Lakeside World Championship Quarter Finals
Posted on January 8th, 2010
Silverback conjures up 5-1 victory over Magician Robert
Top seed Tony O’Shea coasted into the penultimate stage of the championship dismissing “Magician” Robert Wagner 5 – 1.
Last year’s runner up delivered a polished and clinical performance to disrupt the fast-throwing style of the Norwegian showman in just 58 minutes.
The man standing in the way of the Stockport grandfather’s second final appearance is “new kid on the block” Dave Chisnall, the 29-year-old conqueror of defending champ Ted Hankey.
“Too be honest I would have preferred to have played Ted because of last year’s final. I did not give it my best shot last year and it would have been nice to have met him again.
“The first game between Ted and Chizzy was so good, I felt our match was really flat but I was really chuffed to get through,” declared O’Shea.
The top seed roared into the match, taking the opening set unchallenged and including a 13-dart finish, following up by winning the deciding leg in the next. The Norwegian won the low-scoring third set 3-1, O’Shea taking the next by the same margin.
He opened up a 2-0 lead in the fifth, Wagner taking the third and after both players hit a maximum in the following leg, the Cheshire player hit the set-winning double eight to rack up a 4-1 interval lead.
Refreshed from a six minute break the sixth set went the full distance – O’Shea hitting two 180s – before clinching victory on double eight.
Chizzy buries “The Count” after remarkable comeback
New kid on the block Dave Chisnall marched emphatically into the last four after producing an amazing comeback to bury Ted “The Count” Hankey 5-4 in a thrilling 90 minute match.
The quietly-spoken 29-year-old St Helens player just couldn’t believe his luck as he battled back to turn a 4-1 interval reversal into victory over the defending champ and fifth seed.
Hankey took the opening set against the throw including hitting a maximum. He fired out a further four 180s and a 12-darter as he brought the first session of darts, lasting 52 minutes to a conclusion, appearing to have one leg already in the semi final.
The defending champ took the opening leg of the sixth but determined Chisnall replied with an 11 darter finished on double tops against the throwing advantage, following up with a 12-darter in the next, including a maximum. The next leg went to the man from St Helens in 14 darts to reduce Hankey’s lead to 4-2.
Twice Chisnall led the seventh, both players hitting a maximum in the fourth leg as Hankey levelled, the title holder blasting in a 180, which was countered by Chizzy who then clinched victory with an unconventional 73 checkout – single three, treble 20, double five.
Hankey acknowledged the young players brave comeback touching knuckles.
The Lancashire county player then defied the odds taking the opening leg of the eighth against the throw to pressurise Dracula-lover Hankey and then countered a series of missed doubles from the Telford player to open up a 2-0 set lead. He then added the next with double three after Hankey missed double tops.
Both players hit 180 in the opening leg of the ninth set, Chisnall coolly checking out on double 12 but only after picking up the dart that he had dropped on the floor. He then swept home double 16 as Hankey faltered.
Chisnall fired in another 180 in the next but he then missed six doubles and Hankey seven to save the match before the St Helens man clinched victory with double two.
Afterwards an incredulous Chisnall declared: “I just did not give up. At the interval I thought I was finished but people told me not to give up. I missed a few doubles in the first half of the game but just kept plodding on and started to hit the trebles and doubles in the second half of the match.
“My family have not been able to make it down this week because of the weather but I will be making arrangements for them to be here for Saturday’s semi final,” declared Chizzy.
Bitterly disappointed Hankey said: “Without the break I would have won 5-1. I can’t believe what happened. After the break Dave came out as a different person, he was unbelievable.”
Magical Martin reaches the last four for the first time
Veteran Welsh skipper Martin Phillips charged into the last four for the first time, sweeping aside second seed Scott Waites of Yorkshire 5-4 in a 76 minute gripper.
The 49-year-old left-hander was is devastating form, blasting in 10 180s, a 12 darter and six 80 plus finishes including a 121.
Phillips, the 125/1 outsider at the start of the week was in blistering form, charging through the first set to blitz Yorkshireman Waites 3-0, including an 86 finish (bull, double 16). Maximums in the opening two legs saw Phillips move 2-0 ahead, Waites clinching the third after firing out a maximum but the left-hander sweeping back to clinch the set on 102, finished on his favourite double 16.
