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took me a while to get into the game,” admitted Chisnall. “I knew that
I had to improve and I did that.”
“The 112 finish to win the third set was important, and for me it was
the shot of the match. If I’d missed it, it would have been two-all in
the third set but the bullseye was great and it was an important set to
win.”
“I played well in the last two sets and I was hitting my starting doubles
well. I’m looking forward to playing Michael and we’ve had a lot of
great matches before.”
Adrian Lewis was dumped out of the competition at the
second round stage by an in form Justin Pipe who dropped
only three legs in an impeccable performance.
Pipe won the opening set of the match 3-1, before
a burst of power scoring and clinical finishing saw
him take the second set without reply. Lewis dug in
during the third set and indeed led it 2-1 before Pipe
claimed two straight legs to seal his 3-0 victory.
“Our starting was pretty equal but my finishing was the difference. The
94 and 102 to win the last two sets were killer shots, especially the 94
to go 2-0 up.”
Michael van Gerwen continued his title defence at pace with a thrilling
demolition job on fellow Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld. Barney
fought hard to hang on during the early stages of the match, but in the
end van Gerwen’s assault began to tell and he ran out a comfortable
3-0 winner.
“That’s a great win for me,” said van Gerwen. “To beat Raymond in
this tournament is not easy and this will give me a lot of confidence
because I played well.”
“I hit the right scores at the right moments and some big finishes - I
think the 148 was very important and it hurt his confidence.”
“I was a bit nervous before this game but it wasn’t about beating
Raymond, it’s also about winning the game, surviving in this tournament
and hopefully winning the tournament again.”
“I need to start with my doubles a bit better on Friday night but I was
scoring well and hitting my finishes well.”
Dave Chisnall’s excellent run of form continued, although a resurgent
Wayne Jones was able to take the match to push him hard. In fact
Jones took the opening set before Chisnall found his stride to move
in front at 2-1. In the fourth set Jones fought hard to keep the match
alive, but in the end some good doubling from Chisnall saw him secure
a 3-1 victory.
“I’m very happy with how I came back after that first set because it
“I’m very happy
with how I came
back after that first
set because it took
me a while to get
into the game”
Dave Chisnall
“I’m absolutely delighted to be in the quarter-finals
again,” said Pipe. “It’s a fantastic result and I’m
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