Seed in danger:
"The injury is still there," Van Duijvenbode told Viaplay. "It just doesn't seem to get better or at least very slowly. I've been treated with needles for the past few weeks and also received an injection, so hopefully there is still some light at the end of the tunnel."
Van Duijvenbode, who entered as 12th seed In the second round, will take on the winner of the duel between Keegan Brown and Boris Krcmar. If Van Duijvenbode makes it through that second round, a duel with two-time former world champion Gary Anderson possibly awaits in the third round. "Because of that injury there is little reason to be positive at the moment," he said. Especially since I still don't know the cause of my problems. This is really particularly frustrating."
The winner of K Brown VS B Krcmar awaits Dirk.