19-12-18 PDC WORLD DARTS

PDC WORD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP

Afternoon Session
Nathan Aspinall 3-0 Geert Nentjes (R1)

MY OPINION

An easy win here for Aspanill means he has learned very little from this match and we cannot see the quality of player that he is especially as it is in round 1

Jeffrey de Graaf 2-3 Noel Malicdem (R1)

MY OPINION

The last round 1 match was a bit of a craker where the underdog got the better of the favourite. De Graf must now be annoyed at the doubles that he missed to lose the match. You do wonder how far Manlidem can go from here I don’t think he can go that far

Joe Cullen 0-3 Brendan Dolan (R2)

MY OPINION

To me this was a happy surprise not in the fact that Dolan won but how he won and I now think he might be able to go at least into the next round of the competition. I definitely expected this to be more of a contest and Cullen will go home annoyed.

Kim Huybrechts 3-0 Daniel Larsson (R2)

MY OPINION

Huybrechts is a certain outside bet for the competition as a whole and I think in this performance we got to see why. I can definitely see him as a threat but the Swede maybe should have got a set to make the score line look a little better

Evening Session

James Wilson 1-3 William O'Connor (R2)

MY OPINION

Wilson probably played the set of the tournament so far in the first when he looked like he was unstoppable but O Connor was able  to hold his nerve and show that there is real potential there as he relayed off the next 3 sets. I would probably say so far that out of the players out Wilson would be the happ8iest as he knows he can do that.

  
Simon Whitlock 0-3 Ryan Joyce (R2)

MY OPINION

This was the shock of the day and I just wonder what happened to Simon Witlock as this is not the player that I know well and have seen all year it was like he was a different player. I think that Joyce might have the skills to go a couple of rounds

Michael Smith 3-1 Ron Meulenkamp (R2)

MY OPINION

Smith is one of the players that has been discussed for so long it is starting to get a bit of a nuisance. Smit I hope can do something here this year but again the uncertainty of it makes me feel that little bit nervous.

James Wade 3-2 Seigo Asada (R2)

MY OPINION

Wade must have expected an easy tie here as his opponent came from a country not that well known for its darts. I do think that their might be a rise in quality in Asian darts that made it so a shock like this could happen but  Wade was able to keep his cool.