With Lewis and Hamilton making it through to the semi-finals yesterday afternoon, the remaining two quarter-finals took place last night. First off was a repeat of last year's semi-final between Van Barneveld and Wade, Barney won that semi-final match. Despite taking an initial 2-0 lead, Barney was pegged back to 5-5 by Wade. The game remained tantalisingly close until Wade broke and took an 11-8 lead. From there, Barney had no reply and Wade went out a 16-11 winner and will face Lewis in a tough semi-final.
The other match of the night saw Taylor battle the in form Newton. Taylor started slowly and was duly punished as Newton stormed into a 4-1 lead. But the defending champion regained momentum and won the next fifteen out of sixteen legs to win 16-5. Taylor will now be the heavy favourite against Andy Hamilton in the semi-final.
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