Overview
- Hopp produced a nine‑dart leg in the seventh leg of his last‑64 match against Tom Bissell in Den Bosch on Tuesday, finishing on double 12 and winning the match 6:2.
- SPORT1 reported that Hopp posted a 100.81 average across the eight legs of that match after recovering from a slow start.
- He was knocked out in the last 32 by Sweden’s Oskar Lukasiak, losing 0:6 in the following round.
- BILD and WELT quote Hopp saying the nine‑darter was his second of the PDC season and that he took an extra moment before hitting double 12, though the "second of the season" detail is reported mainly by BILD.
- Hopp had already secured qualification for the PDC World Darts Championship and will make a 10th Ally Pally appearance, a German record, while Cameron Menzies won the Players Championship event.