At the start of 2022, “The Machine“, as Wade is called, clearly prevailed 5-0 against his compatriot Mervyn King and thus reached the fourth round of the most important tournament of the year for the fourth time. Wade won the semi-finals on Sunday (02.01.2022) the game between defending champion Gerwyn Price of Wales and England’s Michael Smith, which will meet on Saturday night.
Good tournament schedule for Wade
The former European champion Wade has played a decent tournament so far, but has also benefited from a favorable table and lucky circumstances.
Third-round opponent Vincent van der Voort from the Netherlands could not compete against Wade after a positive corona test. Other favorites like Dimitri van den Bergh (Belgium) or Joe Cullen (England) were eliminated before a possible duel.
Anderson with class performance
The Scot Gary Anderson then showed a great performance against the Englishman Luke Humphries, even if he initially had problems with the double fields for a long time. After an intermediate score of 2: 2 sets, the two-time world champion increased the pace enormously and won three rounds in a row to make the final score 5: 2.
For the “Flying Scotsman “As Anderson is called, it is the seventh participation in a World Cup semi-finals after 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021. Anderson was crowned world champion twice, last year it was a 3-7 defeat against Price in the final.
Rydz just missed the sensation
Anderson now meets in his semifinals “Snakebite” Peter Wright, who defeated the great tournament discovery Callan Rydz 5: 4 in a furious darts match. The only 23-year-old Rydz had the 2020 world champion on the verge of defeat, but in the end Wright stayed ice cold at the decisive moment and used his first match dart.
Rydz had started brilliantly and after several spectacular high finishes beyond the 100 mark, he was already leading 2-0 and 3-1 sets. When he skipped a dart to make it 4-2 when the score was 3-2 and Wright was able to equalize, the game took a turn. Rydz continued to fight and only lost 4-2 in the ninth set.
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Status: 01/01/2022, 4:21 pm