Sometimes, something you think must be a misprint or a wind up turns out not to be so. Of course such can be the case with the most serious issue in life too. With regard to what you will read hereafter, what appeared to be unbelievable was the fact that there was only one session of darts on Wednesday when there had been two every day up to that point and there appears also to be going for as long as there are enough participants left in to necessitate as such.
As for the action which did transpire when they action did transpire when the day did belatedly get underway, a description of the ‘card’ could be split in two. Between players producing breakthrough performances on the biggest stage in the sport and others merely doing as they would have been expected to do. In the former category, you had Adam Sevada and Stefan Bellmont of Switzerland.
The latter, in particular, grabbing the headlines. Firstly as it was a first win on the Ally Pally stage for the nation in question and secondly because Belmont’s advancement was achieved by usurping one of the icon figures in the sport, five time champion of the world, Ray Van Barneveld. Will the Barney Army have occasion to tune up their Ally Pally voices again? We can but hope.
Elsewhere in the midweek matches, James Wade was his usual, methodical, efficient self in disposing of the challenge of Azemoto of Japan and similar comments could eventually be affixed to Martin Schindler’s list of a analytics after his dispensing with the attentions of Stephen Burton
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