mpionships
years on the PDC circuit and I’m making my game strong all round, so
that the bad games are not really that bad.”
“The 121 was the shot of my life. I was thinking about the double 12
that I’d missed before and I was willing the bullseye to go in.”
In the second quarter final Simon Whitlock led Peter Wright 4-1, only
for some of his old demons to return as White battled back.
“I need someone
to pinch me to
see if I’m not
dreaming!”
Peter Wright
Whitlock took the opening three sets of the match with ease, before
Wright got off the mark in the fourth. Unperturbed the Australian
Ace took the fifth to move a set away before finishing line fever and
memories of capitulations in the past started to haunt him.
Wright broke throw in the opening leg of the sixth, going on to take
it 3-1 and soon added the seventh and eighth sets, both by the same
scoreline, to level the match up at 4-4.
In a thrilling deciding set White took the opening leg, only to be pegged
back by a battling Whitlock, who first levelled and then moved into the
lead at 2-1. Wright was able to force a tie-break situation by taking the
fourth leg, but it was ultimately Whitlock who put his demons to rest
as