Gerwyn Value survived three match darts to beat Jonny Clayton in a final-leg thriller on the World Grand Prix, as James Wade emphatically dumped out Gian van Veen in Leicester.
Value battled again from two units down in an absorbing all-Welsh contest on the Mattioli Enviornment, the place he gained six of the following seven legs to stage the match earlier than Clayton edged forward in a dramatic ultimate set.
Clayton missed a match dart to win the set in straight legs and noticed Value drag the competition right into a last-leg decider, the place ‘The Ferret’ wasted two extra match-winning darts to permit his compatriot to grab victory and a semi-final spot.
Value edged previous Clayton in an epic quarter-final
Value will face Nathan Aspinall, who fired a 105.15 common – the fourth highest in World Grand Prix historical past and finest in a quarter-final – throughout his straight-sets win over Ryan Joyce, with the opposite two matches additionally providing huge storylines.
Wade dropped one leg throughout a one-sided victory in opposition to third seed Van Veen whereas Luke Humphries – the favorite after Luke Littler’s shock early exit – has but to lose a set after brushing apart Niels Zonneveld 3-0 within the ultimate match.
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James Wade felt Gian van Veen was ‘fairly poor’ of their World Grand Prix Darts quarter-final, so he ‘bashed him up’!
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Friday’s quarter-final outcomes
- Nathan Aspinall 3-0 Ryan Joyce
- Gerwyn Value 3-2 Jonny Clayton
- Gian van Veen 0-3 James Wade
- Luke Humphries 3-0 Niels Zonneveld
Saturday’s semi-final schedule
From 8pm; first to 5 units
- Nathan Aspinall vs Gerwyn Value
- James Wade vs Luke Humphries
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