PDC WDC round 1 afternoon session: Highlander, The Spider star
Published:
Holly Thackeray | December 17, 2015
Day 2: First round afternoon session plus preliminary action
- 2016 PDC World Darts Championship
- Friday, December 18th
- Session from: 13:10-17:00 GMT
- Alexandra Palace, London
- Live on Sky Sports Darts and Sky Sports 1
Highlander and The Spider highlights on second day
The 2016 PDC World Darts Championship presents its first full decadent day of dedicated darts on Friday, after Thursday evening’s openers, with two terrific sessions of tungsten action to enjoy.
Here, Coral experts preview the first exciting afternoon session, which runs from 13:10 to 17:00 GMT before a two-hour break, but don’t forget to check out our thoughts on the evening session also, with the oche event re-starting at 19:10, leaving plenty of time for dinner.
Preliminary round (best of three sets, no tie-break)
Qiang Sun v Mick McGowan
Chinese star Sun is somewhat of an unknown quantity but, having won the recent PDC World China Qualifying Event, is 5/2 to use this, and his dark horse status, as an advantage.
Irish opponent McGowan (odds-on at 2/7) is more tempting at even-money to whitewash Sun 2-0, however, as The Magnet has played on this stage twice before, both times reaching the final 32.
First round
John Henderson v Darren Webster
Yet, this time the plucky pair face each other, with Webster even-money to take the match, as he holds a 3-1 head-to-head record over 4/5 favourite Henderson. Though, the Scotsman recently reached the European Championship quarter-finals, so is tasty at 10/3 for a 3-1 win.
Justin Pipe v Christian Kist
The Force may have been with Pipe, who has last 16 pedigree in this competition, in that previous encounter, although Kist (6/5) as a former BDO world champion, could be an intriguing punt to get further in this PDC edition.
Mark Webster v Sun/McGowan
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Coral’s top tip: Take a punt on Kist at 6/5 to push past Pipe.
