With the Russian Anastasia Dobromyslowa also the second wife of the Darts world Championships in London, adopted. Also one of the favorites early in the tournament came in the “Ally Pally”.
The Darts world championship in London is a men’s domain. On Monday evening, the Russian Anastasia Dobromyslowa eliminated from the tournament, the last two women who were competing at the world Cup. The 34-Year-old lost clearly in the legendary “Ally Pally” (Alexandra Palace) in London, her first-round Match against Englishman Ryan Joyce 0:3 sets. Last Thursday was already excreted the Englishwoman Lisa Ashton. She had drawn against Dutchman Jan Dekker with 1:3 the Shorter one, had been hailed by the spectators, but because of their rate of profit. “I’m a little empty, but also happy. I wanted to show that we are not afraid of men,” said the 48-Year-old afterwards. For the first time in the history of the Darts world Championships were reserved in the starting field, two places for women. Ashton, the current world champion in the women’s Darts, and Dobroyslowa had secured in qualifying tournaments for the Tickets.
Van Barnefeld excreted
Meanwhile, another highly sought after title candidate is a five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld in the second round, eliminated. The 51-year-old Dutchman had to give the Lithuanian Darius Labanauskas 2:3 beaten. Van Barneveld had announced before the world Cup to be career-ending for the end of 2019.
On Sunday, the world ranking third, and former world Cup had lost-Finalist Peter Wright of Scotland, surprisingly, his second-round match against the Spaniard Toni Alcina’s with 1:3.
sn/ck (sid, dpa)