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Florian Hempel failed in the third round against Raymond Smith
Humble's fairy tale ended abruptly at PDC Darts World Cup 2022, the tournament ended for Florian Hempel in the third round. German shooting star is subject to Raymond Smith, who is now world class.
For Florian Hempel, in the third round of the PDC Darts World Cup 2022 in the venerable Ally Pally (Darts World Cup 2022 LIVE on TV on SPORT1, in LIVESTREAM and in LIVETICKER) a bitter 1: 4 bankruptcy against Raymond Smith. (DATA: Schedule and results of the Darts World Cup)
The Cologne-born player, who looked so cool in the first two games, struggled with his scoring again and again that evening.
The 31-year-old lost the first two sets 1: 3 and 2: 3 - with a three-darts average of 84 and 88 points, respectively. (NEWS: Everything you need to know about darts)
In comparison, his opponent was almost in a different league.
The Australian scored 101 points in the first set with three darts, followed by 99 points in the second round.
In addition, he showed himself to be accurate at the oche with a checkout rate of over 50 percent.
Noticeable: Hempel struggled with his throws and kept switching to triple-19 and triple-18.
Double trouble and scoring: Hempel struggles with his game
Hempel also addressed this problem after the game in an interview with SPORT1: “Raymond comes in well and pulls my tooth.
Although I won the first leg, I didn't find a 100% connection to my darts. ”He tried everything to get into the game, but“ in between my darts let me down - or I let my darts down. ”
In set three, the German finally seemed to have found his game.
With his 3: 2 after legs he raised his three-darts average to over 93 points, while "The Guru" fell below 90 points for the first time.
But there was a low blow in the second leg of the fourth set.
Hempel left three darts on the double 8 to win the leg and instead of equalizing to 1: 1, Smith pulled away to 2: 0 and in the end also got this set with 3: 1.
In general, the double weakness at Hempel ran through the entire game. In the last leg of the fourth round, he also missed 24 remainder.
In the fourth sentence there was a bitter checkout rate of eleven (!) Percent - one of nine.
Smith continues to shake Hopp
In the final round, both opponents repeatedly quarreled with their throws.
But the Australian kept his nerve and got this sentence too, reaching the round of 16 at the Darts World Cup for the first time in his career.
There it goes against the winner of the game between Steve Lennon and Mervyn King.
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In the end, Hempel saw the reasons for his defeat mainly in himself. “I failed because of myself. The chances were there.
I know what I can play, "he said, adding," What I showed today is not even close to what I want to show.
Additionally, Smith's efficiency that evening was a factor. “If he made mistakes, I wasn't there. When I made mistakes, he was there.
He showed exactly the timing that has distinguished me in the last 12 games ", he explained and paid his opponent respect for it:" So hats off to Raymond's performance. "
This means that Max Hopp will continue to tremble. Should Raymond Smith survive the round of 16, he would oust the “Maximiser” from 64th place in the PDC Order of Merit.
That would mean the Tourcard would be lost for Hopp. (Darts: PDC Order of Merit - the current world rankings)
Hempel is already looking ahead
For Florian Hempel, the world championship is still a great success.
With his entry in round three he secured prize money of 25,000 pounds and is in the Top64 of the PDC Order of Merit for the first time.
All in all, the 31-year-old saw his debut at the PDC World Championships as successful, but “it (entry in round three, editor's note) is not what I want. My ambition keeps moving forward. "
For that he now has to work hard on what he did wrong against Smith. “I have to fix the mistakes,” he wrote in the exercise book for the coming year.
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