With Danny Noppert there is only one Dutchman in the race at the Winmau World Masters, the first major tournament of the darts year. The Freeze won convincingly on Saturday afternoon against the Irishman William O’Connor. Michael van Gerwen choked in the evening session in the Belgian Dimitri van den Bergh, who also threw a nine-darter on his way to his 4-3 victory.

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