A battle of two, multiple-time World Champions rounded out the quarter-finals of the World Series of Darts Finals as Van Barneveld faced Wright in front of a partisan Dutch crowd on the side of 'Barney'. Wright though, quickly set about quieting the crowd, taking the opening two legs. As soon as Van Barneveld got on the board though, the crowd was raucous in support once again and the players headed off for the interval with the Dutchman 3-2 ahead.
The second session saw Van Barneveld really step it up a level. Thriving off the support of the crowd, 'Barney' looked back to somewhere near his best as he fired in three maximums and a pair of 96 checkouts to move 6-3 ahead. Wright though would break throw in the final leg of the session to stay in touch at 6-4.
After Barney missed a dart at double top to restore his three-leg advantage after the break, Wright was on hand to punish on double 8, moving to within one of his opponent. As Wright continued his comeback charge, Van Barneveld simply had no answer on how to stop his opponents momentum.
Wright took leg after leg and the more 'Barney' shook his head, the quieter the crowd became and easier things were looking for Wright. A stunning seven-leg spurt securing 'Snakebite' the 10-6 victory from 6-3 down.
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WRIGHT INTO THE SEMI-FINALS!
Peter Wright recovers from 6-3 down to beat Raymond van Barneveld 10-6 and reach the last four!
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