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Michael van Gerwen still in hunt for fourth World Darts Championship title

Dutch star Michael van Gerwen remains on course for his fourth PDC World Darts Championship title...
Shane Hannon
Shane Hannon

11.40 30 Dec 2019


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Michael van Gerwen still in hu...

Michael van Gerwen still in hunt for fourth World Darts Championship title

Shane Hannon
Shane Hannon

11.40 30 Dec 2019


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Dutch star Michael van Gerwen remains on course for his fourth PDC World Darts Championship title, as he prepares for a semi-final tonight.

MVG eased through with a 5-2 win over Lithuania's Darius Labanauskas last night.

Labanauskas won the opening set of yesterday's match, before missing six darts to cut Van Gerwen's lead to 4-3 in the seventh.

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Van Gerwen said after the match that he will need to play much better to earn his fourth world title.

"I got the job done but I need to play much better," said the 2014, 2017 & 2019 winner, who will take on Nathan Aspinall in the last four.

"I lost my concentration at times and I shouldn't do that but I also had some good moments.

"I will put everything right for the next match. Nathan is having a great year and I think we can have a fantastic game but if I play to my top-level I will have too much for him."

The 30-year-old will now take on Nathan Aspinall in the last-four at Alexandra Palace.

Aspinall is through to the semi-finals for the second year in a row after beating Belgian thrower Dimitri Van den Bergh 5-3.

The 12th seed said he had felt a tad nervous at times in his quarter-final win yesterday.

"He let me off in the end.

"I don't know why I felt so nervous. It is something I need to address. The occasion got to me and I didn't play very well so I'm happy to get through.

"I showed some fighting spirit at the end and took my chances. I love being here and I want to put on a show for the fans, which is what I will aim to do tomorrow."

Gerwyn Price in action during day fourteen of the William Hill World Championships at Alexandra Palace, London.

The opening semi-final this evening pits Welshman Gerwyn Price against Scotland's Peter Wright.

The 2014 finalist Wright averaged almost 106 in an excellent display as he saw off Luke Humphries 5-3.

Price dropped only the third set in his 5-1 win over Ally Pally debutant Glen Durrant.

It will be a first semi-final on the biggest stage in darts for the Welshman.

Quarter-final results:

Nathan Aspinall 5-3 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Luke Humphries 3-5 Peter Wright

Michael van Gerwen 5-2 Darius Labanauskas

Glen Durrant 1-5 Gerwyn Price

 

Semi-final matches (tonight):

Peter Wright v Gerwyn Price - 7.15 pm

Michael van Gerwen v Nathan Aspinall - 9.00 pm


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