German Darts Championship - Second Day

ANDERSON And VAN GERWEN SNEAK THROUGH IN GERMAN DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP
GARY ANDERSON and Michael van Gerwen overcame tricky opponents as they won through to the German Darts Championship third round on Saturday, as Adrian Lewis and Stephen Bunting enjoyed whitewashes in Hildesheim.

World Champion Anderson overcame a major scare before edging past Ricky Williams 6-5 in a deciding 11th leg, as the Portsmouth ace fought back to cause the top seed some nervous moments.
Anderson - the 2014 German Darts Championship winner - started superbly by taking the first three legs, and after Williams cut the gap to 3-2, the Scot took the next two to move to the brink of victory - only to miss five darts as the qualifier hit back to force a decider. The number one seed's experience showed, though, in the 11th leg as he moved through to a third round meeting on Sunday afternoon against Steve Beaton - who defeated John Bowles 6:3 - in his bid to retain the title in Hildesheim.

"Ricky stuck in and did what he needed to do, and he put the pressure on so I'm glad to get through that," said Anderson. "I'm glad for the match practice and it would be great to do well on Sunday."

Michael van Gerwen overcame Jelle Klaasen with a 6-3 win from their all-Dutch clash to remain on course for a third successive ranking victory and a fourth tournament win of the month.
After Klaasen took the opening leg against the throw, van Gerwen won the next five - including a 130 checkout - to take command, and though the former Lakeside Champion took out 81 in the next two legs the in-form star went on to seal the win.

"I'm pleased to get the win but I didn't play as well as I wanted to," said van Gerwen. "I want to play well game after game but I have to focus round by round because you can't afford any mistakes now."

Van Gerwen now meets another former Lakeside Champion, Stephen Bunting, after the number 15 seed swept aside Stuart Kellett 6-0, with the qualifier missing seven darts at doubles during the contest.
World number four Lewis turned on the style with a superb whitewash of Dutch teenager Jeffrey De Zwaan, who had defeated Devon Petersen on Friday but had no answer to the reigning UK Open champion. Lewis opened the first two legs with 180s and added a 14-darter to lead 3-0, and punished missed doubles from the youngster before sealing his victory with an effortless 140 checkout.
Lewis will meet Peter Wright in the third round, with the 2014 World Championship finalist surviving a missed match dart from plucky Ross Smith in the deciding leg of a close contest.

Wright took a 4-1 lead before Smith hit back to level at four-all, with the youngster sharing the next two to send the game into a decider - but a miss at double 16 allowed the Premier League star back in to post double eight for the win.
World number six James Wade impressed with an average of 99.95 in his 6-3 win over Terry Jenkins which sets up a third round meeting with Vincent van der Voort, who overcame European Tour debutant James Wilson 6-1.
Australian star Simon Whitlock also enjoyed a 6-1 victory as he swept aside Austrian World Cup representative Maik Langendorf, earning him a last 16 meeting with Robert Thornton.

Thornton defied the discomfort of a chest infection to see off the challenge of Bristol's Andy Parsons, who was in touch throughout a close contest only for a break of throw in leg eight from the Scot to prove crucial as he won 6-4. Number three seed Michael Smith overcame a scare against qualifier Pete Dyos as he came from 3-1 down to win 6-4 in their clash.. Smith, who won the last European Tour event of 2014, landed five 180s in the game but missed 22 darts at a double before he finally booked his place in the third round against Mensur Suljovic.
Austrian star Suljovic enjoyed a strong performance as he defeated Belgian ace Kim Huybrechts 6-4, pulling away with three of the final four legs as he moved into the last 16.

Mervyn King edged out Andy Smith 6-5 after the Studley thrower hit back from 5-2 down to force a deciding leg of their clash, and he now meets Justin Pipe after the former Austrian Darts Open winner's 6-2 defeat of Andy Boulton, for whom a 143 finish was not enough.
Northern Ireland's Brendan Dolan swept aside Belgian Ronny Huybrechts and now faces qualifier Joe Murnan, who impressed with a 6-4 win over Ian White.







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