White knew going into his tie with Dirk van Duijvenbode that he needed a potential miracle but he did his part by smashing the Dutchman in a 5-1 win with one of the displays of the tournament averaging 108 and hitting 100% of the doubles.
Now he had to sit and wait for Petersen to play Wright needing a 5-2 win or better to go through and this was a real possibility as 'The African Warrior' topped the group by going 3-1 up.
From there, a 13 darter saw Petersen go into a 4-1 lead and put Wright on the brink of elimination. Wright took out 64 to keep himself in it but Petersen got over the line as White becomes only the 11th player to go through despite only having one win.
Jose de Sousa (100.03) 5-1 (83.63) Lisa Ashton (C) Michael Smith (106.93) 5-2 (94.37) Krzysztof Ratajski (C) Jonny Clayton (90.54) 5-0 (79) Mikuru Suzuki (G) Gerwyn Price (106.32) 5-4 (97.25) Ryan Joyce (G) Ian White (108.04) 5-1 (98.64) Dirk van Duijvenbode (E) Peter Wright (83.12) 2-5 (88.97) Devon Petersen (E) Gabriel Clemens v Adam Hunt (A) Michael van Gerwen v Joe Cullen (A)
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WRIGHT IS OUT!
Peter Wright is OUT of the 2020 Grand Slam of Darts, as the World Champion is one leg away from securing his spot in the last 16 and Ian White joins Devon Petersen in the next round!
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