Dave Chisnall impresses at German Darts Open

After breaking in the first leg, the 36-year-old fired back-to-back 180s in the second to seize control of the final game of the evening.

He was also proving clinical on his finishing, landing 50% of his doubles as he raced to a convincing victory.

Jelle Klaasen also secured a whitewash victory with a clinical display of finishing as he beat compatriot Christian Kist.

The Dutch star took out checkouts of 114 and 86 on his way to landing 100% of his doubles as he quickly reached the third round.

World Champion Michael van Gerwen was made to work for his place in the third round in a tough affair with Ronny Huybrechts.

The Belgian started superbly, a missed darts to move into a 3-0 lead. After a sluggish start, van Gerwen found top gear to clinch five legs in a row before finishing as an eventual 6-3 winner.

Sixteen-year-old Nico Blum was given a harsh lesson by Spain’s Cristo Reyes in a 6-1 defeat in the first game of the evening session.

Reyes stormed into a 5-0 lead, before home-favourite Blum landed tops to get his first and only leg on the board.

UK Open champion Peter Wright made his way into the third round in similarly convincing fashion as he beat Krzysztof Ratajski by the same score line.

Wright raced to a 5-0 lead and took out 102 in the process, before Ratajski found some respite with an excellent 118 checkout to clinch his only leg.

The world number three then landed a 72 checkout to secure victory and finish with 75% on his doubles.

Mensur Suljovic clinched four legs in a row to beat Mark Walsh 6-2.

The pair traded the opening four legs, before the Austrian found his form to press his advantage and reach the final day in Saarbrucken.

Elsewhere, Joe Cullen beat Vincent van der Voort 6-4 and Benito van de Pas beat Paul Nicholson 6-3 to reach the third round.

Earlier in the day, Gerwyn Price and James Richardson played out arguably the most entertaining game of the competition so far.

Price started superbly, capitalising on every Richardson mistake to race to a 5-0 lead and looked set for a convincing victory.

Richardson then nearly produced the most remarkable of comebacks, clinching the next five legs to force a decider in which he missed seven darts for the match, before Price landed D10 to progress.

In an afternoon in which four seeded players crashed out, Rob Cross continued his bright start on the professional circuit as he beat Michael Smith 6-2.

It could have been quite the different story for Smith however, as he landed just 11% of his doubles in a sloppy display of finishing – gifting Cross the opportunity to progress.

Mervyn King produced the biggest checkout of the day as he beat Kim Huybrechts 6-3.

Tied at the halfway point, King then landed checkouts of 72, 76 and a huge 142 to move into the next round at the expense of the Belgian.

Alan Norris was sent packing as he put in a poor display to succumb to a 6-2 defeat to Dimitri van den Bergh, whilst Adam Hunt edged out Steve West 6-4.

Stephen Bunting clinched six straight legs as he breezed past home-favourite Berndt Roith.

The German clinched the opening leg but struggled massively on his doubles, hitting just 9% as Bunting quickly collected the required legs to book his place in the Third Round.

Ian White posted an impressive 103.15 average in victory over Warrick Scheffer.

The South African clinched the opening leg with an impressive 117 checkout, but then White rattled off four straight legs to put him into a commanding position – before sealing victory with a 105 outshot.

Having tasted defeat in their last two meetings, Simon Whitlock would have been fearing the worst when he saw Darren Webster race into a 3-0 lead.

But the Australian began to find his doubles and produced an expert comeback – clinching six legs in a row to secure victory and a place in the next round.

The HappyBet German Darts Open continues on Sunday, with the third round taking place in the afternoon session, before the quarter-finals, semi-finals and Final in the evening. 

Saturday results & Sunday schedule

Saturday April 22
Second Round
Afternoon Session
Stephen Bunting 6-1 Bernd Roith
Ian White 6-3 Warrick Scheffer
Gerwyn Price 6-5 John Henderson
Steve West 4-6 Adam Hunt
Kim Huybrechts 3-6 Mervyn King
Michael Smith 2-6 Rob Cross
Alan Norris 2-6 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Darren Webster

Evening Session
Cristo Reyes 6-1 Nico Blum
Joe Cullen 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Benito van de Pas 6-3  Paul Nicholson
Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Ronny Huybrechts
Mensur Suljovic 6-2 Mark Walsh
Peter Wright 6-1 Krzysztof Ratajski
Jelle Klaasen 6-0 Christian Kist
Dave Chisnall 6-0 Nathan Aspinall

Sunday April 23
Afternoon Session (12pm-4pm BST)
Third Round
Michael van Gerwen v Adam Hunt
Ian White v Mervyn King
Simon Whitlock v Rob Cross
Benito van de Pas v Joe Cullen
Peter Wright v Cristo Reyes
Dimitri van den Bergh v Gerwyn Price
Dave Chisnall v Jelle Klaasen
Mensur Suljovic v Stephen Bunting

Evening Session (6pm-10pm BST)
Quarter-Finals
MVG/Hunt v White/King
Whitlock/Cross v van de Pas/Cullen
Wright/Reyes v van den Bergh/Price
Chisnall/Klaasen v Suljovic/Bunting

Semi-Finals
Played in Draw Bracket order

 Final 

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