PDC William Hill World Championship Day 2

Posted: 14.12.19 in Tournament Analysis Blog category

It is a double header at the palace today!

What a cracking start to the World Championships. A fairly routine win for Klaasen to start the night and our former sponsored player Geert Nenjtes played out a 5 set thriller with Kim Huybrechts. The Belgian’s experience prevailed in the end but not before Geert landed our most 180’s tip.

World Youth Champion Luke Humphries overcame the confusion of who he was playing – Red Dragon, his sponsors had put him up against Kevin Petersen! But Luke wasn’t stumped by this typo and the chasm between Humphries and Petersen was far wider than I predicted and Luke went thorough 3:1.

I'm not sure whether I'm out batting at the crease with Kevin Pietersen at lords.. Or I'm playing darts against Devon Peterson at ally pally... I know which one I'd rather.... 😉😂🎯 https://t.co/GgFm5jexDb

— Luke Humphries (@lukeh180) December 13, 2019

 

MvG won his bitter encounter with Klaasen with a 170 finish thrown in for good measure to end the night.

We have two sessions today including what will inevitably be an emotion fest for as long as Barney makes the trudge on to the stage. He plays Darin Young from the USA in the penultimate game tonight before what should be a feisty encounter between Cross and Huybrechts.


 
Lots to look forward to and we will update the blog later with some tips.
 
Saturday December 14
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Darius Labanauskas (4/7) v Matthew Edgar (7/4) (First Round)
Ryan Meikle(4/13)  v Yuki Yamada (7/2) (First Round)
Luke Woodhouse (5/6) v Paul Lim (First Round)
Jermaine Wattimena (10/11) v Luke Humphries (11/10) (Second Round)
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Mark McGeeney (4/13) v Matt Campbell (3/1) (First Round)
Jamie Hughes (4/13) v Zoran Lerchbacher (3/1) (First Round)
Raymond van Barneveld (5/19) v Darin Young (9/2) (First Round)
Rob Cross (2/7) v Kim Huybrechts (7/2)  (Second Round)
 

 

Author: Paul Gillings ( paul@dartsperformancecentre.com )