Van Veen and Joyce fight through deciding-leg drama in Kiel

Van Veen Comes Through Baltic Sea Battle

Top seed, Gian van Veen and Ryan Joyce both demonstrated considerable fortitude under pressure on Saturday evening, surviving precarious second-round examinations to advance into the final day of competition at the Baltic Sea Darts Open in Kiel. Van Veen’s passage proved particularly arduous. Returning to televised action following his quarter-final elimination at the International Darts Open in Riesa seven days earlier, the world number three a…

Van Veen and Joyce fight through deciding-leg drama in Kiel

Gian van Veen and Ryan Joyce both survived scares in their round two matches in Kiel, as the pair booked their place in the final day of action at the Baltic Sea Darts Open. Van Veen returned to big stage action after defeat to Ryan Searle in the quarter-finals at the International Darts Open last week, with the world number three coming from 5-2 down to beat Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-5. “Dimitri [Van den Bergh] scoring wise today wasn’t really up…