Darts: Barneveld wins after tie-break
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Your support makes all the difference.Raymond Barneveld, the top seed, became the first European from outside Britain to win the Embassy World Championship at Frimley Green last night.
Barneveld beat Richie Burnett 6-5, winning a tie-break 11th set by four legs to two. It took the Dutch postman two hours to gain revenge for a defeat by the Welshman in the 1995 final. It was the second-longest final on record, only beaten in 1992 when Phil Taylor beat Mike Gregory 6-5 in a match which went to the maximum 11 legs in the final set.
Only Canadian John Part, the 1994 champion, had taken the title outside Britain before him.
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