The German darts duo Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko confidently made it into the spherical of 16 on the World Group Championships in Frankfurt am Most important. A day after the easy 4-0 win in opposition to the Philippines, the pair beat Ben Robb and Jonny Tata from New Zealand 4-2 to safe first place of their group of three.
Who Schindler/Pietreczko will face within the spherical of 16 on Saturday will probably be determined after the group section has ended. What is for certain, nevertheless, is that the highest favorites for England may also enter the match with particular person world champion Luke Littler. Like Scotland, the Netherlands and Northern Eire, the English had a bye within the group stage.
Final 12 months, Littler and his compatriot Luke Humphries sensationally failed within the spherical of 16 to Schindler and Pietreczko, who made it to the semi-finals. The profitable workforce on the so-called World Cup of Darts will obtain 100,000 British kilos this 12 months, the equal of round 115,000 euros.
© dpa-infocom, dpa:260612-930-216384/1