Dutch Darts Championship: Michael van Gerwen delights home crowd with whitewash

Peter Wright crashed out after he failed to beat Cameron Menzies in an all-Scottish affair.

Menzies remarkably won five straight legs to knock out the multiple world champion 6-3.

Gerwyn Price was also on form as he booked his place in the next round with a dominant 6-0 win over Mickey Mansell.

Price will now face Gian van Veen who defeated Dom Taylor 6-5 in a close contest.

Reigning champion Dave Chisnall kicked off his title defence with a resounding 6-2 success against Niels Zonneveld, averaging over 100 to advance to a last 16 showdown against Jonny Clayton.

Clayton defied five 180s from Host Nation Qualifier Marvin van Velzen to seal his progress, while Ryan Searle reeled off four straight legs to dump out James Wade with a ton-topping average.

Searle now plays Dutch-born Swede Jeffrey de Graaf, who was the first player to move through to the last 16 in Rosmalen, courtesy of a 6-3 victory over Masters champion Stephen Bunting.

Ritchie Edhouse converted 150 and 164 checkouts to deny second seed Damon Heta in an extraordinary tussle to continue his impressive European Tour form this year, after Luke Woodhouse averaged 99 to end Daryl Gurney's hopes of World Cup qualification.

Germany's Martin Schindler defied a 145 checkout from Brendan Dolan to maintain his hopes of a second European Tour win of 2024 with a 6-4 second round success as he moves through to meet Van den Bergh.

Northern Irish number one Josh Rock impressed with an average of 104.83 as he overcame Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-3 - taking a 3-0 lead before holding on to that advantage.

 

Dutch Darts Championship

Second Round - Afternoon Session

Jeffrey de Graaf 6-3 Stephen Bunting

Luke Woodhouse 6-4 Daryl Gurney

Ritchie Edhouse 6-5 Damon Heta

Dave Chisnall 6-2 Niels Zonneveld

Jonny Clayton 6-4 Marvin van Velzen

Jermaine Wattimena 6-5 Ricardo Pietreczko

Danny Noppert 6-5 Andrew Gilding

Ryan Searle 6-3 James Wade

 

Evening Session

Chris Dobey 6-0 Moreno Blom

Gerwyn Price 6-0 Mickey Mansell

Josh Rock 6-3 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Michael van Gerwen 6-0 Kevin Doets

Martin Schindler 6-4 Brendan Dolan

Cameron Menzies 6-3 Peter Wright

Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-4 Ross Smith - Ross Smith hits nine-dart finish

Gian van Veen 6-5 Dom Taylor

 

Photo Credit: Jonas Hunold/PDC Europe