In the penultimate day at the Ally Pally, four remained in the bid to become Dart's World Champion. The first two to battle for a place in the final was Terry Jenkins and Gary Anderson. Gary Anderson has arguably played the best overall so far this tournament but it didn't deter Jenkins from taking the first set. With the semi-finals now first two six it surely meant a much bigger battle. It didn't look that way as Anderson knuckled down to wear Jenkins out by taking the next five sets to have a foot in the final. Jenkins won a consolation second set but Anderson was in no charitable mood and took the game 6-2 and score yet another 100+ average.
In the ten times that Phil Taylor has been beaten on television, seven of the victors have lost in the very next round. Unfortunately for Mark Webster, that's exactly what happened to him in the second semi-final against Adrian Lewis. The first three sets went with throw and all went to a deciding leg, with Lewis taking a 2-1 lead. The fourth set also went with throw but this time Webster won it 3-0 to level the match. The first crucial break came for Adrian Lewis as Webster started missing doubles, allowing Lewis to take a 4-2 lead. However Webster came back after the break and showed his courage to make it 4-4. Lewis took the crucial deciding leg in the ninth set to get to within one of victory. It was looking like it was going to go to a deciding set when Webster started the tenth set off with an eleven darter. But Lewis battled back to take the set 3-1 and win the match 6-4 to set up the final against Anderson.
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