The first session is back after Christmas at the World Darts Championship and we move onto day 10 with three brilliant 3rd round ties to preview.
The Australian number 1, Damon Heta returns to the stage and may well have the Premier League at the back of his mind after so many seeds falling early in this tournament. Still, he will have to navigate his way past a very tricky customer in Luke Woodhouse.
Similarly, Jonny Clayton managed to keep his name in contention for the Premier League after scraping his way past Mickey Mansell in round 2 but will have to be much better today, as he plays the in-form Northern Irishman, Daryl Gurney.
‘Lets Go Bunting Mental’ with the crowd favourite and tick-tock star, Stephen Bunting who will round off this afternoon's play against the awkward but brilliant Latvian, Madars Razma.
This will surely be a fantastic session of Darts and just what we need after a 3-day break.
Stephen Bunting survived a bit of a scare in his second-round match after Kai Gotthardt missed set darts for a 2-0 lead. Bunting then stepped in to make it 1-1 and after that won the next 6 legs to win the match 3-1 with a 92.12 average.
You can probably forgive ‘The Bullet’ for his less-than-adequate start to the match after his preparation was thrown out the window with Sandro Eric Sosing sadly having to withdraw due to medical reasons. That meant Bunting’s match was moved forward, so was on stage an hour or so earlier than he expected.
Bunting is another player who is in with a shout for the Premier League and similar to Damon Heta he's not only a brilliant dart player, he’s a fan favourite too.
He’s done a fantastic job in creating the ‘Let's go Bunting Mental’ persona and I think it's shifted into his magical performances lately too.
He’s another player defending a bit of money after making the Quarter Finals here 2 years ago, so will want to avoid a defeat at this stage of the tournament.
Madars Razma continues to impress me with his really solid performances. He looks a real handful and in turn, becomes very difficult to beat. He defeated 9-dart hero Christian Kist in the first round, winning 3-1 with a 90.65 average and followed that up with another brilliant 3-1 victory over the in-form Dirk van Duijvenbode with a 91.33 average.
For a player who spends the majority of his time on the 19s, he’s been a lot more conventional in his approach at this year’s World Championship and has chipped in with nine 180s in 2 matches.
Personally for me, by doing this, it's made him harder to beat. If he does the same today he will without doubt cause Bunting some problems.
As I said previously, the Latvian has had 9 180s in 2 matches and if he carries on with the approach of staying away from starting on the 19s I think there's huge value in his 180 tally during this match.
Equally, however, I think this could be a step too far for Razma as there's no doubt ‘The Bullet’ will play much better than he did in his first match and I expect the Englishman to come through this match, but not without a fight from Razma.
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James is a former professional dart player who enjoys writing about darts, golf and football. In 2012, he was crowned the PDC World Youth Champion and these days, he puts his expertise to use with betting tips for BettingLounge readers.