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How to win World Grand Prix
- Updated: September 27, 2016
The World Grand Prix returns on Sunday, live on Sky Sports, and Wayne Mardle has revealed the winning formula for the double-in-double-out tournament.
World No 1 Michael van Gerwen, world champion Gary Anderson, and Phil Taylor will be part of a high quality field which heads to Dublin for the major competition, running from October 2-8.
But the World Grand Prix is unlike any other televised event, with players starting and finishing on a double including the bullseye.
Sky Sports expert Mardle offers his own refresher on the rules, reveals how you hit a nine-darter, and picks out an unlikely title contender.
What sets the World Grand Prix apart from other tournaments?
Every single tournament, apart from the World Grand Prix, only one double has to be hit. To win any leg in the World Grand Prix, you have to hit two doubles. Whether it be a bullseye to start and a bullseye to finish, which would be the most difficult way to win a leg, or you could start on double 20 and finish on double one.
As long as you hit a double to start, then the scoring sequences can happen. If you were to go, treble 20, treble 20, double top with your first three darts, you would only score 40. The first scoring dart has to be a double. If you hit 20, 20, 20, none of that counts.
Is it tougher than other major …
