Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton at the KenoGO Australian Darts Masters, as the Red Dragon duo delivered more darts domination on Day One in Wollongong.
Price, the 2024 Champion, will face Josh Rock in a fascinating last eight showdown on Saturday, as the Welshman sets his sights on a second Australian Darts Masters crown.
Price surged to a 6-2 victory over Australian icon Whitlock, reeling off four consecutive legs and converting back-to-back 124 and 108 checkouts to complete a convincing win.
Rock also won four straight legs to seal a 6-3 success against Adam Leek, producing a brace of ton-plus checkouts to overturn a 3-2 deficit.
Elsewhere, Jonny Clayton will go head-to-head with Australian number one Damon Heta, after opening his bid for back-to-back World Series titles with a hard-fought 6-3 victory against Ben Robb.
Heta, meanwhile, averaged 102.39 in his 6-2 thumping of fellow countryman Joe Comito, pinning 55% of his attempts at double to safely progress on home soil.
The 2026 Australian Darts Masters will reach its climax with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final during a blockbuster evening session at the WIN Entertainment Centre on Saturday.
Play gets underway from 1900 AEST, with coverage broadcast live on Fox Sports in Australia, Sky in New Zealand and through DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
UK fans can watch Finals Day live on ITV4, with coverage also available on PDCTV in all global territories (excluding DACH & Poland).
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2026 KenoGO Australian Darts Masters
Schedule of Play
Friday August 21
Brody Klinge 6-5 Ross Smith
Stephen Bunting 6-3 Mal Cuming
Josh Rock 6-3 Adam Leek
James Wade 6-0 Tim Pusey
Gian van Veen 6-3 Raymond Smith
Jonny Clayton 6-3 Ben Robb
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Simon Whitlock
Damon Heta 6-2 Joe Comito
Saturday August 22 (1900 AEST)
Quarter-Finals
Gerwyn Price v Josh Rock
James Wade v Stephen Bunting
Gian van Veen v Brody Klinge
Jonny Clayton v Damon Heta
Best of 11 legs
Semi-Finals
Price/Rock v Wade/Bunting
Van Veen/Klinge v Clayton/Heta
Best of 13 legs
Final
Best of 15 legs
All Saturday’s matches to be played in Draw Bracket order.
Images: James O’Connor/PDC
