Luke Littler made a profitable begin on his Poland Darts Masters debut, heading off a valiant fightback from Adam Gawlas to advance to the quarter-finals with a 6-4 success in Gliwice on Friday.
Littler, 17, survived a late scare to see off UK Open semi-finalist Gawlas, who fought again from 5-1 right down to threaten an unlikely victory by taking three successive legs.
Reigning champion Michael van Gerwen continued his profitable report in Poland to arrange a quarter-final conflict in opposition to Boris Krcmar.
The Dutchman started his title defence with a complete 6-1 win over a below-par Karel Sedlacek, whereas Krcmar defied 5 180s from Nathan Aspinall to progress to the quarter-finals with an enormous 6-4 victory in opposition to the World Matchplay champion.
Peter Wright returned to profitable methods in emphatic fashion, producing a trio of 15-darters within the closing phases to dispatch big-stage debutant Jacek Krupka 6-0.
Regardless of lacking 28 darts at double, Michael Smith nonetheless averaged over 95 to finish a 6-4 victory in opposition to house hope Radek Szaganski.
What’s subsequent on Sky Sports activities?
Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Value are reigning World Cup of Darts champions
The World Cup of Darts will happen from 27 to 30 June 2024 on the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.
Wales’ Gerwyn Value and Jonny Clayton are the defending champions and so they’ll be decided to fend off 39 different nations to retain their title.
Luke Humphries and Smith are in line to characterize England however Littler is not going to function as a result of the 2 highest-ranked English gamers within the PDC Order of Benefit are picked. ‘The Nuke’ is at the moment twenty fifth within the Order of Benefit.
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World Cup of Darts: Fixtures
Thursday, June 27 (6pm BST)
Group Stage – Opening Matches
Friday, June 28
Afternoon Session (11am BST)
Group Stage – Second Matches
Night Session (6pm BST)
Group Stage – Remaining Matches
Saturday, June 29
Afternoon Session (12pm BST)
Second Spherical x4
Night Session (6pm BST)
Second Spherical x4
Sunday, June 30
Afternoon Session (12pm BST)
Quarter-Finals
Night Session (6pm BST)
Semi-Finals
Remaining
What’s the format?
- Group Stage – Better of seven legs
- Second Spherical – Better of 15 legs
- Quarter-Finals – Better of 15 legs
- Semi-Finals – Better of 15 legs
- Remaining – Better of 19 legs
All matches might be performed in a doubles format
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