Very tough to pick given how open the year has been. Quarter 3 wide open with any of the seeds capable of a big run along with Nijman. Veenstra very unlucky to miss out for my side but would not be surprised to see him make the fourth round.
Scott Williams another very unlucky to miss out considering his from on the tv relative to the tour and his success at the event last year as one of my selections. Tough opener against Niko Springer who is on his WC debut.
Wattimena, Menzies and Joyce were all under consideration given their recent form and would not be surprised if Doets went one better against Michael Smith this time around.
Will be very interesting to see how they all go compared to the four I picked along with the ownership spread between us.
L Humphries, M Van Gerwen and L Littler
G Price, G Anderson and C Dobey
M Schindler, D Van Duijvenbode, D Gurney and G Van Veen
W Nijman, W Plaiser, M Lukeman and C Scutt
S Buntz, L Ilagan, D Labanauskas and G Mathers
Second Aussie to hit a nine darter at the World Championships (Kyle Anderson VS Ian White 2014 WC). Fell asleep after he missed too many chances to take the first set so missed it as well as missing Kist’s nine darter on the way to work.