Durrant after brilliant comeback win over Van der Voort to reach semi-finals: "I genuinely wish I could say I was always going to win that match. The better player lost"
PDCSaturday, 25 July 2020 at 10:35
Glen Durrant is through to the semi-finals of the World Matchplay for the second consecutive year but had to produce a brilliant fightback to see off Vincent van der Voort in the end.
Durrant was 10-5 down and looked to be heading out; but produced some fine darts to win 18-16 in the end; afterwards, the three time Lakeside World Champion wasn't sure how he claimed victory.
"Sometimes you've got to rely on experience. There was a lot of similarities to the Mark McGeeney game. Vincent will be devastated right now because he will be sat in his hotel room right now with a better player losing that game," said Durrant post-match to Online Darts.
"I genuinely wish I could say I was always going to win that match. The better player lost that game. I'm not really sure how I won that game."
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UndartedWaters15-11-2024 - Agree. Van der voort will be the one taking a break when he loses his tour card. Everyone saying about how bad Wright's last 18 months have been, and in that time he's won several Euro tours and the European Championships.Matilda6215-11-2024
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