Nine-Dart Heroics For Beaton

European Tour

STEVE BEATON landed a nine-dart finish during his 6-3 win over Kirk Shepherd at the German Darts Open on Friday.

2019 German Darts Open Draw & Schedule

European Tour

MAX HOPP will begin the defence of his German Darts Open title against either Stephen Bunting or John Henderson.

2019 German Darts Grand Prix Day Two

European Tour

RICKY EVANS stunned Michael Smith with a 6-0 win in round two of the German Darts Grand Prix.

2019 German Darts Grand Prix Day One

European Tour

KRZYSZTOF RATAJSKI will face Michael van Gerwen in the second round of the German Darts Grand Prix.

Munch Amongst Final Munich Qualifiers

European Tour

KEVIN MUNCH, Dragutin Horvat and Michael Rasztovits were amongst the final qualifiers for the German Darts Grand Prix.

2019 German Darts Grand Prix Draw & Schedule

European Tour

The draw and schedule for the German Darts Grand Prix has been confirmed.

2019 European Tour 5-6 Qualifiers

European Tour

TEN players secured places in both the Austrian Darts Open and European Darts Grand Prix in the UK & European Qualifiers.

2019 European Tour 5-6 Qualifier Entries

European Tour

ENTRIES for the fifth and sixth European Tour events of the year have been confirmed.

Gurney's German Darts Championship Glory

European Tour

DARYL GURNEY claimed his first European Tour title by winning the German Darts Championship.

2019 German Darts Championship Day Two

European Tour

KEEGAN BROWN claimed victory over world number one Michael van Gerwen in the German Darts Championship second round.

Michael van Gerwen picked up his second European Tour title of the year in Graz on Sunday, defeating Danny Noppert 8-5 in the final.

Van Gerwen backed up his German Darts Championship win in March by defeating fellow-Dutchman Noppert in front of a capacity crowd at the Premstättner Halle to pocket the £25,000 winner's prize.

The world number three ended last year with just one ranking title to his name, but already has four this time around as the three-time World Champion continues his resurgence in 2022.

"I always want to win, I always put pressure on my shoulders so to win this title means a lot," said Van Gerwen, who now has 34 European Tour titles to his name.

"We all had to wait a long time to play this tournament again but this crowd made it worth the wait; they were phenomenal, not just for me but for everyone in the tournament.

"It was really hard to perform on stage because of the heat which makes me even more proud of myself to get this win."

The tournament reached its climax with Finals Day on Sunday, with the last 16 taking place in the afternoon session before the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in the evening.

Van Gerwen avenged Thursday's Premier League loss to James Wade in the last 16 tie, coming through a last-leg decider to set up a quarter-final meeting with Dirk van Duijvenbode.

Van Gerwen's most impressive display of the weekend saw him average 106.05 to earn a 6-1 win over his countryman, before seeing off Stephen Bunting 7-5 in the semi-finals.

The final saw Noppert fight back from 3-0 down, hitting a 120 checkout on the way, to level at 3-3 and the pair remained all square four legs later at 5-5.

The 12th leg proved decisive as Van Gerwen landed a 14-dart break of throw to open up daylight at 7-5, before following up with another 14-darter to seal victory.

The wait for a maiden European Tour title goes on for Noppert, who reached his first final having previously made the semi-finals on three occasions.

The UK Open champion enjoyed victories over Premier League leader Jonny Clayton, Joe Cullen and Nathan Aspinall en route to the final.

It was another encouraging weekend for Aspinall on his return from injury, defeating Madars Razma and Ricky Evans to reach the last four.

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