The last 16 of the PDC World Darts Championship concludes today, with 6 unseeded players on course to try and continue the remarkable string of upsets we've had this year.
Starting the afternoon off are Norfolk's favourite midget Darren Webster and Spain's Toni Alcinas. If the Samurai replicates the first few sets of his game against Kevin Münch, the Demolition Man will be in trouble, but Webster's victory over Simon Whitlock showed he can win despite performing worse. Two matches with no losers follow, starting with everyone's favourite unorthodox Serbo-Austrian Mensur Suljovic against dancing Belgian Dimitri Van den Bergh. Mensur hasn't looked at his best so far, his miraculous struggle with Robert Thornton a perfect example, while the Dreammaker brushed Jan Dekker aside with ease. Daryl Gurney's conqueror ends the afternoon as man mountain John Henderson goes up against "the new Phil Taylor" in Rob Cross. The Highlander got his scoring right to eliminate Superchin, but even that will surely not be enough to defeat Cross, whose 7-set epic with Michael Smith saw him average nearly 8 points more than the Scot.
The strangest last 16 of all starts the evening with Wales' Jamie Lewis against war boy James Richardson. Fireball produced the performance of his life to eliminate Peter Wright, while Ruthless won through a terrible scrap against Alan Norris. If Lewis gets anywhere near to last night's average, Richardson is done. The latest player to attempt to stop the Phil Taylor retirement tour early is Keegan Brown, whose R2 match with Zoran Lerchbacher was downright terrible; the conqueror of coughing Justin Pipe will therefore surely overpower the youngster. Ending the evening are Gary Anderson and Steve West; Gando only just got past near 2-time 9-dart hero Paul Lim while West brushed past Jermaine Wattimena. The pace and scoring surely favours Gary, and it's hard to see how West can beat him.
Coverage starts at 12:30pm UK time on Sky Sports Darts (SS Arena).
All matches are best of 7 sets; first to 3 legs in a set.
>Today’s matches (12:30pm start) "Swiss" Toni Alcinas v Darren "Demolition Manlet" Webster (23) Mensur "DIE MEISTER, DIE BESTEN" Suljovic (5) v Dimitri "Twink" Van den Bergh John "This is a 10 in Scotland" Henderson (29) v Rob "Danger! Danger! Shit Nickname!" Cross (20)
>Tonight's matches (7:00pm start) Jamie "Rastajobber" Lewis v James "AC Jimbo" Richardson Taylel (6) v Keegan "I would love it if we beat them" Brown Gary "Big Game Counter" Anderson (3) v Steve "Right About Now, Scumbag Brother" West
PDC need to have a talk with Unicorn about the boards because the number of bounceouts this year have been ridiculous.
Blake Rivera
I fucking hate Webster and that stupid face he makes when he throws
Kevin Watson
Come on you spic weeaboo
Easton Diaz
He's just consistently average. Can't fault a man for breaking into the top 32.
Asher Evans
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Ryder Reed
Cristo was unreal here last year
Easton Martinez
THAT 148 FOR LITTLE MAN
Adrian Allen
Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
Nathan Myers
They cant even have the bull centred on all their boards
Carson Morgan
DAT 148
Hit the submit button to soon. Meant to say that I agree. >that bull not in the middle of the board
Robert Powell
True.
And lost to Wes fucking Newton the year before.
He has no consistency whatsoever.
Anthony Lewis
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Bentley Johnson
Really, does anyone know how tall Webster is?
Brandon Kelly
5'11
>Kim on RTL
Fuck off I want Vincent
Thomas Diaz
>another bounceout
Joseph Green
maybe tonight
Asher Parker
Taylor is just under 5ft 7. Is he shorter than Philth?
David Perry
5'4" or 5'5", I can't remember which.
I think it's 5'4".
Levi Gray
Clutch, PRESSURE 64
Caleb Roberts
LAST DART IN HAND
Jackson Butler
>MvG is now £1m ahead of #2. How big is that? If 2018 prize money is constant from 2017, MvG now cannot be caught at #1 before Blackpool. If he wins the title, he can't be caught until October.
Jesus fucking Christ.
Ian Watson
dos cervezas por favor
Jaxon Ross
Smooth 72
Lincoln White
Sensational 11-darter to break from Alcinas.
Lincoln Powell
Spanish Inquisition is here
Alexander Russell
>spic darts
Thomas Williams
Clutch last dart!
Elijah Jones
lucky fucking webster
Nolan Cooper
just started watching now, has midget webster been really good or has alcinas just been shit?
Parker Russell
Barney is the new Taylel himself unlikeable cunt
Hunter Perez
Webster has been decent and clutch while Alcinas has been shite.
Christian Lee
>interMOOR
Jose Brown
Bad match
Grayson Russell
cheers mate
Mason Allen
rip samurai
Aaron Morales
That was quick
Josiah Rodriguez
Demolished
Brandon Jones
Webster for the semis is still on!
Anthony Butler
Webster's 94.92 is the highest average of anyone in his quarter of the draw.
Jacob Walker
mensur and hendo double at 9/1, worth it lads?
Jose Scott
also, anyone got an acestream? the site i usually use for finding them isnt working
Joseph Gomez
Cross is already annointed as a new top player, he's going to the final
Jeremiah Hill
any foreigner watching this must have literally no fucking idea what midget webster is saying
Evan Gonzalez
>to sink the Spaniard's boat Absolute madman
Elijah Rodriguez
Im english and have no fucking idea what hes saying
Luke Gray
Will be webster vs Taylor
Carter Mitchell
I saw a Hendo interview the other day and he was just making noises
Ian Rogers
I can hardly understand any darts players honestly, especially Scots. A lot of the English mumble too. Hendo is just sounds I swear.
Landon Reyes
>Dimitri now officially the Belgian #2
Adrian Cook
>Mensur interview God, I love his combination of English and German.
Isaiah Baker
Cross dmitri double
Chase Hill
I understood him surprisingly well. Unlike Gando, usually.
Aaron Anderson
>Mensur montage >using a Rammstein song How peculiar.
Angel Butler
HA HA ZEIT FÜR DOPPELVIERZEHN
Cameron Morris
Hendo is from way up in the Highlands, that's why his accent is so strong
Adrian Sullivan
>Dimitri montage PL CONFIRMED
Owen Lopez
Lucky to get a call after turning it down last year
