Grand Slam of Darts predictions: Gerwyn Worth, Fallon Sherrock, shock contenders and extra | Darts Information

Emma Paton

Sky Sports activities Information Reporter/Presenter @MissEmmaPaton

Michael van Gerwen and Fallon Sherrock to face one another on opening Saturday at Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton; Gerywn Worth is a three-time winner and Michael Smith is defending champion; watch stay from November 11-19 on Sky Sports activities

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Michael Bridge and Glen Durrant offers their predictions for the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts. The panel choose their winners, their first seeds to fall and the unseeded participant that can progress the furthest

Can Gerwyn Worth get pleasure from extra success on the Grand Slam of Darts? Will the ‘woman energy’ of Fallon Sherrock and Beau Greaves impress? Might a shock package deal prevail? Emma Paton seems forward to an thrilling occasion in Wolverhampton..

What makes the Grand Slam so particular?

I’ve to say, that is at all times one of the vital pleasurable tournaments on the calendar. The countdown to the World Championship is nicely and really on, by the point the Grand Slam begins we might be 34 days away.

The Slam is the one rating event of the yr which has a gaggle stage to kick issues off and with the short-format nature it actually lends itself to drama and massive names being in jeopardy early on. With that in thoughts, it additionally means a defeat within the group stage will not be deadly. We’re mainly assured drama at each flip.

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Rob Cross says his sport is steadily getting higher as he targets profitable a serious title by the top of the season

The distinctive qualifying standards makes it fascinating too, with large names in, some large names out, but in addition a bunch of debutants and two ladies within the line-up, it truly is a event like no different.

So, who wins?

I’ve tipped Gerwyn Worth for each main occasion this yr so why change now?

That is an occasion he completely loves, the previous world champion has received it 3 times in 2018, 2019 and 2021 and has already been posting on social media how excited he’s to rise up and operating in Wolverhampton.

Can Gerwyn Worth win the Grand Slam of Darts for a fourth time?

I believe he might be pretty glad together with his group, which incorporates Ryan Searle, Gian van Veen and Nathan Rafferty, and will come by it comfortably.

With no main titles this yr – a World Cup crown, two European Tour titles and 4 on the ProTour – I believe a giant finish to 2023 is pending for Worth.

Woman Energy on the Grand Slam

Everyone knows the way it went for Fallon Sherrock at this occasion two years in the past. A run all the best way to the quarter-finals which noticed her develop into the primary girl to achieve the knockout phases of this occasion, and a run that surpassed her well-known World Championship run.

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Rob Cross praised Fallon Sherrock and what she has achieved within the sport forward of their Group G showdown on the Grand Slam of Darts

So can she do it once more? Effectively it is unlikely, particularly in a gaggle together with Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross and Martijn Kleermaker, however she actually will not be afraid of any of these gamers and we all know she may have the gang behind her. She’s been in nice type in latest months, profitable 4 of the final 5 Girls’s Sequence and everyone knows what she will be able to produce on a giant stage.

What about Beau Greaves? The 19-year-old makes her Grand Slam debut having received the Girls’s World Matchplay and topping the Girls’s Sequence Order of Advantage and regardless of this being her first look right here, I believe all of us anticipate her to take it in her stride.

Her group is fairly robust to say the least, with World Matchplay champion Nathan Aspinall in it, plus Australia’s primary Damon Heta and German hotshot Ricardo Pietreczko, however all three know what Greaves can produce!

What in regards to the debutants?

Effectively that hotshot from Germany is unquestionably one to observe. The 29-year-old – generally known as Pikachu – makes his debut right here. He certified having received the ultimate European Tour occasion of the yr the place he beat Michael van Gerwen after which Peter Wright within the remaining. Oh, and in case you missed it, he nailed all eight of his double makes an attempt.

Since then he is made the final 16 of the European Championship, beating Ross Smith in his opener, and little doubt he’ll placed on a present on Saturday on the Slam.

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Michael Bridge and Glen Durrant talk about Group E on the Grand Slam of Darts as Peter Wright comes up in opposition to Dave Chisnall, Stephen Bunting and Stowe Buntz

Van Veen, 21, is one other to observe this weekend, having made the semi-finals on his debut in Dortmund, what can he do on his first time right here?

Possibly one of many lesser identified names is Stowe Buntz, who certified by the CDC Tour. He faces Peter Wright in his opener, I am unsure he’ll match him in time period of his darts however he actually might for colourfulness. Roll on Wolverhampton!

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