Belgium's Dimitri Van den Bergh sent darts fans into a frenzy, as he threw a rare nine-darter on his way to victory in the Professional Darts Corporation's (PDC) Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton on Thursday (NZ time).
During his round-of-16 encounter against Stephen Bunting, 'Dancing' Dimitri threw nine perfect darts in the 15th leg, following 180s with treble 20, treble 19 and double 12 in his debut Grand Slam.
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Throwing a nine-dart leg is considered to be one of the greatest achievements in the sport, similar to bowling a hat-trick in cricket.
The 24-year-old then kept his composure to win the following leg to win the match 10-6 and secure a spot in the quarter-finals.
Dave Chisnall was the last player to hit a perfect leg in the Grand Slam - his first on television - during his victory over Peter Wright in 2015.
Van den Bergh admitted he was stunned, considering his form had been up and down during the match.
"I still don't know what happened," Van den Bergh told Sky Sports UK afterwards. "Did I just do that?
"I'm over the moon, especially because of all the hard times I've been through over the past few months.
"This was my first-ever recorded nine-dart leg, that was something special.
"My girl Chloe, this one's for you, baby!"
If nobody else hits a nine-darter for the remainder of the tournament, Van den Bergh will win £25,000 (NZ$47,892) for the perfect leg.
Van den Bergh is already guaranteed £16,000 (NZ$30,645) for reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament.
Van den Bergh now goes through to the third round of the Grand Slam, where he will face either Gerwyn Price or Josh Payne.
At the conclusion of the tournament, he will look to defend his world youth title against Germany's Martin Schindler later this month, before turning his attention to the world darts championship, where he reached the quarter-finals last year.
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