Darts - Darts pro Pietreczko threatens audience at World Championships with boycott
Germany's darts high-flyer Ricardo Pietreczko has openly threatened the audience at the World Championships in London with disrespect. The 29-year-old from Nuremberg spoke of "a boycott threat to interact with the audience" if spectators booed him again. "If people don't want to see me, I don't understand why I should accept something so disrespectful. It's just disrespectful," Pietreczko, nicknamed Pikachu, told the German Press Agency ahead of his World Championship start in London.
Pietreczko will make his World Championship debut on Tuesday evening (22:00/Sport1 and DAZN) against Japan's Mikuru Suzuki. When the up-and-coming professional recently played against England's Beau Greaves at the Grand Slam of Darts, he was loudly booed in Wolverhampton. In the constellation of man versus woman, this happens again and again in darts.
Pietreczko allowed himself to be provoked by the crowd, lost 1:5 to Greaves and then played a match against Nathan Aspinall in which he completely ignored the fans. The Frenchman wants to behave like that again when the fans boo him on the biggest darts stage in the world. "On stage, I just want to be me," Pietreczko announced.
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- Despite the controversy surrounding his behavior towards female opponents, such as Beau Greaves from Great Britain, who he faced at the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton, Germany's PDC star Ricardo Pietreczko is set to compete in the International Darts World Championships in London.
- The boycott threat by Pietreczko towards the audience at the PDC World Championships in London comes after he was heavily booed during his match against Greaves, which added to the ongoing issue of sexism in the sport.
- Although Germany's rising darts talent Pietreczko has threatened to boycott if audiences continue to boo him, this is not the first time that such incidents have occurred, as evidenced by the consistent boos in the "man versus woman" matches at International Darts tournaments, like the one he experienced against Greaves in WM.
- Therefore, Pietreczko's stance against fan disrespect is gaining support from the Darts community, hoping that his strong presence on the stage at Nuremberg, London, and other global competitions will help address the significant issue of crowd behavior in the International PDC.
- Facing off against Mikuru Suzuki of Japan in the PDC World Championships on Tuesday at 22:00 (Sport1 and DAZN), Germany's Beau Greaves-nemesis Pietreczko will look to overcome new challenges and make a statement on the international darts stage, aiming to change the narrative surrounding sexism in the sport.
Source: www.stern.de
