The Austrian Darts Open continues on Saturday in Graz, Austria.Today sees the 16 seeded players begin their campaigns.Coverage starts at 12:00pm UK time. All games are the best of 11 legs (first to 6).>Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)(10) Jermaine Wattimena v Andrew Gilding(11) Mike De Decker v Ryan Joyce(15) Rob Cross v William O'Connor(6) Ryan Searle v Kevin Doets(8) Ross Smith v Niels Zonneveld(12) Damon Heta v Cristo Reyes(14) Luke Woodhouse v Rob Owen(7) Chris Dobey v Kim Huybrechts>Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)(16) Daryl Gurney v Ian White(4) Josh Rock v Patrik Kovacs(3) James Wade v Mensur Suljovic(2) Michael van Gerwen v Krzysztof Ratajski(5) Danny Noppert v Alan Soutar(1) Gian van Veen v Madars Razma(9) Martin Schindler v Peter Wright(13) Wessel Nijman v Niko Springer>Day 1 rounduphttps://www.pdc.tv/news/2026/may/08/austrian-icon-suljovic-stars-day-one-graz/
>apparently yesterday was Barney's worst stage performance since the 1991 BDO WorldsKek fucking hell
Mensur with some intriguing comments after his win yesterday: https://dartsnews.de/pdc/exklusiv-ich-akzeptiere-das-nicht-das-darf-nicht-passieren-mensur-suljovic-kritisiert-pdc-deutlich / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3jAI5uP7w4>Suljovic said: "Players Championship - I don't like this format.">"Because of the Premier League, the best players don't come. A new winner every time - unfortunately, this is ruining our rankings. We need a shorter calendar, but the PDC isn't doing anything about it.>"Our rankings are suffering because of this. They [top players] have to be there. They absolutely have to be. The European Tour is one of the most important tournaments - and the major ones. Now nobody's coming. What's the point of all this? What's the point?>"Players Championships - okay, someone can always withdraw. But not the European Tour. Luke Littler isn't coming to any tournament. That's just not right. We play in England and they don't come to the Players Championships - how is that possible? I can win it… that can't happen! It can't happen.>"In my time, in 2017 and 2018, the top 16 always won. Now things are extreme. As a result, our rankings fluctuate - sometimes this player is on top, sometimes that one. I don’t accept that, honestly.>"The PDC needs to come up with something."Trouble for Mensur is many of the big names play in exhibitions where money's guaranteed without the pressure. Only way this would ever stop is if the PDC increased prize funds to such a level that exhibitions became unviable. And that's not going to happen any time soon. Look at the number of dates for Modus/MDA player exhibitions for instance.
>>154582458grim
>Cristo Reyes 9 dartersoul
>>154581982last 2 matches sound like a good watch for some reason
Evening session bump
>>154584497based soul kinocheck em
>>154588250First ever stage 9 as well for him: https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/2053109864029618459Kim's 303 in 6 this afternoon to beat Dobby was astounding too: https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/2053127250329915792
>>154588286one hell of a bullseye given the circumstance
Fucking kek
>>154588507https://x.com/joshpearson180/status/2053121734983717256?s=20
>>154588507>>154588520The correct answer is of course, gooning.
OOOOOOOMICHAEL VAN GERWEN
>sootslol, bottled that
us Dutchman doing good
>chudabysmal deciding leg from him
chud been shit for months
Clownman embarrassing himself on and off stage again: https://oche180.com/wright-backs-himself-for-third-world-title/ / https://twitter.com/Oche180/status/2052844400795939257>"Why ain't I gonna be in Blackpool? So when I win this one that's £35k. [I] only need maybe another £10k on top of that and there's plenty of tournaments in between.>"It's [the great performances] just taking time to come out. It's annoying. It's annoying for my fans, it's annoying for myself."Clown just averaged 82 in defeat to Uter.
>matchfixer raped to nil on first appearance as a ET seedbased springer
>>154589183>>154589440jinxed it rip
