Overview
- Martin Schindler beat Ross Smith 6-2 on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals, averaging 98.45 with a 50% checkout, and he now meets Daryl Gurney in the evening session.
- Josh Rock edged Niko Springer 6-5 after both players missed key doubles in the last leg, and Rock sealed it on double eight.
- A day earlier, Schindler opened his title defense by beating Peter Wright 6-2, while Springer had thrashed recent form player Wessel Nijman 6-0.
- Germany’s other entrants went out in round one as Gabriel Clemens lost 3-6 to Ryan Joyce and Ricardo Pietreczko fell 4-6 to Patrik Kovacs, which marked Pietreczko’s seventh straight defeat.
- The Austrian Darts Open is the sixth stop on the PDC European Tour, played in best-of-legs knockout with £35,000 to the winner, and several stars such as Luke Littler and Luke Humphries are not in the field.