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It just doesn't work without drama.

Darts professional Martin Schindler (24) won the Super League on Thursday.

In the crime final against Florian Hempel (31), the Strausberger won 11:10.

He was already leading 9: 6, but then had to survive two match darts and only decided the game in the last leg.

Now he wants to prove his strong form against the world elite in the Super Series that started on Saturday.

Curiously, the draw brought the two Germans back together again in the first round.

This time Schindler was able to prevail with a sovereign score of 7: 2.

Without drama and therefore very different than on Thursday.

Schindler: “If you were to go to Netflix series, like Breaking Bad or something, you'd like to watch it.

But that shouldn't be the case at all on the darts board.

It was sometimes really brutal what happened in the last few years. "

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With the win, Schindler gets the ticket for the World Cup at Alexandra Palace in December.

He is the first German to qualify for the most important tournament of the year.

A look into the past shows how much that means to him.

The professional had missed the last two world championships.

And always damn close.

At the 2020 World Cup, he was 33rd in the Pro Tour world rankings.

The best 32 qualify directly.

He missed the last World Cup because he was missing a win.

In the final of the PDPA Qualifier he lost against Niels Zonneveld (22) 4: 7 - and with it his Tourcard.

They only keep the best 64 in the world.

He finished the year in 65th place. Participating in the World Cup would have guaranteed him a continuation on the tour.

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Schindler: “Now it finally worked out again with the World Cup.

But again in a dramatic way.

Of course, I don't like that at all.

I could have decided that thing sooner.

I noticed my nerves in the final. "

Also against Max Hopp over the full distance

Missing the World Cup just got on my nerves.

Schindler has made no secret of this in the past.

After all, he was able to get his tour card back for the professional tour at the Q-School in February.

The darts professional: “It means a lot to me to be at the World Cup.

It means a lot to me to have asserted myself in the Super League.

Precisely because I have called on constant performance.

I wanted to reward myself.

That would have been really bitter if I had lost the final.

Sometimes I played really fantastic darts. "

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Among other things, he switched to Max Hopp (25) in the semifinals, with whom he moved into the quarterfinals of the World Cup of Darts in 2017.

Of course only in the decision-making phase.

It was 10: 9 in the end.

Schindler: “Max is harder than me on the training board. He's a worker machine. I was a slacker and I paid the price for it. After I lost the Tour Card it was like a fresh start. Everyone goes their own way in this sport. You know that when you stand opposite you have to hit the other too. "

Last December, the German number 1, Gabriel Clemens (37), caused a sensation.

At the World Cup he defeated the reigning world champion Peter Wright.

Schindler followed the game as an expert on "Sport1".

Looking back, he says critically: “I think it's a shame that a lot of people think that everything happens in darts at the World Cup.

That's only a fraction.

For many, Clemens' victory over Peter Wright will still play a role.

But he himself, I think, doesn't care anymore. "

And further: “He continues to focus from game to game.

It will have meant a lot to him, that was a big step.

He could prove it to himself, he could also prove it to the critics.

But he has also beaten in other tournaments on the tour.

It is only noticed more at the World Cup. "

Schindler himself has already achieved the biggest goal of the year: Participating in the World Cup: “I would also like to play the World Grand Prix. But I don't put myself under pressure. ”One thing is certain: the next drama is sure to come.