There is just one session of action at the PDC World Darts Championship on Monday, which comes along in the evening, on a night where the Irish come to the party at the Alexandra Palace arena in London.
There are four matches on the schedule on Monday night and each of them contains an Irish player, all of whom will be looking to avoid the growing trend of shocks and surprises after Michael Smith and Ian White went out on Sunday.
Steve Lennon vs Callan Rydz
The opening match of the night sees two youngsters going at it when Steve Lennon takes on Callan Rydz for a place in the second round where a meeting with Danny Noppert is the reward for the winner later in the competition.
Rydz will make his debut in this tournament but he’ll arrive at Alexandra Palace off the back of plenty of success on the development tour and the Challenge Tour, where he has two titles and a final among his achievements this year. That has guaranteed him a tour card for next season so all he needs to focus on here is winning. Winning is something Lennon hasn’t done much of in 2019. If you take away his run alongside William O’Connor at the World Cup, Lennon has only gone past the last 32 of a tournament once all year, hence why he isn’t seeded in this event.
We’ve already seen some players struggling with their game come here and really put in a bad performance that is hard to watch. Kyle Anderson, Arron Monk and of course Raymond Barneveld have been among them. This format is relentless and it might just suit the more confident man. I think that is Rydz so I’ll take the Englishman accordingly.
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William O’Connor vs Marko Kantele
The action continues with the other half of the World Cup runners up as William O’Connor takes on the Finland team member in that tournament Marko Kantele for the right to take on the form man Gerwyn Price in the second round of the competition.
O’Connor is a bit of an enigma at the present time. He is either brilliant or he is useless and there isn’t a whole lot in between. To be fair to him we see his better game a lot more than we used to these days and that is to his credit. I always find Kantele a tough watch. There is never a rhythm in his throw and as a result he rarely blows anyone away. If O’Connor misses a stack of doubles Kantele might keep him honest but I expect O’Connor to win. He’s too short to get involved in other than for accumulator material.
Vincent van der Voort vs Keane Barry
The penultimate match of the night will see the crowd favourite Vincent van der Voort going up against the teenager Keane Barry in a clash in which the winner will go up against a certain Dave Chisnall in the second round of the tournament.
Barry won the Tom Kirby Irish Matchplay to make it into this event although he might still be wondering how he won that having trailed 5-2 and surviving 13 match darts before winning 6-5. He is here though and he doesn’t have a huge amount to lose. That isn’t the case for van der Voort however. He is defending last 16 money from two years ago and his consistency is never the best at the best of times. Putting it more simply he is ripe upset material.
I wouldn’t be completely surprised if Barry wins this match but it wasn’t too long ago that van der Voort was delivering a good run in the European Championship. I think the better bet here is to take over 6.5 180s. Barry is a heavy scorer and has already hit a nine dart finish in the development tour, and we’ve seen in the past what Vincent can do when he gets going on the 60. This line looks crazy low to me. As long as he doesn’t miss a raft of doubles, Barry is going to keep the Dutchman honest so we should get more than enough time to get seven 180s in.
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Gary Anderson vs Brendan Dolan
It is a clash of styles in the one second round match which finishes off the night as the former champion Gary Anderson takes on a Brendan Dolan who put in a confidence boosting performance in a 3-0 win over Nitin Kumar on Sunday afternoon.
Anderson is under a lot of scrutiny here after an indifferent year where injury has hampered him badly. We’ve not seen him at his best for a good while but he’ll need to be close to that here because Dolan looks to be playing well. Dolan actually has a good record against the Scot. They have shared their 16 meetings 8-8 which is quite some statistic so even at his best this would be no gimme for Anderson. If you looked at the head to head you could argue Dolan is favourite but Anderson has won four of their last five with plenty to spare so while Dolan’s style might once have got the Scot at it, that doesn’t look to be the case anymore. I’ll leave this one alone.
Tips
WON – Back C.Rydz to beat S.Lennon for a 4/10 stake at 2.50 with Coral
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WON – Back V.van der Voort vs K.Barry – Over 6.5 180s for a 5/10 stake at 1.95 with William Hill
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