Devon Petersen has continued his form with a straight sets victory over Jose de Sousa on his World Grand Prix debut defying eight 180’s in a thrilling encounter.
Petersen swept to the opening set 3-1 after De Sousa had initially claimed the impetus to begin proceedings. A 13-darter saw Petersen go one up in the second set but De Sousa hit two 180’s and a 61 checkout to go 2-1 up with a break of throw.
He couldn’t conclude the set initially though despite hitting a sixth 180 but he missed double 12 for a 144 and Petersen forced a decider.
It was a decider which he claimed with a 15 darter in which he hit a 93 checkout on the bullseye with De Sousa sat on 40 for the set.
Mervyn King is also through after claiming a straight sets victory to see over two-time champion James Wade to continue his impressive form from Hildesheim with four 180’s to his name en route.
King made an impressive start against Wade hitting ¾ on his finishing doubles to claim the opening set 3-1 and despite it being tied up at 1-1 in the requisite set, he continued this into the second.
A 14-darter saw him go one away from victory and a 66 checkout last dart in hand on double 18 saw him claim it with Wade sat on a 65 checkout to level the tie up and force a decider.
World Grand Prix 2020 schedule
Tuesday October 6
Danny Noppert (89.01) 2-1 (82.15) Ryan Searle (0-3, 3-0, 3-1)
Mensur Suljovic (71.43) 1-2 (72.98) Dirk van Duijvenbode (1-3, 3-0, 1-3)
Jose De Sousa (93.46) 0-2 (87.83) Devon Petersen (1-3, 2-3)
James Wade (78.94) 0-2 (86.76) Mervyn King (1-3, 1-3)
Rob Cross v Gary Anderson
Michael van Gerwen v Krzysztof Ratajski
Michael Smith v Dimitri Van den Bergh
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