DIMI BACK IN CHARGE! Dimitri Van den Bergh halts Martin Lukeman's resurgence with a crucial 76 checkout, to move 6-4 in front at the second interval! 📺 bit.ly/UKOpen24Live #UKOpenDarts | QFs
Dimitri Van den Bergh last player through to semi final of UK Open with victory over Martin Lukeman
PDCSunday, 03 March 2024 at 17:34
Dimitri Van den Bergh made the semi finals of the UK Open for the second consecutive year as he saw off a despondent Martin Lukeman with a 10-5 victory.
Van den Bergh cruised through the opening part of the match, with checkouts of 80 and 132 seeing the Belgian soar into a four-leg lead. He missed darts to whitewash the first session though, and Lukeman finally got one on the board.
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Lukeman was in just his third last eight appearance in a stage event. 'Smash' had a breakthrough year in 2022 when he was a finalist on the European Tour and made the quarter finals of the World Grand Prix. The 38-year-old admitted earlier this weekend that health concerns with his wife had impacted his form in recent times.
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He found a crucial break of throw in the nineth leg, but failed to take out 164 in two visits in the next and allowed Van den Bergh to break straight back with a clinical 76. The World number 14 never looked back after that, winning four of the next five legs to progress to the last four just as he did in 2023, when he fell to Michael van Gerwen.
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- Pay a sizeable chunk off the mortgage for sure and buy Grandad something nice for Christmas.Mysstree19-12-2024
- No chance. His throw is all staccato. It is forced. Not natural.medinabello19-12-2024
- More roid rage than nonsenserichieburnettrocks18-12-2024
- Even the wild crowd went easy on him... we really have gone soft in this country. He should now play in the men's events and try and recover a smidgen of respect, rather than take advantage of the women's game.MrYnyslas197118-12-2024
- The bloke wouldn't get any abuse if he just earned his way in instead of putting on lipstick and larping as a bird.thebogeyman17-12-2024
- Imagine what he'd be like if he done it on TV.medinabello15-12-2024
- Moot point Wattemina will beat him anyways so he will have an early Xmas after all.medinabello15-12-2024
- Grow up mate it's a game of darts surely a player has the capacity to play more than 1 best of 5 set match in one evening.medinabello15-12-2024
- Modus will be good for him. Great comp.medinabello15-12-2024
- I'm with Asp here. If they moan about it don't pick them. Simple as.medinabello15-12-2024