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Ricardo Pietreczko beat Gian van Veen 3-1 on Monday to reach the third round of the PDC World Championship and during an interview with Sky Sports, the German used some unsavoury language
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Russ Bray records special sick-notes for Dart fans at Ally Pally
By Nathan RidleySenior Sports Reporter
Sky Sports were forced to issue an apology following darts star Ricardo Pietreczko's X-rated interview after his win against Gian van Veen.
Pietreczko, 30, booked his place in the third round with a 3-1 victory on the final night of play before December 27.
The German managed a double rate of over 50 per cent, beating the seeded Van Veen in style.
The result was a major boost for Pietreczko, having lost to Darren Beveridge at the Players Championship in October.
The 30-year-old will now play either Rob Crossor Scott Williams in the third round and should be win again, he'll be hoping to avoid upsetting Sky Sports.
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Speaking about his victory to the UK broadcaster, he said: "It's really important for me because the players' championship, it was a very s**** game for me.
On stage, I love the Ally Pally and yeah, really important for me.
It was Pietreczko's use of the s-word which forced Sky presenter Emma Patonto say: "Apologies for some of the language that you heard there."
Pietreczko will be high on confidence regardless, as Sky commentator Stuart Pyke remarked: "A brilliant win from Ricardo Pietreczko.
He almost beat Luke Humphries last year, but this year he's beat Gian van Veen.
The difference was his finishing class."
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We said earlier his doubling was his strength and that has proven to be the case.
Pietreczko isn't always so fond of the Ally Pally crowd, having said ahead of his opening match against Xiaochen Zong: "This whistling and stuff like that - nobody likes that.
The booing and the background noise, you stop hearing them at some point.
Pietreczko added: "I always say that I go to a tournament because I want to win.
I said that last year."
Three more matches are taking place on Monday, including former champion Cross' clash with Williams which will round out the final evening of darts at Alexandra Palace before Christmas.
Daryl Gurney also faces Florian Hempel while Dave Chisnall will come up against Ricky Evans.
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