The RWE-Sporthalle in Mulheim, Germany, opens its doors for the 2012 European Darts Championship. Thursday marks the first half of the opening round of the tournament, here's the round-up:
Jerry Hendriks 6-2 Mensur Suljovic: The 23-year old Dutchman made light work against Suljovic in his TV debut. A 115-checkout was the highlight of the match, allowing Hendriks to take a 3-0 lead before going on to win the match.
Mark Webster 4-6 Andree Welge: The first major shock of the tournament sees world number nine Webster continue his horrid year by losing out Germany's Welge. Welge led 2-1 before needing to equalise at 3-3 and 4-4. A 130-checkout made it 5-4 to the German before completing the victory.
Justin Pipe 3-6 Brendan Dolan: Dolan takes out the word number-11 after being locked together at 3-3. Pipe did produce a 130-checkout on the way to levelling the match after being 2-0 down. But he never looked in top form and the Northern Irishman took full advantage.
Andy Hamilton 6-0 Paul Nicholson: Hamilton breaks a run in emphatic fashion. The Hammer had never beaten Nicholson until completely thrashing him in front of the German crowd.
Wes Newton 6-0 Tomas Seyler: Newton also sends out a message of intent after this routine victory of Germany's Seyler. Seyler wasn't given a chance by Newton who eases through.
Phil Taylor 6-3 Magnus Caris: Taylor eased himself into the tournament with this victory over Sweden's Caris. Taylor led 4-0 before Caris pulled it back to 5-3 despite missing 13-darts at the double. The Power finished the match in style with an 84-checkout on the bull.
Mervyn King 4-6 Kevin Painter: Painter makes it through in a tough match against King. The first four legs went with throw before Painter took a 4-2 lead. King did manage to level the game with Painter then taking out-95 to win the game.
Ronnie Baxter 6-1 Michael Rosenauer: The Rocket fires into the next round with a win over the German. Baxter began with a 138-checkout before taking a 5-0 lead. It only took two legs before the Blackpool man secured his passage into round two.
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