𝙒𝙍𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙎 The reigning Champion Peter Wright is on the march again as he seals a 3-1 victory over Steve West! Those darts at double ten are almost identical to his World Championship winning visit 🤯 Poetry.
Defending champion Wright safely through World Championship opener with victory over West
PDCTuesday, 15 December 2020 at 22:45
Defending champion Peter Wright not only brought a Grinch themed outfit to the Alexandra Palace but also an opening victory over Steve West as the first night of the 2020/21 PDC World Darts Championship concludes.
After his elaborate walk-on, it was soon down to business for the defending champion as he took the opening set without reply 3-0 with a 102.5 average.
This continued with the second set continuing to go to script as he failed to drop a leg and looked to be heading towards the third round with ease.
But West finally got off the mark kicking off back-to-back 180's and hitting double 20 for a 13-darter to lead. He doubled his lead with a 72 checkout as he began to settle but was it too little, too late?
Wright would have thought so as he hammered in a 144 checkout to trail 2-1 but West wrapped it up from there to make it 2-1 in sets and potentially embroil Wright in a battle.
'Snakebite' though aimed to return the momentum in his favour as he hit a 101 finish to lead in the opening leg of the fourth set. It did as he hit a 71 checkout to go one away and he concluded proceedings from there to stop the late comeback.
2021 PDC World Darts Championship schedule
Tuesday December 15
Steve West (90.75) 3-0 (80.59) Amit Gilitwala (R1) (3-0, 3-1, 3-0)
Steve Beaton (84.14) 0-3 (89.16) Diogo Portela (R1) (1-3, 1-3, 1-3)
Jeff Smith (85.44) 3-1 (88.11) Keane Barry (R1) (3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 3-2)
Peter Wright (92.6) 3-1 (88.82) Steve West (R2) (3-0, 3-0, 1-3, 3-0)
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