Wright edges past Durrant in thriller, Cross averts shock against Zonneveld and Williams' run ends against West

Friday, 06 March 2020 at 20:56

The action continues at the 2020 UK Open with Peter Wright, the reigning World Champion successfully through to the fifth round after dispelling Glen Durrant in an absolute thriller on the Main Stage.

Both Durrant and Wright shared the spoils in the opening few legs with 'Duzza' potentially holding the edge after a stinker of a leg barring a late 180 from Wright on the Teesside ace's throw.

Durrant kicked off on Wright's throw with a 180 but Wright matched him and went into a 3-1 lead. Going into the break though with Wright sat on 28, Durrant took out double 20 second time around to go only behind with a break of throw.

The duo exchanged misses at double with Wright going down to the madhouse with seven missed darts and Durrant five before the latter took out double one to claim an important leg.

He came back and pinned double 16 to go 4-3 up with a break himself to potentially flip the script and go towards 5-3 up. Durrant missed darts to hold after he looked to capitalise on a small slip by Wright but the latter hit double eight to make it 5-5 and send it the distance.

A 45 checkout saw Wright regain the lead at 6-5 up. He missed the chance to break from there and Durrant capitalised with a 70 checkout to make it 6-6. Durrant finished 56 in a clutch shot to make it 7-7. The parity continued as they were locked up at 8-8, who would break free from here. Wright went one away with a hold of throw and he knew he had to find a break in the final leg to nick it from here.

Wright hit a ninth 180 to put the pressure on Durrant and leave himself 121 and he hit it to claim a brilliant victory.

Other Boards Update: Cross averts shock, Williams' run ends to West in decider

On the other boards, Rob Cross averted an upset against Niels Zonneveld defeating the young Dutchman in a 10-7 win. Dave Chisnall came from 7-0 down against William O'Connor but after missing one dart to force a decider, 'The Magpie' got over the line 10-8.

2006 semi-finalist Alan Tabern continues to roll back the years and he claimed a 10-6 win over Richard North and there was also a big win for Martin Schindler who averaged 103 in dismantling Justin Pipe 10-2.

While there was also victories for the likes of Ricky Evans, Simon Stevenson and also Mensur Suljovic who cruised through at the expense of Jamie Lewis 10-4.

18-year old Riley's Qualifier Lewis Williams also led against Steve West 9-7 but couldn't seal the deal as West claimed three legs on the spin to edge it and draw on his vast experience.

Click here for more information on the event which is known as the FA Cup of Darts.

2020 UK Open Schedule
Evening Session (1900) - Fourth Round

Main Stage

Gerwyn Price 10-3 Danny Noppert
Glen Durrant 8-10 Peter Wright
Michael van Gerwen v Nathan Aspinall
Gary Anderson v Steve Beaton

Stage Two

Rhys Hayden 5-10 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Dave Chisnall 8-10 William O’Connor
Vincent van der Voort v Stephen Bunting
Krzysztof Ratajski v Chris Dobey

Stage Three

Harry Ward 6-10 Ian White
Mensur Suljovic 10-4 Jamie Lewis
Ryan Joyce v Gabriel Clemens
Michael Smith v James Wilson

Stage Four

Kim Huybrechts 10-8 Ryan Searle
Richard North 10-6 Alan Tabern
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Jermaine Wattimena
Jeffrey de Zwaan v Simon Whitlock

Stage Five

Kyle McKinstry 10-8 Bradley Brooks
Rob Cross 10-7 Niels Zonneveld
Joe Cullen v Mervyn King
Adrian Lewis v Jason Lowe

Stage Six

William Borland 5-10 Jelle Klaasen
Joe Murnan 4-10 Ricky Evans
Simon Stevenson 10-9 Darren Webster
Jonny Clayton v Scott Waites

Stage Seven

Luke Humphries 8-10 Andy Boulton
Lewis Williams 9-10 Steve West
Matthew Edgar v Josh Payne
James Wade v John Henderson

Stage Eight

Keegan Brown 8-10 Daryl Gurney
Justin Pipe 2-10 Martin Schindler
Brendan Dolan v Jamie Hughes

Bye - Martin Atkins

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