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The winner of this duel will advance to the third stage, the 16th final. It is an exam by Krzysztof Ratajski, a Polish with a fifteenth grade and a powerful look in London, waiting for a Lithuanian or an Australian.
In the next stage, we would have to meet the Scotsman Peter Wright, second classified, who defends the title of world champion (he meets the German Gabriel Clemens).
D.Labanauskas (PDC-46), 44, will face his second World Championship this Tuesday. In the first match on Friday, Garliaviskis left no hope for China’s Chenganu Liu and attacked the target with an enviable average of three arrows – 96.07 points.
Photo by Scanpix / Darius Labanauskas
Only five dart masters demonstrated a better average in the first stage among 64 participants: Belgian Kim Huybrechts (104.05), Irish Steve Lennon (96.95) and English Ryan Meikle (96.66), Ryan Searle (98.31) and Scott Waites ( 96.13).
For Simon Whitlock, who is rated 18 in this planetary championship, this will be the first fight of the tournament and it may be a slight advantage for D. Labanauskas.
Especially since he has faced the Australian three times in the past and has celebrated the victory twice.
“This is a player who has a lot of experience in various tournaments and lately he has been showing very good darts. You will have to play the same way as in the first stage or even better, only then can I expect a serious fight. Playing worse against Whitlock doesn’t accomplish much. You just have to play hard yourself and then we’ll see what it will be like “, – 15 minutes said D. Labanauskas.
Photo by Scanpix / Darius Labanauskas
On the PSC tour, A. Whiteit also stands out with another feature that Australian rivals don’t always like.
“You have to determine that after a few shots the triple field of the target will be just as old. Australians are known to play with darts, which they shoot hard In rent objective ”, smiled D. Labanauskas.
According to the Lithuanian, a relatively easy victory in the first match can be psychologically important.
“For me those first matches are very important because I want to feel the atmosphere of the championship, get used to the stage and the goal. Everything is quite new, the rules are a little different this year than last year. It’s great that the first fight was easier. For Whitlock, meanwhile, it will be the start of the championship. Before the fight, I didn’t know who to play with, I knew both before and after the first duel, maybe it’s a bit more. After all, Whitlock is a high-level player, he has his own tactic and rhythm, it won’t surprise you, ”said D. Labanauskas.
This is the thirteenth PDC World Championship for 51-year-old S. Whitlock, nicknamed “magician.” He played five more times in the BDO Planetary Championship.
In 2010 he reached the final, where he was 3: 7 behind the legendary Phil Taylor, and in 2012 and 2014 he played in the semi-finals.
„Scanpix“ nuotr./Simonas Whitlockas
The experience of D.Labanauskas, a little more modest, three PDC world championships and four BDO planetary championships.
With London having a hard time driving from the clutches of the coronavirus, it was decided to give in to the spectators just before the start of the championship, so the atmosphere at Alexandra Palace this year is much calmer than usual.
“I have spent more than a year in the BDO organization, and there are far fewer spectators there and they are not that loud at tournaments, so I feel really comfortable in London. The sound background is not only heard by viewers, but also by us after good releases. The atmosphere is not so noisy, but everything is fine “, smiled D. Labanauskas.
The duel between S. Whitlock and D. Labanauskas should start on Tuesday around 4 pm Lithuanian time.
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