Darts: Group phase knockout for Schindler: The Wall eliminated from the Grand Slam of Darts 2024 after defeat against Danny Noppert

The encounter between Noppert and Schindler began with perfection: the Dutchman hit the first maximum of the game with his first shot and followed his 180 with two more triple 20 hits. Despite a maximum from Schindler, Noppert took the lead with an outstanding 11-darter.

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However, Schindler was unimpressed by his opponent’s dominant start and marched into the finish area of ​​the second leg with two 140 scores. With a final 36 finish in two darts, The Wall secured his first leg of the party. With 120 points remaining, Schindler had the chance to break his opponents for the first time, but he didn’t get a dart on a double. Noppert checked 36 points and took the lead again.

Once again it was The Freeze who got off to a perfect start in the fourth leg and staged an attack on his opponent’s throwing leg. However, the Dutchman missed his only dart for a double on Bullseye, so Schindler escaped with a black eye and equalized to 2-2 – The Wall was only one round away from the round of 16.

This time it was Schindler who put pressure on his opponent’s throwing leg with a 180. With another 140, Schindler positioned himself with 47 points remaining, while Noppert was still outside the finish area. However, the German missed both chances to reach double 16 and conceded a bitter 100 finish over tops-tops – 3-2 lead for Noppert.

The Dutchman used this highlight to increase the pressure on his opponents. Noppert was the first of the two players to move into the finish area and, with 124 points remaining, had the chance to score a game-winning break. Although The Freeze missed on Bull, Schindler failed to check 88 points and fell behind 4-2.

Schindler now found himself in the predicament of having to win the last leg of the game in order to qualify for the round of 16. Nopper marched forward with a 180 and 140 in his own throw and left himself 84 points remaining. Schindler played a great transition with 180 points and was very lucky that Noppert didn’t take advantage of his two chances on double 12. However, Schindler missed his two darts on double 20 and double 10 and thus received the match dart from Danny Noppert. The Wall has therefore been eliminated from the tournament, Cameron Menzies and Danny Noppert are in the knockout phase of the Grand Slam of Darts.

By Nic Gayer