One of the few events from the European Tour in 2020 starts today – three Baltic players will be in action.
Back in 2019 Mindaugas Barauskas qualified for the European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen. Now, almost a year later, he can finally taste the sweet flavor of the European Tour.
Covid-19 is certainly not forgotten, so it may not be the experience, as the Lithuanian had hoped for, but either way, he will compete on the European Tour for the very first time.
And he will have to go op against Mervyn King in the first round in the first session of today’s program – actually he will be the first Baltic player in action, as Darius Labanauskas takes on host nation qualifier Michael Unterbuchner later in the session and Madars Razma faces Steve Lennon in the evening session.
If all of the three Baltic players win today, they will also compete tomorrow, as they will go up against Michael van Gerwen, Dave Chisnall and Jamie Hughes respectively.
Other than the three players from the Baltics, Friday will also see names such as Luke Woodhouse, Devon Petersen, Kim Huybrechts, Max Hopp, Damon Heta, Chris Dobey and a lot of other very good players.
As always the tournament will end with a final at Sunday evening – and you can follow all the action at pdc.tv.
Schedule of Play
Friday October 16
First Round
Afternoon Session (13.00)
Maik Kuivenhoven v Jonathan Worsley
Mervyn King v Mindaugas Barauskas
Ricardo Pietreczko v Luke Woodhouse
Kai Gotthardt v David Evans
Scott Waites v Jason Lowe
Nico Kurz v Stefan Bellmont
Darius Labanauskas v Michael Unterbuchner
Harry Ward v Devon Petersen
Evening Session (19.00)
Kim Huybrechts v John Henderson
Max Hopp v Pero Ljubic
Derk Telnekes v Robert Marijanovic
Steve Lennon v Madars Razma
Markus Buffler v Martijn Kleermaker
Adam Hunt v Damon Heta
Steffen Siepmann v Gabriel Clemens
Chris Dobey v William O’Connor
Saturday October 17
Second Round
Afternoon Session (13.00)
Daryl Gurney v Kuivenhoven/Worsley
Ian White v Waites/Lowe
Michael Smith v Telnekes/Marijanovic
Glen Durrant v Kurz/Bellmont
Jose De Sousa v Pietreczko/Woodhouse
Dave Chisnall v Labanauskas/Unterbuchner
Joe Cullen v Huybrechts/Henderson
Jamie Hughes v Lennon/Razma
Evening Session (19.00)
Krzysztof Ratajski v Buffler/Kleermaker
Rob Cross v Hunt/Heta
James Wade v Siepmann/Clemens
Gerwyn Price v Ward/Petersen
Mensur Suljovic v Gotthardt/Evans
Michael van Gerwen v King/Barauskas
Nathan Aspinall v Dobey/O’Connor
Vincent van der Voort v Hopp/Ljubic
Sunday October 18
Afternoon Session (13.00)
Third Round
Evening Session (19.00)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final