Gerwyn Price defeated Dave Chisnall to reach the quarter-finals of the Betfred World Matchplay, while Jose de Sousa, Danny Noppert and Dirk van Duijvenbode reached the last eight for the first time.<\/p>\n
Price came from behind to defeat Chisnall 11-8 and reach the quarter-finals for a third time on a blistering night of action at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens.<\/p>\n
Price landed checkouts of 164 and 161 on his way to coming through a stern test against World Matchplay veteran Chisnall, who was seeking a sixth quarter-final appearance.<\/p>\n
Chisnall held the advantage at 6-4, but two legs later the scores were level as Price punished Chisnall’s unsuccessful 76 attempt with a 124 checkout on the bullseye.<\/p>\n
That passage of play proved pivotal, as the following leg saw Price go in front; a lead which the Welshman never relinquished despite checkouts of 142 and 111 from Chisnall who kept the pressure on to the end.<\/p>\n
“I knew I was playing well but I let Dave off a few times at the start, just like I did in my first round game,” said Price.<\/p>\n
“I was trying too hard to break Dave’s throw and I got a bit frustrated.<\/p>\n
“The big checkouts were nice, they go in about two or three times in ten; I needed them tonight.<\/p>\n
“I’m really confident in my game, just sometimes I overthink it when I’m trying to break people down.<\/p>\n
“I’m getting back to where I should be and I fancy myself against anyone.”<\/p>\n
Price will now take on De Sousa, who broke down in tears after defeating Rob Cross 11-8 to reach the last eight for the first time.<\/p>\n
The highest quality match of the tournament so far saw both players average over 103, as a rejuvenated De Sousa fired in nine trademark 180s as well as hitting 11 of his 23 double attempts.<\/p>\n
A 120 checkout saw De Sousa break throw to go 8-4 up, but a missed single 14 in a 108 checkout attempt from the Portuguese, which would have put him 10-4 in front, proved the catalyst for a Cross fightback.<\/p>\n
2019 champion Cross, who fought back from 8-2 down to beat Chris Dobey 11-9 in round one, hit a 106 finish after De Sousa’s mistake to make it 5-9 before winning three of the next four legs to trail 8-10.<\/p>\n
With the pressure mounting, De Sousa quelled any fears of a second Cross comeback in as many rounds with back-to-back 180s before sealing victory with a last dart double four.<\/p>\n
“It has been a difficult year for me, so this win means the world to me,” said an emotional De Sousa.<\/p>\n
“Nobody can imagine how happy I am to be playing well again.<\/p>\n
“I just take it game-by-game, but right now I feel great. I’m hitting 180s and 140s again, and when I hit my doubles as well I am a danger for everybody.”<\/p>\n
Dutch World Cup of Darts teammates Noppert and Van Duijvenbode will meet in the last eight after coming through ties against Daryl Gurney and Michael Smith respectively.<\/p>\n
Noppert laid down a marker to the rest of the field with an impressive display to blow away two-time semi-finalist Gurney 11-4.<\/p>\n
Noppert, who won his first TV title at the UK Open in March, landed four ton-plus checkouts and averaged 102.36 in a dominant display.<\/p>\n
An entertaining tenth leg saw Noppert hit a ‘no-look 180’ in response to Gurney’s attempt at the same feat earlier in the leg, with Noppert eventually winning the leg to lead 7-3.<\/p>\n
Gurney was unable to turn the tide, winning just one of the next five legs as Noppert made it through to the quarter-finals for the first time.<\/p>\n
Van Duijvenbode landed the tournament’s first 170 checkout to continue his winning run with an 11-7 triumph over one of the title favourites Smith.<\/p>\n
An explosive start from Van Duijvenbode saw him go 4-0 up, a deficit Smith was never able to recover.<\/p>\n
It was a tale of woe on the doubles for Smith, who saw 23 of his outer ring attempts go wide of the target, including a dart at double 12 for a nine-darter.<\/p>\n
Smith threatened a comeback as he closed the gap from 9-5 to 9-7, but an 86 checkout from Van Duijvenbode saw him strike a crucial break of throw before finishing the job in the following leg.<\/p>\n
“I feel lucky tonight that the best version of Michael didn’t turn up,” Van Duijvenbode admitted.<\/p>\n
“I felt nervous tonight. I kept waiting for Michael to play his usual game and because I was thinking about that, I started to play badly as well.<\/p>\n
“The 170 was a nice moment; I didn’t need to go for it but I felt so great at that point, I thought I would go for it anyway.<\/p>\n
“I know I will need to play better against Danny or I will be going home.”<\/p>\n
Thursday will see the first two quarter-final ties take place, as Peter Wright and Dimitri Van den Bergh meet in a repeat of last year’s final, before two-time champion Michael van Gerwen takes on a resurgent Nathan Aspinall.<\/p>\n
2022 Betfred World Matchplay Thursday July 21 (2000 BST) Friday July 22 (2000 BST) Gerwyn Price defeated Dave Chisnall to reach the quarter-finals of the Betfred World Matchplay, while Jose de Sousa, Danny Noppert…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[943,124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-results"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nWednesday July 20
\n4x Second Round<\/strong>
\nDanny Noppert 11-4 Daryl Gurney
\nJose de Sousa 11-8 Rob Cross
\nGerwyn Price 11-8 Dave Chisnall
\nDirk van Duijvenbode 11-7 Michael Smith<\/p>\n
\n2x Quarter-Finals<\/strong>
\nPeter Wright v Dimitri Van den Bergh
\nMichael van Gerwen v Nathan Aspinall<\/p>\n
\n2x Quarter-Finals<\/strong>
\nDirk van Duijvenbode v Danny Noppert
\nGerwyn Price v Jose de Sousa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"