Dolan eases past Kumar in straight sets victory to set up clash with Anderson

Dolan hit a 97 average with 69 percent on the doubles the real difference for 'The History Maker' as he set up a tie with Gary Anderson next up.

Kumar played well on his second time at the Alexandra Palace showing a rise in standard for the Indian Qualifier but it still wasn't enough to displace Dolan.

Both players played well to begin the first set with Kumar missing a dart for the set and Dolan as a result punished with double 16 in the decider to take the lead and the early initiative from the Indian qualifier.

Dolan produced a brilliant 100 checkout to lead the second set and the Northern Irishman took the second set 3-1 to double his lead with a 96.3 average and 55 percent on the doubles as he looked good up to this point.

He was up at 8/14 in the requisite set as he edged towards the finishing line at 2-0 up in the next set. Despite that Kumar kept his hopes alive with a 64 finish to make it 2-1 and put the pressure now on Dolan to finish it off.

'The History Maker' sealed it though to set up a clash in the second round with Gary Anderson in a game he will be confident of winning.

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Kyle Anderson (89.56) 3-2 (83.16) Xiaochen Zong (R1)
Ross Smith (87.67) 0-3 (90.08) Ciaran Teehan (R1)
Brendan Dolan (97.35) 3-0 (90.17) Nitin Kumar (R1)
Ian White vs Darius Labanauskas (R2)

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