hempel had withdrawn his participation for private reasons after Robert Marijanovic and Michael Unterbuchner had previously had to cancel.
Nevertheless, there are still two Germans in the fourth round in Milton Keynes on Friday evening (including DAZN live *).
In addition to Gabriel Clemens, who qualified for the fourth round as number 29 in the world rankings, Max Hopp also made it to the top 64 players.
Sovereign success: Max Hopp equalized 2-2 in a direct comparison with William O'Connor
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The Idsteiner won against the Irishman William O'Connor 6: 3 thanks to a concentrated performance.
In the end, the 24-year-old was happy about an average of 99.6.
And Bialecki?
The Pole caused a sensation throughout the afternoon.
In his second round match he experienced his second nine-darter.
This time, however, from opponent Jitse van der Wal.
And after a 6: 3 against the Dutchman, he also beat his compatriot Derk Telnekes with the same result and moved into the fourth round.
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