Coral Sydney Darts Masters Day One Ⅱ

Dutch pair Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld will meet in a tasty quarter-final contest after they both won through on Thursday.

World number one van Gerwen defeated Paul Nicholson 6-2, taking command by winning three of the opening four legs, with scores of 180 and 171 at the right times helping him into the lead.

Nicholson responded on double ten, but missed one dart to level in the sixth as he was unable to land double 16 to complete a 106 finish, allowing van Gerwen back in on double one.

He then took out a 13-darter to move to the brink of victory, which was sealed as he took out 70 on double eight.

"I lost in the first round here last year and I didn't want to do that again, so I'm happy to get the win," said van Gerwen. "Paul's a fantastic player but I wanted to perform and I played okay tonight.

"I want to show more in the next game because I feel confident and I can't wait to play against Raymond again."

Van Barneveld, meanwhile, overcame his Sydney blues to pick up his maiden victory in three attempts in the tournament with a 6-3 defeat of New Zealand's debutant Cody Harris.

Van Barneveld had lost out in the first round in the past two years, to Clinton Bridge and Kyle Anderson respectively, but held off a late rally from the DPA Qualifier to seal his last eight spot.

The Dutchman won the game's opening four legs without reply, breaking in the first and third, landing a 180 in a 14-darter in the second and tops to establish command.
Harris hit back on tops, and after van Barneveld posted another 180 in the next, the 29-year-old newcomer took out double ten and tops to pull back to 5-3 - but the five-time World Champion swiftly ended his hopes by finishing 82 on double 16.

"It is a relief for me because I've never won in Sydney before," admitted van Barneveld. "It's hard when you don't know your opponent and Cody could have come back at me, so I had to keep my focus and I got there in the end."

James Wade knocked out New Zealand's Craig Caldwell with a 6-2 triumph as the Perth Darts Masters runner-up began his campaign in Sydney with a solid victory.

Wade finished tops and double 16 to win the first two legs, and landed a 180 as he moved three legs up before the DPNZ Qualifier took out 70 on the bull to hit back.

The left-hander then landed double eight and double five to move a leg away from the win, with the New Zealander finishing 64 to hit back before trading 180s with Wade in the next, but it was the world number six who claimed the leg, and victory, with double ten.

"I've heard a lot of good things about Craig and he's shown in the last couple of weeks that he can play darts, so I'm happy and I can move onwards from here," said Wade.

"It would be great to go all the way this week but these are the eight best players in the world so you have to play well. I'm excited, I'm enjoying my darts, I'm privileged to be here in Sydney and I'm looking forward to playing at the moment."

Peter Wright set up a quarter-final against Wade with his 6-3 win over Loz Ryder, the DPA Australian Grand Prix number one.

Despite a 180 from Wright in the opening leg, Ryder finished 76 to move ahead, only to see the Japan Darts Masters runner-up take out a superb 139 finish to level before breaking on double four in the next to move 2-1 up.

Wright also hit tops to move two clear before Ryder hit back on double eight, with a 104 finish edging the world number four 4-2 up only for a 13-darter to see the deficit hard.

Tops, though, restored Wright's cushion before he hit the same bed in the next to seal the win.

"It was a bit nerve-wracking because Loz is Australia's number one at the moment and he's improved since last year, so there was a lot of pressure on me," said Wright.

"I was a bit shaky in Perth last week but it's good to get this win."

Friday's quarter-finals will be followed by the semi-finals and final in one session on Saturday night before the 2015 Coral Sydney Darts Masters champion is crowned at the Qantas Credit Union Arena.

Coverage of the Coral Sydney Darts Masters is live across Australia through Fox Sports, as well as worldwide through the PDC's series of broadcast partners.

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