Suljovic advanced, but his scoring wasn't particularly impressive, per Live Darts: The European Championship finalist survives a scare in the first set to cruise over the winning line despite an average of just 88.5. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 15 December 2016 to 2 January 2017. The pair exchanged breaks, but Lerchbacher missed too many doubles to keep Thornton under pressure. PDC 2017 World Darts Championship: The Big Preview – Part Four! Ross Snook discusses his win in today's PDC Spectacular and his thoughts on qualifying for the 2017 PDC World Championship. #WHDarts https://t.co/xRCts8BeTi. The Ledbury, England-born player lost the opening set to The Maximum after Jenkins conceded a two-leg lead to the 23-year-old. Mighty Mike defeated qualifier Kim Viljanen with ease, strutting to a 3-0 win with speed and accuracy. Here are the scores from Wednesday's preliminary and first-round matches: Here's what the upcoming schedule looks like, per the PDC's official Twitter account: REMINDER | Here is the schedule for the opening two rounds of the @WilliamHill World Darts Championship. Seeded John Henderson crashed out at the first-round stage, defeated 3-2 by Andrew Gilding in the afternoon. #WHDarts https://t.co/b0PEruxXAj. Help: You are on Darts PDC World Championship 2017 page. He was 2-1 in front before Suljovic rallied again. Those efforts evened the set at two legs apiece. The 20th seed will now contest the richest-ever darts match in Monday’s final as he takes on legendary 16-time World Champion Taylor – who will be competing in his final game before retirement. Published: 31 Dec 2020 PDC World Championship 2021 - Wedstrijd uitslagen Terug naar overzicht Wedstrijd uitslagen Wade was in … Thornton sought to assert himself more in the second set. James Wade, Mensur Suljovic and Robert Thornton all won to advance in the 2017 PDC Darts World Championship at London's Alexandra Palace on Wednesday. 2020 Peter Wright. A 2017-es PDC-dartsvilágbajnokságot (2017 William Hill World Darts Championship) 2016. december 15 és 2017. január 2 között rendezték meg a londoni Alexandra Palace-ban.Ez volt a 24. He quickly closed out the next leg to complete a clean sweep. Here are the numbers. Yet the Scot finally made good on doubles, taking out D12 to book his passage into the second round. It was to be the younger man's last contribution, as the veteran streaked three sets in a row to extinguish any threat. Suljovic had earlier done the same against Ron Meulenkamp, before Robert Thornton ended the night surviving a tough test against Austrian Zoran Lerchbacher. Webster knocks out former World Champ, Stephen Bunting and he will see him in round two PDC World Championship 2017: Upcoming Schedule: Date: Match: Sunday, Dec. 18: Kevin Simm v Gilbert Ulang (P) Justin Pipe (26) v Chris Dobey: Mark Webster (25) v … 1 Michael van Gerwen making his opening bow at this year's competition in the first round of the PDC World Darts Championship at the Alexandra Place, London. Earlier, Suljovic and Meulenkamp engaged in a terrific contest. ! PDC world championship 2017 64 Players. However, three maximums helped Meulenkamp apply some pressure in the third set. The night ended with Thornton taking on Lerchbacher, who had beaten Simon Stevenson in the only preliminary contest. See also current season's fixtures, PDC World Championship results archive, and the Darts page with all today's Darts results and fixtures. Darren Webster in a titanic battle. Anderson is attempting to win his third world championship in a row, but the Dutchman has been this year's exceptional darts player, thrashing everyone in his path. Gary Anderson roared into the last eight of the PDC World Championship and then took aim at commentator Wayne Mardle. Find PDC World Championship 2017 draw, results and PDC World Championship 2017 match details. Dutch talent Benito van de Pas completed the early matches, beating Tengku Shah 3-1 in the opening round. But Huybrechts couldn't hit bull in the next leg, something Wade made him pay for by finding double nine. After breaking into the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit in 2016, Gurney was a seeded player for the first time at the 2017 World Championship and beat Jermaine Wattimena 3–1 in the first round. Find the latest news about the PDC World Darts Championship on this page. Veteran Terry Jenkins booked his place in the second round in the afternoon session, defeating Josh Payne 3-1. A double 10 put Wade 2-1 up in the third set. Viljanen struggled just to keep pace, with MVG claiming the second set without shifting gear. FlashScore.com provides all PDC World Championship final results, live scores and upcoming matches with current standings, head-to-head stats and odds comparison.