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There he's joined by Michael van Gerwen but only just, after the Dutchman was pushed all the way in a 6-5 victory over Matt Campbell, who missed two darts for the match. Gary Anderson's seasonal average is the second highest behind Gerwyn Price this year and that's a massive improvement considering he dropped out of the world's top 20 after such a deflating 2022. He then appeared at the World Series of Darts finals, defeating Vincent Van Der Voort in the first round before losing a last leg decider in a great tussle against Gerwyn Price. More recently he reached the last 16 of the Players Championship Finals, once again losing a last leg decider to the UK Open champion Danny Noppert. Baggish enjoyed a run to the third round in this event in 2021 defeating Damon Heta and Adrian Lewis before finding Glen Durrant too good, so we know the Ally Pally stage holds no fear for him. Since then his average of 96.50 keeps him well inside the top 10 and although he could have enjoyed a better run of Players Championship events this past week, he did average 100+ in three of his nine matches including a massive 111 so there's still plenty of reason for optimism to side with him at a big price.

To think many of us pondered whether a retirement announcement could be round the corner but instead the Flying Scotsman has suddenly found another gear and is now gunning for yet another major title in his glittering career. Two-time UK Open Champion Van Barneveld will begin his campaign in round three on Friday afternoon against Borland, who famously hit a nine-dart finish at the 2021/22 World Darts Championship.

Michael van Gerwen is the very fair favourite to come through this quarter based on the fact he's the defending champion and has claimed this double-start trophy six times in total. Second round ties on the Main Stage will include emerging Welshman Lewy Williams up against Germany's Martin Schindler, as well as World Cup winner John Henderson and prospects Keane Barry and Connor Scutt Joe Cullen lost 6-2 to Alan Soutar while Danny Noppert, like van Gerwen, avoided a match dart as he too prevailed 6-5.

He opens up against the dangerous Danny Noppert, who won his second Players Championship event of the season on Thursday, while Krzysztof Ratajski will be brimming with belief after his European Tour triumph earlier this month. The pendulum swung yet again as Chisnall won consecutive legs to force a decider, and he sealed the deal via double 16, but only after Humphries had missed double 12 for another incredible 141 finish. He’s won two events - Players Championships 13 and 22 - but more noticeably he reached both the final of the World Grand Prix and Grand Slam of Darts losing to the two Michaels at the head of the outright betting for the Worlds. He started slow in both those so if he does venture that far, he’ll need to improve on that for sure.

Gawlas averaged 85 in his 3-0 triumph over Burnett and will need to play much better than that if he's to pinch a set. Rafferty, who qualified via the Development Tour, went toe-to-toe with the two-time Grand Slam champion, who led 4-3 when he missed double 10 for the match and bust his score in the process. The Scotsman will need to raise his game against Vincent van der Voort, who has only lost his first match on this stage twice since 2008 and last year saw his run ended only by a positive Covid test. This could be a real gritty game in which I slightly favour Campbell. Neither are notorious 180 hitters though and from a betting angle that’s something worth noting.

The fans favourite will surely be Lewis and a confident Lewis turning up could be key here. I'm taking the weight of the burden to once again be too much for Heta with the underdog advancing. Gerwyn Price admitted he was not at his best against Nathan Rafferty but remains confident about winning the Grand Slam of Darts Williams certainly is a player who is making great inroads this year and I can see that continuing here with victory over the 2019 quarter-finalist. His 180 prowess is the higher of the two at 0.31 per leg compared to that of Joyce at 0.25 per leg and that could make a nice double in this match.

Since then however it’s been first round exits at the World Matchplay, the three World Series events Down Under, World Grand Prix, European Championship, Grand Slam of Darts and the Players Championship Finals.

Van Barneveld claimed the seventh leg to stand within one of the finishing line but Smith's superb 11-darter ensured the game went the distance. I just could not shake Chizzy off. What a player he is. If he finds this form on a TV stage he will win one, and he’s a player that deserves to win one.” Qualification for the Players Championship Finals is based on performances across the series of 30 Players Championship tournaments ( scroll down for full list of event winners) which have been held during 2022. Big Boris Krcmar has already graced the stage this year when he defeated Toru Suzuki on Friday afternoon 3-0 despite averaging just 78.21. He’ll need to step that up somewhat but we have seen him produce big numbers so we know he’s more than capable. In fact the head-to-head between the two this year reads one win apiece, both meeting coming in November.Chisnall, who also beat Humphries in all four of the finals he's won this year, averaged over 100 across his seven matches that day and a shade under three figures across his five in Hungary. In the second half of the season, his average of 97.3 is in the top four overall. The BULL’S Darts Mats collection features the innovative Oky system. This ingenious creation is an adjustable oche made of steel that can simply be placed on all darts mats to give players a professional-like setup at home, replicating a typical throw line that would be seen in tournaments.