Darts is way more difficult than pros like John Henderson make it look.
John Henderson breezed into the second round of the PDC World Darts Championship with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Finland’s Marko Kantele on Tuesday evening.
What started out as a competitive contest turned out to be one-way traffic as Henderson slowly pulled away from the Finn after a tight first set.
Henderson took the second three-zip with a lovely 121 checkout and dropped just one leg in the third and decisive set.
The stand-out highlight for the Scot was his 160 checkout in the opening set. With Kantele on 83, Henderson took the set with a picture perfect triple 20, tripe 20 followed by a double top to cap it all off.
BIG JOHN HENDERSON WITH THE BIG CHECKOUT 👏🏼#WHdarts #LoveTheDarts pic.twitter.com/TDBdmlTO5s
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) December 19, 2017
That sensational performance earned Henderson a second-round clash against fourth seed Daryl Gurney. The Derry man sent Henderson crashing out of October’s Grand Prix in Dublin at the semi-final stage, but the Scot doesn’t insist to Sky Sports that he’s not out for revenge in the rematch.
“I don’t look it as revenge, Daryl’s a nice guy and playing well. It will be a great game and the best man will win.”
Gurney booked his place in the second round with a dominant 3-1 win over Belgiumm’s Ronny Huybrechts in round one.