The veteran Welsh skipper took the opening leg against the throw and then hit back-to-back 180s prompting the possibility of a nine darter but his seventh dart drifted wide into the single five but the Welshman took the leg.
Waites took the third leg and then blasted in a 113 finish with double 18 checkout level, missing double 18 for the set as Phillips drove home double 16 for a 3-0 lead after 24 minutes play.
The Welsh skipper exited on 80 in the fourth set, Waites replying with a 96 finish and motored ahead after hitting his third 180 but then missed five finishing attempts, cool Phillips pouncing to notch 87, finished on double nine.
Waites broke the throw to annex the opening leg of the fifth but Phillips charged back with a 12-dart finish (180, 140, 99, 82 checkout), completed on double 16. Unusually the Welshman missed four doubles, Waite producing a pressure checkout of 116, finished on his favourite double 18.
But once again, the man from the Principality, hit back, notching his sixth 180 to level the set on 100 with double 10. Waites then took the deciding fifth leg against the throw to reduce the deficit to 4-1 at the interval.
The match resumed at a lower tempo as the opening legs went with the throw, Waites then snatching the fourth against the throw, despite a maximum from Phillips to further reduce the Welsh players match lead.
Despite two 180s from Phillips who had the throwing advantage, it was Waites who moved into a threatening 2-1 lead but the determined Welshman taking the fourth against the throw to level the set. Phillips missed one throw at double tops, Waites leaping in to finish with double 16 to take the score to 4-3 behind.
Phillips missed two double tops at the start of the eighth set before the second set charged back to level the match with a 3-0 success.
A 76 finish against the throw saw Phillips annex the first leg of the deciding fifth and after Waites missed two attempts for double 16, the Welsh veteran nipped in for a 99 checkout completed on double 16. Phillips maintained the momentum in the next as he produced a match-winning 86 finish, completed on double 16.
Afterwards delighted Phillip declared: “ I started well but I knew he was a heavy scorer and big finisher so I had to hit him hard and quickly. When we got to the break I thought it was going to be another Ted Hankey match. He kept coming back at me.
“During the break I had six darts, a drink of water, went to the toilet and had a sit down. I knew I just had to grind it out in the second half, just keep plodding on. The 99 finish was the killer,” said Phillips.
Adams dismantles engineer Thompson’s title hopes
Martin Adams swept into the last four of the championship toppling Yorkshireman Garry Thompson with a clinical 57-minute 5-2 display.
The third seed who is competing in a record 17th world championship dominated the quarter final never allowing the slow-throwing engineer from Silsden to build an assault.
The 53-year-old Adams – the tournament’s oldest player – had sailed through the opening session, never looking troubled but had to withstand a late rush of form from the Yorkshire skipper.
There were howls of delight as Martin Adams pounded in double 16 to clinch the first set 3-0, hitting a maximum in each leg against a nervous Thompson, who was making his first appearance in the quarter finals.
He added his fourth consecutive leg to open the second set, Thompson racing back to hit a maximum and level the set with a 12-dart finish. He won the third with the throw, clinching the set with a 79 checkout, finished on bull to level the game.
Adams’ fourth maximum steered him to the third set 3-0 on double 16 and he then added six of the next seven legs to take a 4-1 interval lead.
The England skipper fired in double tops to take the opening leg of the sixth set against the throw and then hit the same double to lead 2-0, Thompson’s power-scoring paving the way for a double 16 finish and then Adams missed both double tops and double 10 to clinch the match, The Cougar pouncing to exit on 86 with double 16. Poor scoring from the Peterborough player was punished by Thompson to take the deciding leg with double tops.
Wolfie took the opening leg with the throw, hitting double five and following it with his sixth 180 and easing to double four. Another 180 and a 140 steered him to a match-winning 81 checkout, finished on double 12.
Adams said afterwards: “Garry is a great player who was really nervous in the first few sets. I would love to have won the game without dropping a set or leg but that’s not going to be a reality at this level.
“I have not played Martin Phillips, my next opponent on the world stage before so will be quite interesting. I have the utmost respect for a player who has made 100 appearances for his country,” said the England skipper.
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