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This year, which started by winning his maiden major at the Masters, he's maintained an upward curve in his career by winning the Masters, and reaching the quarter-finals of the World MAtchplay so he'll be feeling full of confidence right now.

Although Cool Hand wasn't particularly explosive from a statistical point of view during the Grand Slam, he certainly upped his levels at the Players Championship Finals, where he comfortably averaged over 100 in three of his matches before he was soundly put to the sword by Michael van Gerwen. Chizzy has reached this final twice in 2013 and 2019, losing to Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen respectively, while he's also gone as far as the semi-finals on two occasions - including the 2020 edition - and in 2021 he got through to the quarter-finals before losing to Gerwyn Price.Price beat Gary Anderson in a controversial and memorable Grand Slam final in 2018 and the Scot has made no secret of the fact he wants to win the event. Dave Chisnall defied a spectacular nine-darter from Luke Humphries to claim his third European Tour title of 2023 in an astonishing Hungarian Darts Trophy final on Sunday.

The pair of them are firing on all cylinders when it comes to 180s too, with maximum per leg ratios around the 0.35 mark. If this is a close encounter, which I expect, then they could comfortably combine to hit the most 180s in the session.Joe Murnan and Jimmy Hendriks also bowed out at the same stage, after progressing to their first ProTour quarter-finals of 2023. He averaged around 100 in his opening two wins before he was denied by Dirk van Duijvenbode 10-9 in an absolute classic that could so easily have gone the other way despite the Dutchman's 112 average. 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. Since reaching the semi-finals 12 months ago, the Flying Scotsman endured a miserable Premier League campaign, suffered early exits in all of the majors he qualified for and failed to reach the Grand Slam of Darts for the first time in the tournament's history.

The 180s per leg stats suggest there won't be too many maximums for the crowd to get excited about - but if it's a lengthy battle then both players have the class to rise to the occasion and find their range. It's been quite a topsy turvy 2022 for last year's semi-finalist on and off the oche. Wade silenced a few doubters by reaching the Premier League play-offs during a campaign which was interrupted by a health scare that left him in a German hospital for three days while he also experienced the highs - and sleepless nights - of becoming a father for the second time with wife Sammi.I’ve missed lots of opportunities [in the past] and you can’t do that at this level, but I’m going to carry on and keep believing. I will win one!” winner Adrian Lewis will also begin his campaign on the Main Stage, with his third round opponent to be one of four players who have to battle through the early rounds. There was also a popular win for Martin Schindler, who gave the German fans the result they wanted as he took out five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld 6-4. International Open results The most recent of those was the last tournament before the World Grand Prix on Friday when he averaged 101 across his seven matches, culminating in an 8-4 triumph over Ryan Joyce.

We’ve seen lots of Karel Sedlacek this year, featuring in 19 of the 30 Players Championship events - where his best result was a run to the last 16 - and also doing well enough on the European Tour to qualify for the European Championship. His biggest threat in his mini section, however, could well be Chris Dobey if he gets past his tough opener against Dimitri van den Bergh. The first round comprises the Tour Card Holders ranked 97-126 along with players from the 2021 Challenge and Development Tours and 16 Rileys Amateur Qualifiers. The Latvian isn’t a big 180 hitter, in fact he is arguably the biggest user of treble 19 in the Tour Card holder ranks. I expect he’ll have enough to come through here but Jiwa may be able to make it a closer run event than the odds suggest. Ryan Searle is my outsider to win the top quarter of the draw so I'm not going to hedge my bets yet based on what Adam Gawlas managed to produce during his debut victory over Richie Burnett last time out.

The Belgian came through three deciding-leg ties in his opening four matches, edging out second seed Luke Humphries after dispatching Luc Peters with a ton-topping average. Van Gerwen averaged 101 in his opening round tie against Boris Krcmar, but he was edged out in a deciding-leg by the Croatian, while Jonny Clayton and Gary Anderson also suffered first round exits. Elsewhere, Michael van Gerwen returned to action following his injury scare during Thursday’s Cazoo Premier League in Aberdeen, where he was forced to withdraw with an upper arm injury. I just love winning,” reflected Cross, who moves further clear of Luke Humphries in the race to represent England alongside Michael Smith at next month’s World Cup of Darts. Smith took the opening leg, but found doubles hard to come by and could only look on as 2012 champion Barney pinned his first two darts at double for finishes of 122 and 86 and a 2-1 lead.