Two more Dutch entrants in the Darts World Championship exited early yesterday. Like some of the players already, many hopefuls have been underwhelming and disappointing. The same could have been said about Michael Van Gerwen. His first round opponent was Mensur Suljovic of Austria and the Dutch 'one for the future' missed so many doubles. This inevitably left Suljovic to win the game 3-1.
Another Dutch 'star in the making' Jelle Klaasen had one fantastic set against Steve Brown. But for the rest of the match Klaasen was poor and off key. The Bristol Bomber Brown was very much on key with a good performance to make it into the second round.
Brown will face Terry Jenkins in the second round after he won his nervy first round match against the promising Joe Cullen. It looked easy for Jenkins as he took a 2-0 lead but took his foot off the pedal and allowed Cullen to fight back and level at 2-2. Jenkins' experience won the game as he took the final set to win 3-2.
With four Dutchmen out and Van Barneveld yet to play, Vincent Van Der Voort is carrying the Dutch flag for now. His opponent was New Zealander Preston Ridd who saw off Michael Mansell 4-0 in the earlier preliminary match. Van Der Voort started at his utmost quickest to take the first set. With Mansell nowhere near Van Der Voort's league, the Dutchman took his foot off the pedal and cruised into the second round with Mansell only winning a solitary leg.
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