World Darts Championship finalist Gian van Veen was crushed by Luke Littler on the weekend and suffered one other shock defeat simply days later.
Gian van Veen missed out on £1million in prize cash on the World Darts Championship (Picture: Getty)
World Darts Championship finalist Gian van Veen was left shocked by a soccer icon’s ex-wife on the latest Promi Darts World Championship only a few hours after shedding within the World Darts Championship Ultimate. Van Veen, who was crushed 7-1 by Luke Littler within the ultimate at Ally Pally, took house £400,000 in prize cash however missed out on the Sid Waddell trophy and jackpot prize of £1million.
Only a few hours after that disappointing defeat, Van Veen was again in motion within the pro-am match the place the world’s top-20 gamers have been in motion with numerous high-profile Germans. The World quantity three was paired with Mats Hummels’ ex-wife, Cathy Hummels, who stole the present on the match.
Though the Borussia Dortmund defender has now divorced from Cathy, she nonetheless makes use of his surname and was partnered with Van Veen as they competed with the likes of Michael van Gerwen, Luke Humphries, Martin Schindler, Stephen Bunting, and Nathan Aspinall for the title.
The duo reached the semi-finals of the match, the place they have been finally crushed by Aspinall and his companion, however there was an iconic second within the group phases towards Stephen Bunting and his companion.
Van Veen and Hummels wanted double 20 to take a look at and the 37-year-old did simply that, a lot to the shock of the Dutch skilled.
Van Veen wheeled away to the aspect of the stage, whereas Hummels was additionally left in full shock after touchdown the match-winning darts.
Stephen Bunting couldn’t disguise his shock both, with a giant smirk throughout his face as he held out a hand to congratulate Hummels.
Cathy Hummels and soccer icon Mats break up up in 2022 (Picture: Getty)
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Regardless of that good second for the ex-wife of the Borussia Dortmund star, it was van Gerwen and his companion, Joey Kelly, who ran out as match winners, banishing his disappointment from the World Championships final month. Van Gerwen was crushed by Gary Anderson 4-1 within the latter phases of the match, earlier than Van Veen dispatched the Scottish star within the semi-finals.
The 23-year-old got here up towards Littler within the ultimate however was nicely crushed and spoke about his disappointment at being unable to put a glove on the world primary. Van Veen mentioned: “It would drive me on very a lot.
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“I do know what it is prefer to play within the World Championship ultimate now. I do know what it is prefer to get actually far within the match, however I additionally know what it is prefer to lose within the ultimate. And I will let you know, it would not really feel nice, after all, however particularly to get smashed like I did at this time.
“However hopefully subsequent 12 months I will win one other couple of video games as a result of that is all the time the objective, all the time the objective on this match.”
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