Labanauskas breezes past Liu in straight sets victory

Friday, 18 December 2020 at 14:44

Darius Labanauskas reached the Quarter-Finals of last year's PDC World Darts Championship and 'Lucky D' is successfully through his opening tie against Chinese qualifier Chengan Liu.

Labanauskas won through in a straight sets victory over Liu who was making his first appearance in 15 years. But it was the Lithuanian with a 96 average and three 180's and 50% on the doubles who won through.

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He wrapped up the opening set with relative ease 3-1 and his scoring prowess was proving too good for Liu as he had a nine point difference on his average and this showed as he once again claimed the second set 3-1.

This was completed with a 68 checkout for a 14-darter as his average was up at 93.7 and his doubling was proving successful as well with 67%.

The final set saw Labanauskas dominate once more as he claimed it in a clean sweep to set up a tie with Simon Whitlock.

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2021 PDC World Darts Championship schedule

Friday December 18

Afternoon Session (12:00 GMT)

Mickey Mansell (93.94) 3-0 (79.72) Haupai Puha (R1) (3-0, 3-0, 3-0)

Darius Labanauskas (96.07) 3-0 (79.57) Chengan Liu (R1) (3-1, 3-1, 3-0)

Wayne Jones v Ciaran Teehan (R1)

Jamie Hughes v Adam Hunt (R2)

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𝘿𝘼𝙍𝙄𝙐𝙎 𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙎 Darius Labanauskas sets up a tasty second round clash with Simon Whitlock after a whitewash victory over Chengan Liu! 📺 Up next 👉 Wayne Jones v Ciaran Teehan