Cross sees off Borland in low quality affair, Van den Bergh and Sedlacek also claim early victories

Cross is of course the favourite in proceedings tonight but didn't look at his best in seeing off William Borland in the opener with the former hitting a 79.3 average and the latter not too much better with a 77.4.

Despite that though it's points on the board for the current World Matchplay and former World Champion as he goes into an important tie with Dimitri van den Bergh.

Van den Bergh himself opened his account following that with a strong display over Karel Sedlacek seeing off the dangerous Czech ace in a 5-1 win with a 97.7 average. But 'Evil Charlie' himself got his first points on the board in his requisite game to keep things interesting.

He smashed William Borland in a 5-0 whitewash and hit a 94 average and 5/6 on the doubles en route and his final game will see him face Rob Cross, could that yet be the decider?

Every evening, the four players will each face off; with each match being the best of nine legs. This group stage lasts 32 days with that amount of players set to reach the next round to play it out from there to crown a winner.

All players have webcams set up in their houses and say their scores out loud; to make sure that they can be inputted correctly without any cheating taking place.

With each night’s action commencing at 1930 BST, darts commentator Dan Dawson will be on hand to talk through proceedings; which will also include live score graphics on screen.

All PDC Home Tour action will be broadcast live on PDCTV for free to all registered PDCTV users; regardless of whether you have a paid or free membership.

In addition all live-scores can be followed on DartConnect; with match statistics being available after every match.

Rob Cross (79.3) 5-2 (77.4) William Borland
Dimitri van den Bergh (97.7) 5-1 (85.7) Karel Sedlacek
William Borland (82.5) 0-5 (93.9) Karel Sedlacek
Rob Cross v Dimitri van den Bergh
Dimitri van den Bergh v William Borland
Karel Sedlacek v Rob Cross

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