From Taylor to Barney, Rod Harrington marks your card with the matches to watch on the opening weekend of the World Darts Championship...
Sunday December 15 (7pm, Sky Sports 1)
Dave Chisnall v John Henderson
Dennis Lindskjold v Edward Santos (P)
Raymond van Barneveld v Jamie Lewis
Brendan Dolan v Lindskjold/Santos
Jamie Caven v Jelle Klaasen
ROD SAYS: Jamie Caven v Jelle Klaasen is going to be a cracker. Klaasen is playing some wonderful darts again and seems to have slowed his throw a little bit. He's nowhere near as fast as he used to be and I think that has made him more consistent. Caven has been playing some unbelievable darts at times and I could make a great case for both of those players to win.
Raymond van Barneveld is playing one of the stars of the future in
Jamie Lewis. He is still learning the game and had a great run in Gibraltar recently, so he has nothing to lose. We all know what Barney is like. He can step and beat anybody, but if he loses the first set you might see him starting to shake his head and doubting himself. He has a new manager and a new psychologist, but I don't understand why they let him go on TV and speak so negatively about himself. He's always done that and if Lewis gets ahead early we could see a repeat of 2012 when he lost 3-0 to James Richardson.
