"My son is his biggest fan... Hopefully he doesn’t wear his Peter Wright shirt" - Stephen Bunting has special incentive ahead of World Darts Championship quarter-final
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In the evening session of tonight's action at the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, Stephen Bunting and Peter Wright battle for a spot in the semi-finals. As the two crowd favourites go to war, which one can keep alive their hopes of lifting the Sid Waddell Trophy on January 3rd?
With Wright and Bunting, two former world champions (Wright twice PDC World Champion, Bunting once BDO World Champion) face each other. But his match against Wright has another special meaning for Bunting. "To be fair, my eldest son Toby is his biggest fan. Hopefully he doesn’t wear his Peter Wright shirt," 'The Bullet' admitted ahead of the match. "I have known Peter for a long time. He sent Toby darts equipment. He is his biggest fan – I am sure he won’t be when we play.
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Bunting and Wright also get along extremely well. "I have a good relationship with Peter. I have a lot of respect for what he has done for the sport, being a two-time world champion. But on that oche, it’s about me," he continues. "When I first came over to the PDC, I used to beat him a lot. In my lows, he started beating me a lot. He’s a good pal but on that stage, playing for a lot of money, you want to rip his head off."
Wright rolled back the years to provide a major upset in the previous round, knocking out reigning world champion Luke Humphries 4-1 with an impeccable performance. The 54-year-old Scot had a very disappointing year in 2024, but is 'Snakebite' possibly coming into top form at just the right time?
"Peter Wright is one of the best players on the planet. I expect him to bring the version of Peter that knocked out Luke. I hope he does," Bunting concludes. "It won’t be a rollover. But it doesn’t matter what anybody else does. It’s all about me. Who will the crowd back? They’ll all go ‘Bunting Mental’.”
Curtains down on another epic day at Ally Pally… ✅
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) December 31, 2024
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- That's true, Richie. Taylor used to call it, "Manley's millions."MrYnyslas197103-01-2025
- The semi finals are so one sided nowadays. Bunting and Dobey had their final in the quarters and simply had no interest once they got behind and gave up., yet both will be whining for premier league places. Earning enough to keep the rankings is more important to most players. Peter Manley got to a final with Phil Taylor but was more happy that he had earned enough to pay off his mortgage and promptly and expectedly whitewashed by Philrichieburnettrocks03-01-2025
- Wessel Nijman nickname should be Ni I Manmedinabello03-01-2025
- Jealously.....a nothing happening player who has won nothing and only redeeming feature is his ever increasing bald spot. He'll be crying he deserves a premier league place next. Class A Tw4trichieburnettrocks31-12-2024
- Woodhouse is 36 but looks half that Bunting is 39 ? and looks twice thatrichieburnettrocks31-12-2024
- Rydz looks like he has tried to gaffer tape a birds nest to the top of his head. What the hell !richieburnettrocks31-12-2024
- Missed that as was working. Damon must be absolutely gutted. Will be interesting to see Premier League players.ListerAnderson28-12-2024
- What a top class match that was, gutted for Cullen. Great to see them both play so well. One of the matches of the year.ListerAnderson28-12-2024
- He is a legend and a very good set player, was great to see him play well.ListerAnderson28-12-2024
- And this should be the end of it. He was playing like a w****r and gestured as such. End of.Mysstree25-12-2024