WHAT A WIN FOR WOODHOUSE! 💪 Luke Woodhouse beats Dirk van Duijvenbode 10-4 to storm into the Semi-Finals in Dortmund. 📺 bit.ly/EC24Live #ECDarts24
Luke Woodhouse thrashes Dirk van Duijvenbode to reach semi-finals at European Championship
PDCSunday, 27 October 2024 at 13:51
Luke Woodhouse has broken new ground at the European Championship Darts thrashing Dirk van Duijvenbode 10-4 as he has reached his maiden major semi-final.
Van Duijvenbode, whose dissatisfaction was radiating from his face, was having a hard time. He often failed to get the first arrow in the triple 20 and also on the doubles it did not go smoothly. Only four out of seventeen darts on the outer ring were hit.
The 32-year-old Dutchman was quickly put at a wide disadvantage by Woodhouse. 'The Shed' won the first four legs of the match, partly after misses by Van Duijvenbode in the second and fourth leg.
Only in the fifth leg did Van Duijvenbode get on the scoreboard after a 66 finish. It did not provide a rebound, however, as scoring remained underwhelming. Two 16-darters allowed Woodhouse to extend the lead to 6-1.
With a 16-darter and a 146 finish Van Duijvenbode then came back to 6-3 and for a moment it looked like something was still to be gained for the dart player from 's-Gravenzande. However, Van Duijvenbode missed a chance to connect at 4-6, after which Woodhouse hit the double 8 for 7-3.
A 12-darter brought Woodhouse to 8-3, before Van Duijvenbode won his fourth leg. Van Duijvenbode had two more chances to make it 5-8, but missed two arrows on tops. Woodhouse punished these misses with a 100 finish for 9-4, after which Woodhouse finished the job with a 48 check-out.
For Woodhouse, it is the first time in his career that he has qualified for the last four at a major. In the semifinals, he will play the winner of the duel between Gary Anderson and Ritchie Edhouse.
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- 6 - 4 is hardly a thrashing. Knew i should have had a tenner on Gilding.Mysstree26-10-2024
- Agreed, thebogeyman. Remember the boxing farce at this year's Olympics... a guy posing as a woman winning the Gold Medal, grim. They should do men who think they are women (separate) competition and award a pair of tight pants for the winner.MrYnyslas197125-10-2024
- What a paltry pay day. Is the Championship going to be on TV or YouTube. I still believe the BBC sunk the BDO when they dumped it for that ridiculous champions league that also died without trace. The prize money for the girls is terrible, why can't they win the same as the boys. It will hardly entice girls to enter the sport. Although hell knows what the future is for darts with the transgender craze.richieburnettrocks24-10-2024
- "Surely darts has little to do with physicality?" If that was true, there would not be women's events for the mentally ill bloke to play in.thebogeyman24-10-2024
- My god what a clown this guy is.... So REAL women should take pills to suppress natural processes to make it equal as he does not have such symptoms? And no: you are not winning because you put in the time and money, you are winning because you have an unfair advantage. Men play better than women, it is a fact. And let's not forget he was in the top 10 of the world in the boys earlier in life!DannyJ23-10-2024