Gabriel Clemens’ opening opponent at the Darts World Cup in London’s Alexandra Palace has been determined.
The German number one will face Man Lok Leung from Hong Kong in their second round duel on Thursday evening (from 8:00 p.m./Sport1 and DAZN). On Monday he defeated the junior world champion Gian van Veen (Netherlands) 3-2 and secured the meeting with the “German Giant”, who, as a seeded player, had a bye in the first round.
At the last World Championships, Clemens was the first German to surprisingly storm into the semi-finals, and was ranked 22nd in the world rankings just in time for the season’s highlight. recently regained his strong form from last year.
Like Clemens’ opponent Leung, Thibault Tricole also made it to the next round. The first French World Cup participant in history defeated the Belgian Mario Vandenbogaerde 3-1 on his debut and can now look forward to former world champion Rob Cross (England).