PDC Grand Slam of Darts- 10th-18th November 2018- Wolverhampton

[ssjsa]

Averages after 10 legs:

Cross 91.59
Suljovic 93.77

Session 1
Cross 84.27 (14%)
Mensur 85.22 (40%)

Session 2
Cross 99.41 (44%)
Mensur 103.41 (40%)

[MrLil8]

Strangely poor stuff, both looked like they didn't even want to be there!

[ssjsa]

Wednesday November 14 (1900 GMT)

Stephen Bunting (88.14) 6 (19) 10 (90.16) Dimitri Van den Bergh
Gerwyn Price (93.37) 10 (19) 5 (84.10) Josh Payne
Rob Cross (92.23) 7 (19) 10 (93.63) Mensur Suljovic
Peter Wright v Simon Whitlock

Thursday November 15 (1900 GMT)

Jonny Clayton v Krzysztof Ratajski
James Wade v Michael Unterbuchner
Gary Anderson v Wesley Harms
Michael Smith v Michael van Gerwen

[ssjsa]

Stats from the Cross vs Suljovic match, courtesy of TheRedBit180.

[WizardofozFan]

Expecting Wright to really show up here, is due a big performance.

[ssjsa]

Expecting Wright to really show up here, is due a big performance.

Wright changing his darts again.

If Whitlock can get off to a good start, Peter's confidence in this set up will quickly diminish and can see Simon winning this match comfortably.

[devosteve]

Hoping for a whitlockl win. Good that he hasn't just faded away, like some, from the top end of the the game.

[ssjsa]

Interview with Price.

[ssjsa]

Interview with Dimitri.

[fling]

Hoping for a whitlockl win. Good that he hasn't just faded away, like some, from the top end of the the game.

Only 14 going for a Whitlock win in the prediction comp. Looking good for them so far.

[MrLil8]

Wright paying poorly, again.

Tonight's standard has been poor, and we've had a 9 Darter! Ha.

[ssjsa]

Wright paying poorly, again.

Tonight's standard has been poor, and we've had a 9 Darter! Ha.

Averages after 10 legs:

Wright 93.63
Whitlock 92.26

Surprised that Wright was ahead on the averages, but shows that Whitlock is not playing that well, and if he let's Snakebite back into this match, he could throw this away.

[The Crusader]

Whitlocks finishing and confidence seem back to when he burst on the PDC scene.

[ssjsa]

Wednesday November 14 (1900 GMT)

Stephen Bunting (88.14) 6 (19) 10 (90.16) Dimitri Van den Bergh
Gerwyn Price (93.37) 10 (19) 5 (84.10) Josh Payne
Rob Cross (92.23) 7 (19) 10 (93.63) Mensur Suljovic
Peter Wright (93.86) 6 (19) 10 (94.95) Simon Whitlock

Thursday November 15 (1900 GMT)

Jonny Clayton v Krzysztof Ratajski
James Wade v Michael Unterbuchner
Gary Anderson v Wesley Harms
Michael Smith v Michael van Gerwen

[DavidB]

Wright paying poorly, again.

Tonight's standard has been poor, and we've had a 9 Darter! Ha.

That’s because the big two weren’t playing tonight - they are both a massive gulf above everyone else right now, simple as.

[DavidB]

So the only player to beat Simon Whitlock so far was Duzza, just saying

[ChrisW]

Totally amazed that Dimitri is even on the stage at the moment after what he just told Arjan what he is going through in his personal life.

[ssjsa]

Pretty average darts tonight( Dimitri's 9 darter exempted) . Don't think any of the 8 players played especially well and the 4 losers must be regretting how they played, as it would not have taken a lot more for either or all of them to progress.

But hey ho, on to tomorrow when the quality half of the Last 16 draw takes place. Expecting Wade and Ando to progress pretty comfortably, but think the other two matches will go close.

[WizardofozFan]

Delighted once again, every Whitlock win I must cherish! Played quite well, was averaging something like 97/98 half-way through that. 2 poor legs dragged that down to 95 in the end, but crucially scored and finished that one dart better than Peter's.

Wright did well in the group, feel like he just needs to get back to the darts he used before the summer and stick with them. He's not had a bad year, shows how far he's come that he'll be disappointed with 2018 were it to end now, but just needs the right dart for the right tournament.

[DavidB]

ssjsa writing Harms off again, there