FIVE BDO PLAYERS THROUGH TO IDL QUARTER-FINALS

Five BDO players are through to the Last 8 of the Topic IDL on Friday:
GARY ANDERSON, MARK WEBSTER, GARY ROBSON, DARRYL FITTON and TONY O’SHEA.

England’s DARRYL FITTON became the first player to go through to the Quarter-Finals after victories over Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen. He was narrowly defeated by Raymond Barneveld in what was perceived as the hardest of the Second Round groups. He topped Group J , and as runner-up Barneveld also goes through to tomorrow’s knockout Quarter-Finals.

Phil Taylor was eliminated following defeats by Darryl Fitton and Michael van Gerwen (who is also out).

England’s TONY O’SHEA topped Group K after his marvellous birthday 9-dart 501 of yesterday, and is joined by Adrian Lewis, whose 7-4 victory over Australia’s Simon Whitlock meant that he had an overall Group lead of 3 legs on the Aussie.

The unbeaten run of Scotland’s GARY ANDERSON continued with his
7-3 victory over Mark Dudbridge to dominate Group I. England’s GARY ROBSON pulled off a dramatic last game 7-5 victory against Martin Adams to claim the runner-up spot in the group.

In Group L, MARK WEBSTER of Wales also kept his unbeaten IDL debut intact with a 7-4 win over England’s Tony Ecccles. James Wade took the runner-up spot after beating Scott Waites 7-4.

Official Darts Results:

INTERNATIONAL DARTS LEAGUE
SECOND ROUND ROBIN ROUND: THURSDAY, MAY 10
(Best of 13 Legs)

RAYMOND BARNEVELD (NED) 7-6 DARRYL FITTON (ENG)
TONY O’SHEA (ENG) 7-5 WAYNE MARDLE (ENG)
SIMON WHITLOCK (AUS) 4-7 ADRIAN LEWIS (ENG)
SCOTT WAITES (ENG) 4-7 JAMES WADE (ENG)
MARK WEBSTER (WAL) 7-4 TONY ECCLES (ENG)
GARY ANDERSON (SCOT) 7-3 MARK DUDBRIDGE (ENG)
MARTIN ADAMS (ENG) 5-7 GARY ROBSON (ENG)
MICHAEL VAN GERWEN (NED) 7-6 PHIL TAYLOR (ENG)

QUARTER-FINALS: FRIDAY, MAY 11TH (Best of 11 Sets (3 Legs per Set)

DARRYL FITTON (ENG) v ADRIAN LEWIS (ENG)
TONY O’SHEA (ENG) v RAYMOND BARNEVELD (NED)
GARY ANDERSON (SCOT) v JAMES WADE (ENG)
MARK WEBSTER (WAL) v GARY ROBSON (ENG)

Issued by ROBERT HOLMES: 10/5/07