White reaches third consecutive European Tour final with victory over Beaton

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Sunday, 12 May 2019 at 21:06
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Ian White is the first player through to the final at the European Darts Grand Prix after seeing off Steve Beaton in the first semi-final in Sindelfingen.

He averaged 98 in a 7-5 win over The Bronzed Adonis and becomes only the second player to reach three consecutive finals on the European Tour.
'Diamond' went 3-1 up with a 128 checkout but Beaton squared it up at 4-4. Beaton went in front at 5-4 but White stopped the rot.
The most important time in the match came in the next leg with Beaton missing 3 at double 11 for a 6-5 lead and White streaked to the win.
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Evening Session (1915 local time, 1815 BST)
Quarter-Finals
Ian White (97.07) 6-1 (93.56) Jeffrey de Zwaan
Steve Beaton (87.47) 6-2 (85.62) Darren Webster
Nathan Aspinall (90.23) 5-6 (92.00) Jamie Hughes
Peter Wright (97.94) 6-3 (99.35) Michael van Gerwen
Semi-Finals
Ian White (98.78) 7-5 (90.39) Steve Beaton
Jamie Hughes v Peter Wright
Final
Ian White v Jamie Hughes/Peter Wright