The 2013 World Matchplay Thread

buster180

I few nice games in the first round. I have a feeling that Taylor may get knocked out by Kellett. Wade V Part could be another cracker if both players are in the mood.


Anderson needs to get his act together in this tournament or face dropping right down the rankings.

BetVictor World Matchplay Draw Bracket

Phil Taylor (1) v Stuart Kellett
Terry Jenkins (16) v Andy Smith
Raymond van Barneveld (8) v Mensur Suljovic
Justin Pipe (9) v Mark Webster
Simon Whitlock (5) v Jelle Klaasen
Kevin Painter (12) v Jamie Lewis
James Wade (4) v John Part
Mervyn King (13) v Gary Anderson
Michael van Gerwen (2) v Colin Lloyd
Kim Huybrechts (15) v Peter Wright
Wes Newton (7) v Jamie Caven
Dave Chisnall (10) v Paul Nicholson
Andy Hamilton (6) v Ronnie Baxter
Robert Thornton (11) v Ian White
Adrian Lewis (3) v Ronny Huybrechts
Brendan Dolan (14) v Steve Beaton

ArmaniJeanss

Possible dream tie match-up of Suljovic v Pipe in Round 2.

Klassens first appearance on tv in england since the 'incident' could be interesting.

buster180

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Possible dream tie match-up of Suljovic v Pipe in Round 2.

Klassens first appearance on tv in england since the 'incident' could be interesting.

Did he not play in the UK Open???

Treble20

buster180 wrote: »

Did he not play in the UK Open???

Correct he played in the UK Open and was on ITV4 last weekend in the European Championship.

irelandguy10

Thinking about putting a few euro on someone thinking Terry jenkins i know he will more then likely face phil taylor if he gets through but he is 100-1 some price

ArmaniJeanss

Bump, this has kind of sneaked up on us with so much going on in other sports.
Kicks off tonight, with Terry Jenkins v The Pieman on stage at the moment.
Also tonight is Wade v Part, Barney v Suljovic and Whitlock v Klaasen.
Sky Sports 1.

KevIRL

Is this just on tonight and tomorrow?

Kingp35

KevIRL wrote: »

Is this just on tonight and tomorrow?

No it's on all week, finished on Sunday the 28th. This is a huge tournament, second only to the Worlds.

Terry Jenkins 10-3 Andy Smith in the first game of the tournament.

The Winter Gardens is definitely the best venue in darts, the crowd are always packed in and the atmosphere is class.

ArmaniJeanss

KevIRL wrote: »

Is this just on tonight and tomorrow?

Nope, its a long structure, first round is best of 19 increasing as it goes.
Runs until next Sunday but as far as i remember its evenings only during the week.

Kingp35

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Runs until next Sunday but as far as i remember its evenings only during the week.

Correct, there is an afternoon session tomorrow though.

Barney v Suljovic is on next.

KevIRL

Great stuff will get to see a good bit of it so.

KevIRL

Jamie Lewis is 9/4 to beat Painter this afternoon. He got to the final of the Gibralter tournamentrecently and could be worth a bet. Also +2.5 in the handicap @ evs

ArmaniJeanss

Pipe should make a complaint about Websters slow play here.


Pipe beats the injured Webster 10-4.
Rest of the afternoon session is fairly unappealing.
Painter v Jamie Lewis, Kim Huybrechts v Wright and Dolan v Beaton.

Evening session looks far better (shirley they could have swapped it round a bit).
King v Anderson, Chisnail v Nicholson, Taylor v Kellett & MVG v Lloyd.

KevIRL

Huybrechts v Wright has the look of a great game imo.

Also think Lewis could cause a bit of a shock

briany

Nicholson having a little cry there?

Kingp35

That was very strange, Nicholson crying on stage. Obviously not right mentally. Chisnall wins 10-8

buster180

Kingp35 wrote: »

That was very strange, Nicholson crying on stage. Obviously not right mentally. Chisnall wins 10-8

His twitter page should be fun later!! Something seriously wrong with him at the moment

briany

He cried at the WC of Darts as well didn't he?

James Wade had a cry not too long ago as well.

In other games, when a player cries, we sort of admire it as a by-product of the passion for what they're doing but in darts we label it as a sign of possible mental trouble. I know it's only darts but couldn't it just be that they're so disappointed with themselves that it causes a tear or two to be shed?

:rolleyes:

Havermeyer

briany wrote: »

He cried at the WC of Darts as well didn't he?

James Wade had a cry not too long ago as well.

In other games, when a player cries, we sort of admire it as a by-product of the passion for what they're doing but in darts we label it as a sign of possible mental trouble. I know it's only darts but couldn't it just be that they're so disappointed with themselves that it causes a tear or two to be shed?

:rolleyes:

I would tend to agree with you, but there was only one leg in it when he started crying.

briany

Havermeyer wrote: »

I would tend to agree with you, but there was only one leg in it when he started crying.

Yes but we don't know what was going through his mind. He might have felt his confidence going and was so gutted at having let a clear advantage that a few tears came out. Not something you often see and it could be that he needs to get his head together, or that he's a bit sensitive or that he's just a sulky **** but I wouldn't automatically presuppose one thing over the other is all I'm saying.

