Germany's Martin Schindler Niko Springer set to play in last 16 at Baltic Sea Darts Open
Several high seeds fell in shocking defeats, leaving a fun lineup for Sunday's last 16.
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Germany's stars prevail in Saturday's action, headline Sunday's third round
Several European Tour events take place in Germany, but this one feels special.
Germany's Niko Springer and Martin Schindler picked up big wins, as they will face one another in Sunday afternoon's session, with a quarterfinal spot on the line.
Springer defeated the number two seed, Stephen Bunting, 6-2 in the second round.
An average of 100.72 was too much for Bunting to overcome.
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Schindler took care of business against Jermaine Wattimena in the second round, winning his first game of the weekend, after having Friday off.
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Belgium's Andy Baetens is putting together a strong campaign these past couple of days, beating Raymond van Barneveld on Friday and Rob Cross in a 6-2 win on Saturday.
He'll face Gary Anderson in the round of 16, with hopes of making it to his first career quarterfinal on the European Tour.
Damon Heta, a recent European Tour finalist and Players Championship event winner, lost to a determined Wessel Nijman.
Nijman is now ranked 18th on the year-to-date OoM.
An event win this weekend would get him into the top 15.
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Nijman has steadily been climbing the Main OoM, but with him only starting to play more regularly in the last 12 months, the year-to-date rankings show how consistent he has become.
Sunday's lineup should be an exciting and unpredictable one.
Several players like Nijman and Springer have made strong cases this weekend and recently, with it only being a matter of time before they earn their first European Tour event title.
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