Van der Voort furious after lost quarterfinals: ‘I got errors in my head’ | Darts

sport">A new stunt by the Dutchman, who previously eliminated Dave Chisnall (10-6) and Daryl Gurney (11-5), seemed a long time in the making, but Durrant turned out to be the coolest after all.

sport">Van der Voort was the only one of the five Dutchmen who started the tournament in England to remain. Michael van Gerwen, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Danny Noppert and Jermaine Wattimena have all been eliminated in previous rounds.

Strong start

sport">Van der Voort had an excellent start in the quarterfinals (his first on World Matchplay since the defeat to Mervyn King in 2009). He immediately broke Durrant in the first leg and ran out to a 4-1 lead before the first break. Durrant then came back slightly to 6-4, but in part 3 of the game, Van der Voort accelerated again.

sport">He ran out to a 10-5 lead, including a nice 98 finish in the fifteenth leg of the encounter with Durrant, who had settled in his previous games with De Zwaan and Peter Wright. Durrant, however, was not easily led to the slaughterhouse by Van der Voort and knew a strong last part of the match.

Durrant turns match around

sport">The man from Middlesbrough eventually came back to 13-12 after trailing 10-8, with which the game entered a very exciting final phase. In the 28th leg, Van der Voort missed two chances on tops to take a 15-13 lead, then Durrant tied the score: 14-14.

sport">Through a handsome 92 finish via bulls-eye, Durrant then took the lead for the first time in the match, causing Van der Voort to suddenly have his back to the wall. The Dutchman did not bow, and made sure the game went into extra time, 15-15.

sport">Durrant had the strongest nerves in this. The Englishman took advantage of Van der Voort’s two weak 45 innings in the winning leg and immediately hit his first power dart. In the semifinals, Durrant will face Dimitri Van den Bergh, the 26-year-old Belgian who was 16-12 too strong for Adrian Lewis earlier in the Friday evening.

sport">The defeat hit hard on Van der Voort, who pointed to the referee with an accusing finger on the podium afterwards. In the 22nd leg, on one of his last innings, he threw an arrow underhand, but was behind the oh. Since the official said Van der was ahead of the oche, the arrow was not counted and moved to 9 instead of 8. In the next at bat, Durrant threw out and reduced his deficit to 12-10.

sport">“But I was not at all at the oh,” said Van der Voort in front of the camera RTL. “So when he said yes, I got a few errors in my head. I am not going to repeat what I said to him. And if he makes a complaint to the PDC, then it is. I’m not afraid of that. That I lose here is entirely my own fault, let that be clear. I was so far ahead … But it is nice if you can blame someone else immediately after the game. ”

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