Raymond van Barneveld Has Reached the Quarter-Finals of the Swiss Darts Trophy in Basel with a Dominant Performance on Sunday. He Left Englishman Ritchie Edhouse With No Chance, winning 6-0, and Thus Qualified for the World Grand Prix.
Van Barneveld Decided the One-Sidded Match by Throwing Double Sixteen. A Turn Earlier He Almost Finished 161. The Five-Time World Champion was Visible Disappointed That He Didn’t Succed.
The Hague’s Number 34 in the world is Having a Strong Tournament in Basel. On Saturday Evening He Already Surprized the Australian Damon Heta, The World Number Eleven. He survived a match dart then.
By Reaching the Quarter-Finals, Van Barneveld Secured His Participation in the World Grand Prix, later this year in Leicester. The Tournament is one of the biggest events on the tour.
On Sunday Evening, ‘Barney’ Will Face Englishman Stephen Bunting in the Quarter-Finals. He is Fourth in the World Rankings.
Gian van Veen also Reached the Quarter-Finals. He defeated Ryan Joyce 6-2 in the Round of Sixteen. Michael van Gerwen is not participating in Switzerland.