PDC World Darts Championship: Day 13 Betting Tips - Afternoon Session

• Under 5.5 sets: 1/1 BetVictor
• Callan Rydz Most 180s, Highest Checkout & Win: 7/4 Betfred

Robert Owen is one of the stories of this year’s World Championship as he wasn't even supposed to be in this tournament.

Dom Taylor received a ban 2 weeks before the start of this event which allowed the Welshman to sneak in and take his place.

He’s certainly made the most of it as he's now into the last 16, adding £35,000 to his rankings and has now miraculously saved his Tour Card.

He’s made it to this stage after 3 brilliant wins against, Niels Zonneveld, Gabriel Clemens and most recently, Ricky Evans. The match against Evans in the last 32 was in my opinion the most impressive.

Under the pressure he had, knowing a win would save his professional status and with the crowd completely behind his opponent, he showed remarkable grit. He scored the better of the two throughout the match but kept missing a couple of doubles to let Evans in and the Englishman had 2 darts for a 3-1 lead.

Owen held his nerve though and came through 4-2 with a 92.92 average and 7 180s. ‘Stack Attack’ will know himself that he needs to play better today to get through but as he said in his post-match interview, he's had a great tournament, he's done his job so he can now relax and play darts, which could well make him very dangerous.

Callan Rydz has been sensational at the World Championship this year and is arguably the player of the tournament so far.

His remarkable scoring power has allowed him to breeze through to the last 16 without losing a single set. Wins against Romeo Grbavac, Martin Schindler and Dimitri Van den Bergh are not an easy draw, but he’s certainly made it look easy.

Throughout his third-round match against Dimitri, he looked in phenomenal form and was averaging 115 after 2 sets including a 119.95 average in set 2.

He finished with a 105.31 average and 8 180s but it could have been so much more. If Rydz carries on in this vein then he could well go on to reach the World Championship Final and if he keeps calm and does not get frustrated he will be extremely hard to beat.

This is the second time Rydz has got to this stage of a World Championship without losing a set which is pretty remarkable for a player who blows so hot and cold with form.

However, this time round at Ally Pally he looks in top-notch form and I think he may well blow Robert Owen away here.

Rydz has shown no signs of frailty and he's been in this position before and reached the Quarter Final in 2022 so he's no stranger to this.