Delightful Dimitri van den Bergh completes Winmau World Masters semi-final line-up as Nathan Aspinall falls
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The semi-final line-up is confirmed for the final session at the Winmau World Masters as Dimitri van den Bergh has continued his superb run in Milton Keynes defeating Nathan Aspinall in the process.
It was a dominant 4-1 success for 'The Dreammaker' who joins Luke Humphries, Jonny Clayton and Danny Noppert in moving through. It has not gone to script either with Stephen Bunting and Luke Littler and now Aspinall falling.
But Van den Bergh who finally got one over MVG last up showed no curse of Van Gerwen this time as he comprehensively enjoyed success over the Premier League bound Asp who soaked up great acclaim from the crowd but fell at the Quarter-Final hurdle today.
It was seven 180's and a 100.3 average for Van den Bergh as he dispatched Aspinall after a relatively close start. He sealed the first set with a 121 checkout for 1-0 before The Asp edged out the second in a decider for parity.
But it was back-to-back sets for Van den Bergh. Aspinall missed 86 and Van den Bergh took out double six for the lead and the one way traffic continued again with missed darts at double proving to be an issue. In set four as Van den Bergh went 3-1 up, Aspinall had a shot at 79 and missed it and against like in the last set it was the Belgian who pounced.
He hit double eight last dart in hand to go into a 3-1 lead. He concluded the piece with an 11-darter after Aspinall had been on a nine-dart finish at one point. He hit double 10 starting with double 20 for a double double 60 checkout after hitting 180 to leave 60.
Delightful doubling from the brilliant Belgian. He returns tonight to face Jonny Clayton. The other semi-final sees Luke Humphries face Danny Noppert.
DIMI ADVANCES TO THE SEMI-FINAL!#WWMasters | @VandenBerghDimi pic.twitter.com/wi7oRtWudR
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) February 2, 2025
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