PDC World Darts Championship, 2020/21: Dave Chisnall knocks out Michael van Gerwen in quarter final | Darts News

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Dave Chisnall beat Michael van Gerwen 5-0 to secure a place in the semi-finals of the World Darts Championship after an impressive night of darts

Dave Chisnall ended Michael van Gerwen’s hopes for a fourth World Darts Championship title with a stunning 5-0 victory to reach the semi-finals at Alexandra Palace for the first time.

Chizzy, the world No. 8, bullied the three-time champion through a spectacular display to end a 27-game non-stop run against Van Gerwen stretching back to February 2016 with a relentless display of scoring and finishing .

The St Helens man lost his last two World Cup finals, and MVG won all seven, but it was Chisnall who made it through in the final quarter of a dramatic day to establish a four-final. concert with Gary Anderson.

Chisnall has never won a major television title, losing in five finals – three of which have come against Van Gerwen – but the performance of the competition so far allows him to win the top prize in the game.

In the other semi-final, Gerwyn Price will face Stephen Bunting after the Welshman, who will be able to raise Van Gerwen’s No. 1 ranking if he lifts the Sid Waddell Cup, knocking out Daryl Gurney in the decision part of the decision set.

Red-hot Chisnall leaves Van Gerwen enthralled

Van Gerwen and Chisnall had put in some great performances in the top quarter finals, but Chizzy knew that a disappointing record against Van Gerwen was blocking the first semi-final of the World Championship. .

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Chisnall felt his good try on the practice table was successful in his 5-0 win over Van Gerwen to reach the semi-finals.

Chisnall had won just six of his 52 games against MVG and has not won on TV against the Dutch since October 2013, but from the outside he was a motivated man. Descending on his record against world 1, Chisnall bounced back from losing the opening leg to an average of 112, accumulating in a maximum of four 180s and hitting all three. darts at double to take the opening set.

After 46, 141 and 95 finishes gave him the early win, Chizzy guided, firing in three more levels on his way to the second set. With an MVG out of sorts, Chisnall was able to lose even five darts for the set while the Dutchman fought back from 2-0 down to a point, but when it came to a level that it was mostly Chizzy who hit the desired target.

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Chisnall hits 141 points after going on a nine-darter-like path against Van Gerwen.

In the last 16, Van Gerwen found Joe Cullen with two sets, but his level of performance there had been significantly better than what he had shown over the early exchanges, and there was no response. on the splendor of Chisnall.

Again Chisnall led the event, racing into a 2-0 lead only to give Van Gerwen a chance. The ‘Green Machine’ took out 150 after Chizzy lost two for the set and when Van Gerwen penalized another lost dart for the set to remove the third distance, it was The game seemed ready for a turn.

However, Chisnall 86 cleared in two darts for an impressive 3-0 lead, followed by 11- and 14-dart legs to unlock another 2-0 lead in the set. Another sting for the set began to beg as Van Gerwen kept himself alive, but it was Chisnall who moved on to win in a stunning leg.

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Van Gerwen and Chisnall team up for a nine-darter in a classic leg of darts

The 40-year-old took just eight perfect darts to pull a spear at double 12 for the perfect leg, but was back to mop up for a 4-0 lead. Van Gerwen had previously withdrawn from the slope but Chisnall was playing darts from another planet, taking out 130 to stand two feet away from the last four.

His 12-dart leg left him on the slope and then a clinical finish of 80 brought him over the finish line in style and gave Cisnall, the 2010 BDO World Championship runner, hope that he can finish. on his hunt for major PDC television. title.

Price fights past Gurney in a maze

Gerwyn Price reached the second semi-final of the World Darts Championship, bringing back Daryl Gurney in a goal out of the final leg after Superchin fought back from two sets down.

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Check out Gerwen Price’s three-century checkout against Daryl Gurney in their quarter-finals of the World Darts Championship

Price, the No. 3 world who will take over from Van Gerwen as a No. 1 world if he wins the title on Sunday, had to dig deep after a 2-0 opening and a 4-2 lead against the man to Derry.

However, Price hit a double top in a weird final leg after Gurney failed in a sting for the game to set a date with Bunting, who was a BDO world winner, Saturday night.

With very little attack from Gurney, Price took out the first two sets. Finish 108 and a brilliant 13-dart leg sealed the early lead that doubled when he returned in the second set with three legs in a row.

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Price said he was thinking too much and was lucky to get over the winning line against Gurney

After watching the Welshman claim the early win, Gurney dug deep to pull himself back into the competition – and that was going to be a topic. Going down the ante he fired in three 180s on his way to winning the third set against the darts.

Price-like rock welcomed Gurney’s first set, and when he got the upper hand on a fourth-class set – a double pick eight after Price lost three darts to some extent – the race to five has become the best contest of five locked at two apiece sets.

The Iceman showed all the skill and coolness under pressure that led him to three major TV titles this year to claim to decide legs in the fifth and sixth sets. Gurney had missed five darts for 2-2 in the fifth and was penalized with a stunning 143 finish and when Superchin lost a bar at the top to win the sixth set, the Iceman cleared 72 and was two clear set again.

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Price hits 143 payoffs to take fifth set in World Darts Championship semi-finals

But Gurney is a tight nut to crack and has a pair of key titles of his own and again claimed another set without dropping a leg for a pullback within one. When he took his run to five feet in a row he was on the verge of a level contest, which he secured with a brilliant 12-dart leg.

And the decision followed the same pattern. Price goes ahead with a 107 finish, just to see Gurney respond with a 15th 180 of the game and another 12-dart leg.

The pair split the next two to make the connection go a long way, where Price was expected to reach the last four where he will aim to make the semi-final loss better for the last champion Peter Wright last year.

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