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Although we know all about his timing and how he continually defies his lower than par averages compared to everyone else to stay in the world's top 10, it always feels a risk siding with him when he's a short-priced favourite.

The 43-year-old looks set be the top seed at October’s European Championship in Dortmund, as he continues his bid for an elusive televised title over the coming months. Williams certainly is a player who is making great inroads this year and I can see that continuing here with victory over the 2019 quarter-finalist. His 180 prowess is the higher of the two at 0.31 per leg compared to that of Joyce at 0.25 per leg and that could make a nice double in this match. His performances in majors this year have been disappointing although there were signs of promise when averaging 99 in a very entertaining 10-7 defeat to Luke Humphries at the Players Championship Finals. Michael van Gerwen is the very fair favourite to come through this quarter based on the fact he's the defending champion and has claimed this double-start trophy six times in total. The pair of them are firing on all cylinders when it comes to 180s too, with maximum per leg ratios around the 0.35 mark. If this is a close encounter, which I expect, then they could comfortably combine to hit the most 180s in the session.Vladyslav Omelchenko came through the Ukrainian qualifying event to seal a first appearance at the World Championship. He averaged 76.42 in the final to win 3-0 and averaged 69.97 for the tournament so he’ll have to up that considerably if he’s to trouble Luke Woodhouse on Sunday afternoon.

Probably one to swerve and I wouldn't want to delve into the 180s markets as they are very evenly-matched for maximums per leg this year. Playing in the tournament for a 15th successive year, a 5-1 win over Joe Davis ensured he got off to the best possible start as he aims to continue a remarkable record of never failing to get out of the group Woody appeared at the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton in November which would’ve been the closest to a home event for the Bewdley thrower. The pendulum swung yet again as Chisnall won consecutive legs to force a decider, and he sealed the deal via double 16, but only after Humphries had missed double 12 for another incredible 141 finish. There was also a popular win for Martin Schindler, who gave the German fans the result they wanted as he took out five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld 6-4. International Open resultsSmith is a student of the game, admitting he analyses both his own and his opponents statistics and I like that. He identified areas of strengths and weaknesses in his opponents last year and knows what he must do and/or take advantage of if he’s to advance. Chisnall, who also beat Humphries in all four of the finals he's won this year, averaged over 100 across his seven matches that day and a shade under three figures across his five in Hungary. In the second half of the season, his average of 97.3 is in the top four overall. I’ve missed lots of opportunities [in the past] and you can’t do that at this level, but I’m going to carry on and keep believing. I will win one!” All the world's greatest ever players have endured their fair share of double-start nightmares down the years - especially when it's a best-of-three sets - but generally speaking the players who tend to thrive in this tournament are those with plenty of experience of this format, iron mental strength and a very solid all-round game.