He doesn’t seem to believe it himself: Dimitri Van den Bergh needs some time to recover after deciding the match in a wonderful way | More Sports

It was also logical that Van den Bergh was very upset: Clemens was ahead for almost the entire match. But every time Clemens took the lead, Van den Bergh was immediately able to level the signs. With a 5-4 lead for the German, Clemens missed a match dart. The Antwerp native then equalized with a 48-throw. In the deciding leg, Clemens seemed to be heading for victory again, but with his nice 152 checkout, Van den Bergh stole the German’s leg for a 6-5 victory.

Van den Bergh threw an average of 93.5 against 97.28 for Clemens, who succeeded in fifty percent of his throws. However, Van den Bergh managed a check-out average of sixty percent. For a place in the third round, Van den Bergh will compete against Northern Irishman Josh Rock (PDC 19).

Mike De Decker (PDC 40) did not make it. ‘The Real Deal’ had to compete against the five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld (PDC 30). The Dutchman immediately took a 3-0 lead. From the fourth leg onwards, Barney let up somewhat, which the Malinois took advantage of and won four legs in a row. Van Barneveld won the next two games with, among other things, a 136 throw, but De Decker was still able to pull out a decisive leg. The 57-year-old ‘Barney’ was the best in this.

The Englishman Luke Littler (PDC 26), the best on Thursday evening on the thirteenth matchday of the Premier League darts, easily put aside the Austrian Zoran Lerchbacher 6-2. He will face Australian Damon Heta (PDC 10) for a place in the third round.