Jermaine WattimenaStocks are constantly growing over the past few months. After the end of 2024 Luke humphries With Dutch Darts Masters.
Wattimena, which reached the finals of the European championships at the back of 2024, stopped “Cool Hand Luke” 6-3 with a solid average 98.8, four years 180. And high money 153, establishing a quarter-final showdown with another former world world champion, Rob Cross Later in Den Bosch in the evening.
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“To be honest, I’m happy about it. No words, I’m just happy, very happy with it ” The radiant Wattimena told TalkSport at her press conference after the match. “I started a little nervous, but I wasn’t nervous after two. Then, when I got 5-2, I was nervous again, but I’m glad that I started winning the match and this is my second win in the row against him! “
Given his previous success in relation to Humbhries, Wattimena entered without fear. “I know that Luke is number one in the world, but I know that I have been playing really well since the last meeting. And we know that we have a difficult game because we always have a good game with each other, “Dutchman explains.
In Den Bosch Wattimena also has the support of a loud Dutch crowd, which can be crucial in his quarter -finals against the cross later and potential rounds behind them. “I would die because of crying if I won this trophy,” he admits at the end. “This trophy would really mean a lot.”
If Wattimena may pass the cross in the last eight or Gerwyn Price or Kevin Doets is waiting in the semi -final.