DuckHook

Maybe he was upset chisnall ignored his tactics of slowing down every leg, nicholson is a strange character and i think he genuinely believes he is a top class darts player and should be winning these kind of events.

He is good but not great and mardle made a good point afterwards that nicholson is squeezing every last drop out of his game and is still falling short. HE should have put chizzy away last night and he knows it.

RainMaker

buster180 wrote: »

I have a feeling that Taylor may get knocked out by Kellett....

I hope you didn't have money on that!

buster180

RainMaker wrote: »

I hope you didn't have money on that!

Nope. But didn't expect Kellett to be that bad, he was playing well in the floor tournaments

DuckHook

Thornton having a mare on the doubles here...looks so unlikely to hit anything head down already.

wilddarts

Thornton 1 - (Ian) White 4. Thornton living a nightmare on doubles.

KevIRL

bull-25-bull like a boss

KevIRL

Quite the thumping for Thornton there

Kingp35

You could tell right from the off that Thornton wasn't mentally right, obviously his last few hammerings in this tournament was on his mind. Very disappointing.

Close game here between Newton and Caven. 7-7

wilddarts

Some performance from Caven.

Kingp35

Caven really lifted his game there, quality darts at the end there to win 10-8.

Not often you see Caven turn it on in front of the cameras.

mdwexford

Pipe has the most annoying face and throw in the world.

Pains me to watch a match hes in.

wilddarts

God awful to watch alrite is Pipe, his awkward looking throw is effective tho. I hope Pipe and Hamilton don't go any further, nothing against them but their matches are nearly too annoying to watch.

Kingp35

Pipe has hone off the boil with his doubles, he should be well clear of Barney at this stage but somehow finds himself 8-7 down. If Barney wins this then he is a very lucky man.

I agree that Pipe isn't great to watch but he is still a very good player and if he wins you can't begrudge him the victory.

mdwexford

Two awful performances.
Barney should be ashamed to go out of the second biggest tournament of the year with an 89 average.

Very hard to get a rhythm going against Pipe with him being ridiculously slow.
Thats a lot to do with him being number 9 in the world more than talent in my opinion.

Kingp35

He's number 8 in the world now ahead of Barney after that win. Barney just looked as if he didn't care, he had no fight in him at all whereas Pipe was fighting all the way so he deserved the win.

It's looking like that Grand Slam victory for Barney was just a once off and he has reverted back to what he was before that win.

Pipe is grindingly slow. But so is Dolan and I root for him. Pipe seems like a nice character.

windy shepard henderson

i think pipe's throw is down to some injury he picked up a number of years ago in a crash or something.

i always found robert thornton more anoying, especially when he starts talking to his darts!!!

mdwexford

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

i think pipe's throw is down to some injury he picked up a number of years ago in a crash or something.

i always found robert thornton more anoying, especially when he starts talking to his darts!!!

Thornton has an awful attitude on stage as well.

Constant head shaking and giving out.

briany

Nerves getting to Jenkins here but he got that double 10! Some match.

Kingp35

This is an absolute epic match

mdwexford

Hell of a game, love to see Jenks see it out now.

phkk

mdwexford wrote: »

Hell of a game, love to see Jenks see it out now.

Hon d bull!

briany

I think Jenkins has run out of steam. He was doing so well too. Pity

EDIT gone to sudden death. Credit to Jenko.

mdwexford

Amazing last leg from The Power.

Fantastic match.

Kingp35

Fantastic game, Terry busting himself cost him the match. Unbelievable last leg from Taylor though.

Can't believe there's still one more match to go which could easily be another very long one!

Will I Amnt

Terry threw that away with the finish line in sight. Drifting into the 5 and 1 after starting with a 60 on nearly every turn after getting in front.
Credit to Taylor, pulled out the big shots to finish it off.

monkey9

Anyone see the post match interview? What an arsehole Taylor is. Completely disrespected Terry Jenkins by interrupting him at every opportunity,

Fair play to Jenkins cos if Taylor had lost, he'd have been away.

Kingp35

monkey9 wrote: »

Anyone see the post match interview? What an arsehole Taylor is. Completely disrespected Terry Jenkins by interrupting him at every opportunity,

Fair play to Jenkins cos if Taylor had lost, he'd have been away.

Nothing new from Taylor, a very unlikable man.

wilddarts

monkey9 wrote: »

Anyone see the post match interview? What an arsehole Taylor is. Completely disrespected Terry Jenkins by interrupting him at every opportunity,

Fair play to Jenkins cos if Taylor had lost, he'd have been away.

Yeah, the usual post match bulls#ite from taylor with the losing player being interviewed aswell. Interrupting, answering questions for Jenkins, and disagreeing with the answers Jenkins does give, some b0llix. Nice to see the crowd behind Jenkins tho, seems taylors fan base is dwindling.

Will I Amnt

Anderson fizzling out again. Such a frustrating player to watch. Looked unbeatable in the early legs.