Niko Springer succeeds in sensation against Michael van Gerwen

Against three world champion

German darts professional succeeds in sensation victory

Niko Springer is becoming more and more sustainable in the darts world. In Hildesheim he unexpectedly beat a superstar of the scene.

Niko Springer caused a surprise at the seventh Players Championship in Hildesheim. The German defeated Michael van Gerwen 6: 3 and thus ensured that from the Dutch in the first round.

Van Gerwen, who was the only Premier League player in Hildesheim, actually wanted to collect confidence for the upcoming seventh Premier League evening in Cardiff. But the three -time world champion left too many opportunities for the doubles. In the scoring, too, “MVG” remained unusually weak and only came to an average of 89.91 points.

Springer used these weaknesses and showed a solid performance himself. The 24-year-old tour of the tour played an average of 88.94 points and met 35.3 percent of his attempts (six out of 17).

After his coup against van Gerwen, Springer made it to the round of 16, where he had to give up Dirk van Duijvenbode with 4: 6.