Beau and Mikuru through.

Beau beat Fallon in the Womens
Luke Humphries beats MvG 18-15 with a double double outshot to take the mens.

That was a great final
Luke Humphries is an incredible player

Beau Greaves turns down her World Championship spot and says it is unrealistic to think a woman can win it.

comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
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Beau Greaves turns down her World Championship spot and says it is unrealistic to think a woman can win it.
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I was impressed, albeit over a short match, with her average etc yesterday. Surely the way to gain experience is to enter and see what it's like - Fallon has shown the way, time to give it a go and see how she progresses

It was a great final yesterday in the men's. MVG showing a bit better form - misses a lot more than the old MVG, but the scoring is starting to come good, and some of the old signs are there with the 160 followed by 106. LH playing with remarkable consistency, still the man to beat

Did a bet which I thought was a crazy price - 10+legs to finish or either dble 8 or dble 16. The price was 20/1!!!! Given this is the fav dble for both these players, I thought it would be 10/1 max.

Came in after about 25 legs or so. I think there was 12 0r 13 in the end.

The big issue is that she would not be allowed to play in the Womens World Championship, and she feels winning that is more worthwhile than a run in the PDC worlds.
I think one of her points is the womens game is played over short formats and she doesn't think she is capable of maintaining a standard across a longer format.

She may change her mind in a few years, as she looks far too good to be limited to the womans tour. A decent showing in the Grand Slam may push her.

I have to admit, I don't follow the female side that closely. Is she current world champion? Maybe a few women's world titles will change her mind and she will enter the men's.

I was struck by her scoring and just 'looked way better' than any female darts player I have seen before. Fallon played well also, but Beau looked very comfortable - I assume she is playing to a higher standard than most women generally?

Just a matter of time it would seem to mix it with the men and see where she stands

Yeah, she won the last 2 WDF Womens World Championships. She is very dominant and takes most titles. Think she holds all the womens majors.

She is doing well in the development tour as well, 8th and she has only played half the events I think. Will be interesting if she does Q School to allow her on the Challenge Tour next year - doubt she would take a tour card though.

2024 Australian Darts Masters
August 9-10, WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
Draw Bracket
(1) Luke Littler v Rob Modra
Michael Smith v Stuart Coburn
(4) Luke Humphries v Joe Comito
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Jeremy Fagg
(2) Rob Cross v Haupai Puha
Peter Wright v Simon Whitlock
(3) Gerwyn Price v Brenton Lloyd
Damon Heta v John Hurring

Friday August 9 (1900 local time)
First Round
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Jeremy Fagg
Gerwyn Price v Brenton Lloyd
Michael Smith v Stuart Coburn
Luke Humphries v Joe Comito
Luke Littler v Rob Modra
Peter Wright v Simon Whitlock
Damon Heta v John Hurring
Rob Cross v Haupai Puha

Saturday August 10 (1900 local time)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final

Format
First Round - Best of 11 legs
Quarter-Finals - Best of 11 legs
Semi-Finals - Best of 13 legs
Final - Best of 15 legs

2024 Flanders Darts Trophy
Antwerp Xpo, Belgium, September 6-8
Tournament Draw Bracket - Second Round Onwards
(6) Josh Rock v Jitse Van der Wal/Sebastian Bialecki
(11) Chris Dobey v Francois Schweyen/Kevin Doets
(3) Gerwyn Price v Luke Woodhouse/Luc Bogaert
(14) Gian van Veen v Krzysztof Ratajski/Robert Owen
(7) Stephen Bunting v Marko Kantele/Scott Williams
(10) Martin Schindler v Brendan Dolan/Peter Wright
(2) Dave Chisnall v Cameron Menzies/James Wade
(15) Michael van Gerwen v Gabriel Clemens/Martin Lukeman
(5) Danny Noppert v Raymond van Barneveld/Maik Kuivenhoven
(12) Ricardo Pietreczko v Andrew Gilding/Dimitri Van den Bergh
(4) Damon Heta v Jonny Clayton/Dirk van Duijvenbode
(13) Luke Littler v Jermaine Wattimena/Brian Raman
(8) Ryan Searle v Joe Cullen/Callan Rydz
(9) Ross Smith v Mike De Decker/Richard Veenstra
(1) Luke Humphries v Daryl Gurney/Ritchie Edhouse
(16) Ryan Joyce v Jody Tobback/Alan Soutar

Swiss Darts Trophy this weekend in the European Tour. Also a last chance for some to qualify for the Grand Prix.
First round already saw some big names fall, with Wright, Clayton, Cullen among those out:

