2nd Round Draw

 

Peter Wright v Simon Whitlock

Gerwyn Price v Josh Payne

Stephen Bunting v Dimitri Van den Bergh

Rob Cross v Mensur Suljovic

Jonny Clayton v Krzysztof Ratajski

Michael Smith v Michael van Gerwen

James Wade v Michael Unterbuchner

Gary Anderson v Wesley Harms

Van Den Bergh hit a nine-darter during his victory against Stephen Bunting.

Tonight's Results

 

Stephen Bunting 6-10 Dimitri Van Den Bergh

Gerwyn Price 10-5 Josh Payne

Rob Cross 7-10 Mensur Suljovic

Peter Wright 6-10 Simon Whitlock

 

 

Rob Cross just hasn't the same player since he won the world title. A solid win for Whitlock over Wright.

 

 

Gerwyn Price and Mensur Suljovic will clash in the Grand Slam of Darts semi-finals.

Well this is something you don't read about every day:

 

Gary Anderson & Wesley Harms deny farting accusations at Grand Slam of Darts

 

 

Quarter-Finals

 

Gary Anderson 16-6 Michael Unterbuchner

Michael van Gerwen 16-12 Jonny Clayton

Didn't see the final, but Gerwyn Price beats Gary Anderson 16-13 in a controversial final of the Grand Slam of Darts. Said.to.be highly controversial.

Raymond van Barneveld has announced that he'll be retiring from darts at the 2020 PDC World Championship.

 

What do you make of this?

Players could face punishments during darts matches in an effort to deter gamesmanship,

 

Gerwyn Price and Gary Anderson have been referred to the Darts Regulation Authority after Sunday's ill-tempered Grand Slam of Darts final.

 

The two men squared up in the 15th and 28th legs as Welshman Price beat the Scot 16-13 in Wolverhampton.

 

Players who breach the rules on gamesmanship are currently penalised - usually with a fine - after the event.

But under plans being considered by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), a sliding scale of penalties could be available during the match - in a similar way to tennis.

 

A player could be warned for behaviour such as over-celebrating. A second breach could mean a leg being forfeited, and so on.

 

Anderson reached the final by beating Michael van Gerwen, but with the fall-out continuing from Thursday's 'Fartgate' controversy, in which the Scot had been forced to deny accusations of breaking wind during his 10-2 second-round win over Dutchman Wesley Harms.

 

In the best-of-31 final, two-time world champion Anderson led Price 11-8, but then lost eight of the last 10 legs.

 

The 47-year-old took exception to what he viewed as slow play and over-exuberant celebrations by Price and the two clashed verbally on several occasions.

 

After the match finished without the customary handshake, Price lifted the winner's Eric Bristow Trophy amid loud boos from the crowd at the Aldersley Leisure Village.

 

"The whole match has been referred to the Darts Regulation Authority for their consideration," said Barry Hearn, chairman of the PDC, which organised the tournament.

 

It is understood video footage of the match will be studied, with Price's celebrations and Anderson's movements around the oche set to face scrutiny.

 

"The PDC is not against players celebrating, but clearly any celebration verging on gamesmanship would be something we frown upon," added Hearn.

 

"Another rule says players must not infringe on the 'exclusion zone' at the oche until it is their turn to throw."

 

 

 

Darts back on telly again this weekend. On ITV4

 

2018 Players Championship Finals

First Round Draw & Tournament Bracket

 

(1) Ian White v (64) Scott Taylor

(32) Brendan Dolan v (33) Michael Barnard

(16) Daryl Gurney v (49) Robert Thornton

(17) Josh Payne v (48) Ryan Searle

(8) James Wade v (57) Ross Smith

(25) Nathan Aspinall v (40) Martin Schindler

(9) Dave Chisnall v (56) Jamie Lewis

(24) Chris Dobey v (41) Ron Meulenkamp

(5) Adrian Lewis v (60) Adam Hunt

(28) Krzysztof Ratajski v (37) Gerwyn Price

(12) Danny Noppert v (53) Rowby-John Rodriguez

(21) Mervyn King v (44) Simon Stevenson

(4) Peter Wright v (61) Toni Alcinas

(29) Max Hopp v (36) Steve West

(13) Stephen Bunting v (52) Richard North

(20) Mickey Mansell v (45) Madars Razma

(2) Gary Anderson v (63) Alan Tabern

(31) Simon Whitlock v (34) Kyle Anderson

(15) Steve Beaton v (50) Kim Huybrechts

(18) John Henderson v (47) Joe Cullen

(7) Michael Smith v (58) Vincent van der Voort

(26) Jonny Clayton v (39) Mark Webster

(10) Jeffrey de Zwaan v (55) Jelle Klaasen

(23) Ricky Evans v (42) Jan Dekker

(6) Rob Cross v (59) Cristo Reyes

(27) Ryan Joyce v (38) Steve Lennon

(11) James Wilson v (54) Dimitri van den Bergh

(22) Gabriel Clemens v (43) Andrew Gilding

(3) Michael van Gerwen v (62) Matthew Edgar

(30) Keegan Brown v (35) Mensur Suljovic

(14) Jermaine Wattimena v (51) Stephen Burton

(19) Darren Webster v (46) Jeffrey de Graaf

The draw for the World Darts Championship will take place on Monday November 26 at 5pm.

 

Rob Cross has ended Peter Wright's reign as World #2. He is the 8th person to reach the Top 2 of the PDC Order of Merit (Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, Michael van Gerwen, Adrian Lewis, James Wade, Gary Anderson the other 6).

A great win for Daryl Gurney by beating MvG 11-9 to win the Players Championships Finals.

Big year ahead for Barney next year before his last world championship where he'll retire.

The entire UK Open was memorable but in particular the legend John Part rolling back the years to make the Quarter final.