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Chizzy has reached this final twice in 2013 and 2019, losing to Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen respectively, while he's also gone as far as the semi-finals on two occasions - including the 2020 edition - and in 2021 he got through to the quarter-finals before losing to Gerwyn Price.
A potential show-stopper closes the night as two of the most popular players in darts history collide for the 27th time. Smith came over here recently to prepare and just last weekend he participated in the Modus Super Series, winning the event for the week with some impressive performances. It wasn't actually as bad a performance as he made everyone watching believe, averaging 86 and pinning almost 53% of his doubles against a low-calibre player who dragged him into a bit of a scrap.
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He won two PDC Development Tour events in 2015, followed by another one in 2016. He also won a PDC Tour Card in 2016. Odds to win the quarter: Smith 7/4, Cross 7/2, Van Duijvenbode 9/2, Anderson 11/2, De Sousa 12/1, Gilding 16/1, Rydz 16/1, Dolan 22/1 Joe Murnan and Jimmy Hendriks also bowed out at the same stage, after progressing to their first ProTour quarter-finals of 2023. There were also quarter-final appearance at the World Matchplay and he also reached the same stage of the recent Players Championship Finals after coming through the match of the season against Ryan Searle, averaging 112 in the process!
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.All legs must begin and end with a double, meaning that a player must hit a double before he can begin scoring in each leg.
Ryan Joyce has not enjoyed his finest year but there have been signs of a revival in his fortunes of late when he reached the last 16 of the Players Championship Finals, defeating Gerwyn Price in the first round, before coming through the last qualifying event to earn his spot here. The world's top 32 enter the event in Friday evening's fourth round, including reigning champion James Wade, world number one Gerwyn Price and former UK Open champions Peter Wright, Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson and Nathan Aspinall. 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. The PDC European Tour season will conclude with the German Darts Championship in Hildesheim next month, as 48 players compete across three days of action from October 13-15. He's reached the Last 16 on the European Tour twice this year and on all known evidence he should have way too much for his Ukrainian opponent here to set up a second round tie against the number one seed Gerwyn Price.Anderson did manage to reach a couple of finals - a Players Championship event and the Nordic Darts Masters - only to lose them both and we're now all wondering if he's put in enough practice to do himself justice on this stage yet again. Live coverage of all 2023 European Tour events will be streamed through Viaplay in the UK, the Netherlands, Poland and all Nordic & Baltic countries, and through DAZN for viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Coverage will also be shown on PDCTV (excluding Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and through bookmakers' worldwide. Prize Fund Baggish enjoyed a run to the third round in this event in 2021 defeating Damon Heta and Adrian Lewis before finding Glen Durrant too good, so we know the Ally Pally stage holds no fear for him. Players Championships 5-6 will be held on March 11-12 at the Barnsley Metrodome, and will be broadcast live on PDCTV.
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. Florian Hempel had to come through the Europe Super League to earn his spot at the Ally Pally after a quiet season left him in danger of losing his Tour Card but his first-round victory over Keegan Brown means he's now guaranteed to keep it.Koltsov withdrew on Monday after the draw had been made. As such, his second round opponent, Brian Raman, receives a Bye. Unterbuchner's withdrawal last week sees Scott Waites receive a Bye in the first round. If you have chosen the Express Courier option, we take every effort to ensure your items leave within 24 hours. However, during the busy season, this guarantee has to be extended to within 48 hours.
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