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One of the most satisfying checkouts you’ll see at World Championship

Published 21:22 19 Dec 2017 GMT

Updated 08:58 20 Dec 2017 GMT

Ben Kiely
One of the most satisfying checkouts you’ll see at World Championship

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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. https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/943212173743898624 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.
One of the most satisfying checkouts you'll see at World Championship