Wales pairing Jonny Clayton and Nick Kenny continued their spectacular begin to the World Cup of Darts with a powerful victory over Group C opponents Thailand in Frankfurt, Germany.
Having needed to undergo group qualifying after Gerwyn Worth withdrew, the brand new Wales pairing opened their marketing campaign by thumping Lithuania 4-1, after which adopted that up on Friday by beating Thailand by the identical rating.
The Welsh duo topped their group to e book a Saturday afternoon tie on the Eissporthalle in opposition to USA.
Hosts Germany once more impressed with a 4-2 win over New Zealand as Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko secured their place within the second spherical the place they are going to play the Czech Republic.
Republic of Eire’s William O’Connor and Mickey Mansell clinched prime spot in Group D by beating Gibraltar’s Craig Galliano and Justin Hewitt 4-2, incomes a tie in opposition to Poland.
The highest ranked nations – together with England, Netherlands, Northern Eire and Scotland – enter the event within the second spherical.
England pair Luke Littler and Luke Humphries – the highest seeds – face Spain, whereas defending champions Northern Eire’s Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney start their title defence in opposition to Belgium.
Scotland duo Gary Anderson and Cameron Menzies face Norway, whereas Netherlands pairing Michael van Gerwen and Gian van Veen tackle Sweden.
France in opposition to Latvia completes the spherical two fixtures.
