Nathan Aspinall won his third European Tour event of the year after beating Dirk van Duijvenbode 8-6 in the final of the German Darts Championship.

Van Duijvenbode, seeking a maiden European Tour title, had produced a magical nine-darter on day one in Hildesheim and threatened to repeat the feat early on in a captivating contest.

Aspinall reeled off three successive legs midway through the contest to break clear, and though Van Duijvenbode hit back with a four-leg flurry of his own, the Stockport thrower regained control with a crucial hold in leg 13, before sealing victory with a clinical 74 finish on tops.

The result secured a German hat-trick for Aspinall after previous wins in Göttingen and Leverkusen.

"I took a 6-2 lead but Dirk did to me what I do to a lot of players - he came ba

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