Van Gerwen coasts into Quarter-Finals with victory over Bunting, Wright survives match darts against Kanik
NewsSunday, 05 May 2019 at 13:16
Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright are set to face off in what is bound to be one of the ties of the Quarter-Finals tonight mainly due to their previous ties but both players had contrasting routes through at the Austrian Darts Open.
Van Gerwen came through with ease against Stephen Bunting with him not having to produce anywhere near his best despite winning 6-1 against 'The Bullet' who only averaged 79.
Wright on the other hand survived a potential banana skin against Tytus Kanik. 'Tito' has been going under the radar recently and has been producing some brilliant performances.
Kanik took Wright all the way to a last-leg decider and 'Snakebite' got there finally on his eighth match dart in all. Despite that it was a good performance statistics wise for Wright with a 97 average and five 180's.
He will know that he will need to step it up and not miss as many chances against MVG who in both games so far has looked ruthless. Could Wright stop MVG winning a fourth European Title out of five this season?
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Wright on the other hand survived a potential banana skin against Tytus Kanik. 'Tito' has been going under the radar recently and has been producing some brilliant performances.
Kanik took Wright all the way to a last-leg decider and 'Snakebite' got there finally on his eighth match dart in all. Despite that it was a good performance statistics wise for Wright with a 97 average and five 180's.
He will know that he will need to step it up and not miss as many chances against MVG who in both games so far has looked ruthless. Could Wright stop MVG winning a fourth European Title out of five this season?
Click here to check out the PDC European Tour 2019 tournament centre.
Afternoon session schedule
Michael van Gerwen (100.59) 6-1 (79.53) Stephen Bunting
Peter Wright (97.83) 6-5 (89.02) Tytus Kanik
13:00 Adrian Lewis v Nathan Aspinall
13:30 Daryl Gurney v Mark Webster
14:00 Gerwyn Price v Darius Labanauskas
14:30 Mensur Suljovic v James Wade
15:00 Rob Cross v Steve Beaton
15:30 Ian White v Keegan Brown
https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/1125006897604644867
Peter Wright (97.83) 6-5 (89.02) Tytus Kanik
13:00 Adrian Lewis v Nathan Aspinall
13:30 Daryl Gurney v Mark Webster
14:00 Gerwyn Price v Darius Labanauskas
14:30 Mensur Suljovic v James Wade
15:00 Rob Cross v Steve Beaton
15:30 Ian White v Keegan Brown
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