Dean Winstanley 16-12 Kevin Painter: Winstanley provides his best televised tournament run since he switched to the PDC with victory over Painter. Winstanley took a quick-fire 2-0 lead but ended going into the first break 3-2 behind. Winstanley regianed composure to take the next four legs, with a ton checkout in the seventh leg followed by a 111-checkout in the ninth after Painter had missed five darts at the double. Painter rescued the tenth leg to go in 6-4 behind at the second break.
Painter's doubles were very much below par for much of the match and another two missed doubles allowed Winstanley to take the opening leg of the third session. A 101-checkout for Painter pulled on leg back to make it 8-5 with the the pair then trading legs to make it 9-6 after three sessions. The fourth session saw the pair hold throw for the first two legs before three consecutive breaks of throw, Painter hitting an 86-checkout on the bull to pull it back to 11-9. But any chances of Painter coming back into it were stopped as Winstanley took the following two legs and should have led 14-9 but ended missing three darts to do so. Painter gratefully accepted the gift but then returned the favour by missing four darts of his own to allow Winstanley to regain his four leg advantage, before making it 14-11 as the pair went off stage for the final time.
Winstanley instantly put himself to within a leg and had two darts to win the match with a break of throw. With Painter just holding with an eight checkout, Winstanley did win the match 16-12 with a 55-finish.
John Part 12-16 Andy Hamilton: Hamilton makes it two consecutive Grand Slam semi-final appearances after a victory over Part that probably could have been a lot easier. This time last year, Hamilton was staring defeat in the face, being 15-9 down to Simon Whitlock. This time around it was Hamilton to cruise to within touching distance of the winning post before allowing Part some way back.
The Canadian did take the opening leg of the game but Hamilton roared back to lead 4-1 at the first break. That soon became 7-2 before Part managed to gain two consecutive legs either side of the second break. Hamilton edged further ahead but Part rallied back to reel three more legs on the spin to cut the gap down to 9-6.
By then, Hamilton had had enough and woke up to power his way into the distance. Five straight legs meant Hamilton was now 14-6 in front and just needing two win. A 133-checkout gave The Hammer one of those legs as he went 15-9 ahead, stopping another slight resurgence from Part. But Hamilton began to miss darts at the double, seven in fact, as Part once again won three consecutive legs. However, Hamilton wasn't going to do what Whitlock did and made sure of the victory with a colossal 103-checkout.
Christian Kist 10-16 Raymond Van Barneveld: The BDO World Champion is out after another brilliant display from Barney. The veteran Dutchman took the opening leg and led 3-1 before going into the first break at 3-2. Barney then went into hyper drive and four missed darts from Kist allowed him to take a 7-2 before Kist pulled one leg back at the second interval.
Kist didn't do an awful lot wrong but he just couldn't handle Barney and a 111-checkout made it 9-5 to the PDC star. That became 10-5 when Kist missed a further three darts at the double. The fourth session saw the pair hold their throws to make the score 13-7. The fifth session followed suite but another three missed darts from Kist meant he missed the opportunity to break which would have made it 14-10, instead it was 15-10 as the once again left the stage. That seemed a bit pointless as just one leg later Barney completed his victory with a 50-checkout to set up a last four meeting with Andy Hamilton.
Scott Waites 12-16 Michael Van Gerwen: Defeat for Waites means there is no more BDO representation, but there wasn't a lot he could against the current magician that is Van Gerwen. Waites managed to break back and level the match at 1-1 before the Dutchman fired in an incredible 170-checkout as he went to take the first session 4-1.
The second session belonged to Waites though and after he had missed two darts in the fifth leg, Van Gerwen missed three darts in the sixth to give Waites the win. From there he was able to level the score at 4-4 which turned to 5-5 going into the second break. The 11th leg saw Waites take the lead for the first time in the match and he then went two legs ahead after Van Gerwen missed three darts at the double for the third time in the match.
That only served to annoy Van Gerwen and he responded in sublime fashion. He levelled the game before Waites missed two darts at the double to give Van Gerwen an 8-7 lead after three sessions. Magic Mike then began the fourth session with a 116-checkout before managing to take an unbelievable second 170-finish. Three legs later and Van Gerwen had taken all five legs of the session to lead 13-7. Van Gerwen would miss five darts in the fifth session as Waites pulled three legs back before making it 14-11 at the next break.
Van Gerwen came back from the break to put himself within a leg of victory. Waites did manage to delay the inevitable for one more leg and fair play to him for putting in such a good performance against someone who is simply unplayable at the moment. The Dutchman took the game 16-12 and Winstanley has the unenviable task of trying to stop him reaching his second consecutive televised final.
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