The World Series of Darts finals reaches its conclusion on Sunday with the last day of the tournament being a busy one as ever. Once again we have two sessions of play with the quarter finals in the afternoon and the semi-finals and final in the evening.
Some really big names have made it through to the last eight stage, including the top four in the world rankings, so we should be in for quite some afternoon at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow. Time restrictions will once again deny us the chance to preview the semi-finals and final but we can look at the quarter finals.
James Wade vs Dimitri van den Bergh
The action begins with the lowest key quarter final of the lot although there is an argument to suggest that Dimitri van den Bergh has been the best player this weekend so far so that could be unfair on him. James Wade is perfectly competent as well.
I see no reason why this shouldn’t be a good game. Van den Bergh looks to have more than an edge on the scoring right now but Wade’s finishing is well known, even if he is missing a few more doubles than we are used to. This is van den Bergh’s first quarter final so I wonder if nerves will come into play. If they do he could miss some doubles which may make this occasion a not very nice one but there are too many ifs to consider a bet.
Gary Anderson vs Gerwyn Price
Two men who clearly don’t have much in the way of love for each other meet in the second match of the afternoon when Gary Anderson takes on Gerwyn Price for the right to face either Wade or van den Bergh in the semi-finals.
Gary Anderson has admitted he hasn’t been playing his best darts in recent times but he looked absolutely fine in his win over Chris Dobey on Saturday night. We can’t really take much out of Price’s win over Corey Cadby in the previous round other than it is easy to see why he isn’t universally liked. I expect Anderson to win this especially with the Scottish crowd behind him but to get a decent price on a handicap we have to go to 4.5 legs which might be stretching it.
Michael van Gerwen vs Rob Cross
The penultimate match of the afternoon is a repeat of the European Championship final from last weekend, albeit over the best of 19 rather than 21, when Michael van Gerwen takes on Rob Cross for a semi-final spot.
Both these men look to be in fantastic form at the minute and when all the side markets lines have gone up I might hop on one of the 180 lines and maybe one of the checkout lines as I expect this to be high quality but the odds and lines for the match itself look about right so I’ll leave them alone.
Peter Wright vs Daryl Gurney
The last of the quarter finals is a repeat of a match from the same stage last weekend where Peter Wright and Daryl Gurney take each other on. Gurney won their quarter final last week and will fancy his chances here.
Both these men look in good nick but Gurney is a real top class performer at the minute. His scoring power is such that even when he is out of legs he can plough in a score and get the upper hand in it or get his opponent under pressure and he isn’t missing a huge amount of doubles right now.
I’m expecting a cracking contest to round off the afternoon but Gurney has won his last two against Wright and I see no reason why he can’t complete the hattrick in Glasgow on Sunday afternoon.
Tips
WON – Back D.Gurney to beat P.Wright for a 4/10 stake at 2.50 with Unibet
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