Peter Wright fends off late rally to thrash Michael Smith and seal European Championship Quarter-Final spot

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Saturday, 28 October 2023 at 16:53
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Peter Wright is the final player through from the first session of European Championship second round action in Dortmund after hammering Michael Smith 10-4 in a struggle for 'Bully Boy' and another step in the right direction for 'Snakebite'.
Wright now faces Chris Dobey, with a semi-final against Gerwyn Price potentially on the cards who faces Danny Noppert.
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It looked like a potential whitewash throughout the contest as Wright went 5-0 up in a disastrous start for Smith. The procession continued as Wright showed no mercy with a 107 checkout.
He followed that with a break to go 7-0 up, before finally Smith got on the board at 8-1. This is when the mini comeback started as Wright squandered darts at a double towards the finish and Bully Boy sealed four legs on the spin. This made it 8-4.
But he seemed to blow his chance as he missed three darts at double to continue the comeback and sure enough Wright went 9-4 up and sealed the deal from there.