Karel Sedlacek 6-4 Jim Williams
Wessel Nijman 6-0 Luke Woodhouse
Bruno Stöckli 6-3 Krzysztof Ratajski
Mike De Decker 6-2 Graham Hall
Madars Razma 6-3 Alex Fehlmann
Andrew Gilding 6-0 Nandor Pres
Roger Hertig 6-5 Ryan Meikle
Callan Rydz 6-1 Brendan Dolan
Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Ritchie Edhouse
Anton Östlund 6-2 Dirk van Duijvenbode
James Wade 6-3 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Raymond van Barneveld 6-2 Joe Cullen
Cameron Menzies 6-3 Jonny Clayton
Richard Veenstra 6-4 Peter Wright
Nathan Aspinall 6-3 Marcel Walpen
Michael Smith 6-5 Ian White


This afternoons action:
Gian van Veen v Callan Rydz
Ryan Searle v Roger Hertig
Rob Cross v Andrew Gilding
Josh Rock v Jermaine Wattimena
Damon Heta v Madars Razma
Ross Smith v Mike De Decker
Daryl Gurney v Karel Sedlacek
Danny Noppert v Cameron Menzies

This evening:
Martin Schindler v Anton Östlund
Stephen Bunting v Michael Smith
Gerwyn Price v James Wade
Luke Humphries v Richard Veenstra
Luke Littler v Bruno Stöckli
Ricardo Pietreczko v Raymond van Barneveld
Dave Chisnall v Nathan Aspinall
Chris Dobey v Wessel Nijman

In yesterdays Player Championship, Gary Anderson put FIVE ton plus averages in a row on the score board. He had a 9 darter in that run too.
Lost the semi final to Wessel Nijman though, and the youngster beat Stephen Bunting in the final.

Anderson also had a couple of ton+ averages today, but went in the last 16.
Stephen Bunting seems on form, though, as he is in the semi final again. Dobey, Gurney and Gilding also in semi.

Bunting got to the final again today - lost to Luke Humphries.
3 days, 3 lost finals for Bunting... great effort though.

Everybody ready for a bit of Double-In, Double-Out madness?

No long in Dublin, of course, it's new home is Leicester.

Phil Taylor has won this event 11 times, with MvG next with 6 titles.

Brendan Dolan became the "History Maker" when he hit the first 9 darter in Grand Prix history. James Wade (who was his opponent) went on to match that feat alongside Robert Thornton in the very same match.

Luke Humphries won it last time out. This meant 4 different players won the last 4 GPs.

Stephen Bunting was in great form last week, reaching all 3 Player Championship finals. He faces world #1 Luke Humphries in round 1.
Also hitting peak form last week was Gary Anderson. His consistent ton plus averages were a highlight of the week. He meets Michael Smith in another cracker of a first round tie.

Michael van Gerwen plays Daryl Gurney, Luke Littler has Rob Cross while Gerwyn Price faces Danny Noppert.

Some other tasty looking clashes include Gian van Veen vs Ross Smith, Peter Wright vs James Wade and it kicks off with Josh Rock versus Ryan Joyce tonight on Sky Sports.

Humphries 1 leg from defeat and needs 6 to get going... he is on the ropes.

He comes off the ropes to level it.

Bunting playing like someone who knows he missed his big chance.

Humphries won, but the other Luke is out. Cross beating Littler

Wednesday October 9 (1900 BST)
4x Second Round matches
Nathan Aspinall v Ryan Joyce
Rob Cross v Martin Schindler
Luke Humphries v Ricardo Pietreczko
Jonny Clayton v Ross Smith

Thursday October 10 (1900 BST)
4x Second Round matches
Gary Anderson v Mike De Decker
Gerwyn Price v James Wade
Daryl Gurney v Joe Cullen
Dave Chisnall v Dimitri Van den Bergh

Friday October 11 (1900 BST)
Quarter-Finals

Saturday October 12 (2030 BST)
Semi-Finals

Sunday October 13 (2000 BST)
Final

Friday October 11 (1900 BST)
4x Quarter-Finals
Mike De Decker v James Wade
Rob Cross v Ryan Joyce
Luke Humphries v Jonny Clayton
Joe Cullen v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Format - Best of Five Sets

Mike de Decker

What a tournament 👏

Luke Littler gave MvG a bit of a smashing in Czechia.
6-1, but the stats suggest it wasn't 1 sided as MvG ended with a 112 average. A 16.67% double success (1/6) shows where it was lost.
Luke Humphries meets man of the moment Mike de Decker to see who faces Littler in the second semi.

Kim Huybrechts faces Niels Zonneveld in the first semi.

That first semi is very important. If Zonneveld wins he qualifies for the European Championships at the expense of van Duijvenbode.
Huybrechts needs to win the whole thing to jump up into the top 32 of the ETOoM.

Up the top end, Littler can grab the #1 seed place if he wins the event. Humphries can jump into second seed if he wins the event, with the draw based on ET OoM position.