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clash with Alan Norris, whilst Ross Montgomery too made light work of
his encounter with Remco van Eijden coming through 7-4 to set up a
England-Scotland clash with Martin Adams in the quarters.
Karel Sedlacek was unable to reproduce the clinical finishing that had
put pay to Robbie Green in the opening round and as such he fell victim
to an in form Paul Jennings who secured a 7-2 victory.
Jennings moved on to face Scott Mitchell in the quarter finals on Sunday
after the Dorset-based thrower continued his recent good form on TV
by claiming the prized scalp of Darryl Fitton, the final scoreline of 7-2
being in truth a fair result.
Dave Prins is another player to show improved televised form of late
and today was no exception, although in the end it was not enough for
the man known as The Badger and after missing three match darts he
fell victim to Dutchman Jeffrey de Graaf in a deciding leg. De Graaf
also landed a 170 checkout during the match, a step further than he
had managed during his first round encounter when he was unlucky to
wire the bull for the same checkout.
Photo: Mike Glover/UK Darts Magazine
In the final encounter of the evening James Wilson came from 4-0
down to defeat Rick Hofstra 7-6 in a thrilling deciding leg that the
Yorkshireman eventually took on tops.
Quarter Finals
In the quarter finals things were not easy for James Wilson, indeed he
found himself 5-1 down to Jeffrey de Graaf at the first break before
finding top gear to level up at 7-7 and claim the win in a thrilling final
leg despite never finding top form.
In the days other quarter finals Gary Robson produced and impressive
display to defeat Lakeside finalist Alan Norris 10-5 and Paul Jennings
overcame Scott Mitchell 10-8 in yet another tight match to reach a
major semi-final for the first time in his career.
Semi-Finals
James Wilson breezed through his semi-final against an in form Paul
Jennings, the Yorkshireman taking an 11-2 victory that saw him win
nine consecutive legs after the match had been close during the early
stages.
Meanwhile Ross Montgomery reached the final courtesy of an 11-10
victory over an in form Gary Robson in perhaps the most thrilling match
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Ross Montgomery meanwhile faced off against Martin Adams at the
same stage and came through with a 10-8 victory despite a fightback at
the end from the former England captain.