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Auckland Darts Masters second round: Taylor and MvG hungry for maiden NZ title

| 18.06.2016
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Sam Barnard, Assistant Sports Editor | June 17, 2016

Auckland Darts Masters 2016

  • Quarter-finals
  • Saturday, June 18th
  • Session from: 08:00 BST
  • Trusts Stadium, Auckland
  • Shown in UK on ITV4 from 18:30 BST

Top eight seeds all come through Oceania opponents

The second edition of the Auckland Darts Masters provided no shocks in the opening round, as the eight superstar seeds knocked out local heroes from New Zealand and Australia.

Coral preview the four tasty quarter-finals that feature the likes of Michael van Gerwen, Phil Taylor, Gary Anderson and Raymond van Barneveld…

Dave Chisnall v Raymond van Barneveld

2015 William Hill PDC World Championship - Day Thirteen - Alexandra Palace

Chizzy (4/5 match favourite with Coral) had an unexpectedly tough first round clash with Aussie Clinton Bridge, who eventually lost just 6-4, but that could be due to the thought of having to face darting legend Barney next.

The Dutchman (evens) was on the oche the match before, coming through relatively comfortably against Kiwi Cody Harris, and has a superior record against Chisnall.

Van Barneveld has won each of their last three meetings, including twice in the Premier League this and last year, though all by a close margin.

Back Barney, who was runner-up here in the first edition in 2015, to come through by a 10-8 scoreline at 8/1.

Gary Anderson v Peter Wright

Darts - 2014 William Hill World Darts Championship - Day Fourteen - Alexandra Palace

Next up is an all-Scottish battle between world champion Anderson (4/9 favourite) and Wright (7/4), who have recently been the subject of a war of words.

This is surprisingly their first ever World Series of Darts meeting, but The Flying Scotsman boats a 16-11 winning record over his compatriot and has lost just once in their last seven duels.

Anderson tends to thrash Wright when they lock horns, and so is 10/1 to triumph 10-4 this time around.

Phil Taylor v Adrian Lewis

World Cup of Darts, Hamburg

World Cup winning Potters pair Taylor and Lewis tussle for the first time since their triumph in Frankfurt, and as always it is the former who is favourite (2/5) to topple his former protege (2/1).

The Power has won a whopping 52 of their 69 meetings, two being drawn, with three of them coming most recently.

Taylor is certainly a man nearly back to his best, and looked in imperious form against Rob Szabo in round one, smashing him 6-0.

With this being one of the very few competitions he’s never claimed, he’ll be extra determined and ruthless. All-time great Taylor is a tempting 4/1 to lift the title and 7/2 to be King of the Oche against Lewis.

Michael van Gerwen v James Wade

Darts - Betway Premier League Darts - Brighton Centre

Like Taylor, Van Gerwen will be hungry to get his hands on this trophy that has eluded him too, and he is the even-money favourite to capture it.

Fellow multiple major title winner Wade (9/2 match shout) stands in his way in the quarters, but the world number one is heavily odds-on at 1/7.

The Machine has actually beaten the usually dominant Dutchman in three of their last four outings, so this could go all the way. MvG is 12/1 just to edge it 10-9, therefore.

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Coral’s top tip: Back Barney to beat Chisnall 10-8 at 8/1.

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Sam Barnard

Sam has been writing for Coral since January 2014, and is the assistant editor of the news site. As well as the main betting sports, football, tennis and cricket, he covers the likes of golf, F1 and darts too, the latter of which has become a particular favourite. Sam enjoys playing as much as writing about sports, but niggling injuries have limited his participation in recent years, so is happy to mainly watch the pros such as Manchester United, Yorkshire CCC, Raymond van Barneveld and even Gibraltar national football team instead.