Three outsiders win this afternoon… Kumar biggest pre price winner so far I believe, seems I missed a good game… for my fourth bet in the first round I’ve gone for Lukas Wenig @ 2.14, cheers…

FFS really fancied Wenig for that one…

Good luck. Well worth having a dabble on some of these outsiders.

Not watching but surprised to see Dimitri VDB only won one leg in a three - nil drubbing.

Barring the elite, they can all beat each other on the day. Nice to see the lower ranked man prevail. Will mean more to him.

Great game… Bunting finally getting his act together in the final set… 1.01 was in trouble for a while…

Did anyone see menzies punch hell out of the table.

Yeah. Wasn't a good look though the comms said he will regret that for the rest of his life, not sure it's that deep !

Coming on sky sp news now

After winner last night following four consecutive losers I’m going to have a play on the Wizard of Oz @ 4.2, cheers…

Another 1.01 was in trouble there, going back out to odds against... Whitlock went to 1.65... doubled me stake, I'll take that given Scutt missed at least six match darts... no bet tomorrow...

That is a shock.

Who would have thought, by far, the most entertaining session of Championship darts would be on a quiet Thursday afternoon

yes yestrday afternoon was amazing loved the japanese and kenyan guys - great for darts.

didnt watch the evening games -had an early night

watching it later though

Last 3 months Dragon

Beau First 9 Ave 101.8 CO 40.74% 
Daryl Gurney First 9 Ave 97.6 CO 39.89%

Perhaps Beau is under more pressure, but there's huge pressure on both

Rising darts star Beau Greaves has been described as 'world class' by the game's top player, so how far can she go on the biggest stage?

The 21-year-old begins her PDC World Championship campaign against 22nd seed Daryl Gurney at Alexandra Palace in London on Friday evening.

And despite losing on her only previous appearance at the tournament, she is rated odds-on favourite by bookmakers to beat Gurney, a World Cup winner with Northern Ireland, and reach the second round.

Greaves hit the headlines when defeating world champion Luke Littler in October to reach the World Youth Championship final. Interest in the contest was such that visitors almost crashed the online system offering score updates.

That came amid an unbeaten run of 86 matches in the Women's Series, which has provided five competitors in an expanded 128-player world championship.

Littler admitted he hoped to avoid the woman nicknamed 'Beau and Arrow' when the draw was made.

"Beau Greaves is definitely one that I wouldn't want to play," said Littler, who in January became the youngest world darts champion aged 17, told BBC Sport.

"She's world class, that's why she's won the Women's World Championship three times.

"She's been dominating the Women's Series for two or three years now and she's only going to get better and better."

Five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld has predicted a good run in the Worlds could see Greaves invited to the eight-player Premier League - although 2021 world champion Gerwyn Price described that suggestion as "a joke".

Only one woman has won matches on the world stage at the Ally Pally - Fallon Sherrock twice in December 2019 - while Greaves' debut three years ago ended in a first-round defeat by William O'Connor.
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This Mansell vs Gates game can cure insomnia!

Willie O'Connor v MVG a game to look forward to.  O'Connor super smooth there

gurney 1 up nervous start by both

smith and doby both out  pathet both of them

doby a total shocker

bunting to go