Dirk van Duijvenbode is killed early, Danny Noppert is lucky and what can Michael van Gerwen do? | Sport

Van Duijvenbode was immediately broken in his first leg and – despite an average of above 102 – quickly found himself 0-3 behind. For a moment it even seemed like it would be 0-4, but Williams missed and Aubergeniusthe number 10 in the world, took advantage of this.

With 1-3, something seemed possible for Van Duijvenbode again, but he missed too many doubles (finishing percentage of only 21 percent) to make up for his deficit. Williams did not get nervous at 3-5 and finished the match via double 5. Van Duijvenbode threw the maximum 180 score six times and concluded his tournament with an average of 96.74.

Noppert, number 9 in the world, met a qualifier with Östlund who is not yet ranked on the PDC Order of Merit. However, the Swede gave a good fight TheFreeze had to do everything he could to get rid of his opponent.

At 4-4, Östlund was broken for the first time by Noppert. The man from Journe did not take control of the match, because after a very mediocre leg the score was suddenly 5-5 again. In the deciding leg, Noppert escaped thanks to a 180’er and a nice 84 finish. He recorded an average of 97.63 and threw a total of six 180’s.

Noppert may face Scott Willias, Dirk van Duijvenbode’s conqueror, in the last sixteen on Sunday.

The tournament in Budapest is part of the European Tour and is the twelfth of this series this season. Joe Cullen was the best in Hungary last year.

Afternoon:
Martin Schindler – Sebastian Bialecki 6-1
Danny Noppert – Anton Östlund 6-5
Ryan Searle – Rowby John Rodriguez 4-6
Josh Rock – Mike DeDecker 1-6
Rob Cross – Luke Woodhouse 3-6
Dirk van Duijvenbode -Scott Williams 3-6
Damon Heta – Nandor Major
Joe Cullen – James Wade

Evening:
Nathan Aspinall – Gian van Veen
Luke Humphries – Kean Barry
Peter Wright – Scott Waites
Gerwyn Price – Nathan Rafferty
Michael Smith – Jose de Sousa
Michael van Gerwen -Ross Smith
Dave Chisnall – Scott Mitchell
Jonny Clayton – Jermaine Wattimena