Richie Burnett knocks out Peter Wright to achieve the final eight of the UK Open; Michael van Gerwen to face Nathan Aspinall in quarter-finals after the pair beat Luke Humphries and Joe Cullen respectively. Defending champion Danny Noppert knocked out by William O’Connor.
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Richie Burnett produced the results of the day to knock out Peter Wright
Richie Burnett shocked Peter Wright to achieve the quarter-finals of the UK Open for the primary time in his profession on Saturday, whereas Michael van Gerwen recorded a dominant win over Luke Humphries to proceed his pursuit of a fourth Minehead crown.
Burnett, whose earlier finest on the UK Open got here in 2007 when he reached the final 16, was a 10-8 winner in opposition to 2022 world champion Wright after ousting Ted Evetts 10-9 earlier within the day.The 56-year-old ‘Prince of Wales’ will now face Dimitri Van den Bergh for a spot within the semi-finals on Sunday after the Belgian defeated 2018 champion Gary Anderson 10-8. Twitter Attributable to your consent preferences, you’re not in a position to view this Privateness Choices “I have been an fool over time, I’ve actually underachieved, I have been an absolute maniac however I’ve by no means harmed anyone, solely been a idiot to myself. I am simply making up for misplaced time,” Burnett advised ITV Sport.It marks a primary quarter-final look for the 1995 BDO world champion since his look within the last eight on the 2014 Grand Prix.Van Gerwen adopted up Friday’s hard-fought victory over Dave Chisnall by dispatching Martijn Kleermaker 10-6 earlier than making gentle work of Humphries, who had overcome world champion Michael Smith 10-9.Awaiting the Dutchman within the subsequent spherical is Nathan Aspinall after the 2019 event winner booked his place within the final eight with a 10-2 victory over Joe Cullen after seeing off Dirk van Duijvenbode within the afternoon session. UK Open: Final 16 outcomes Most important Stage Nathan Aspinall 10-2 Joe Cullen Peter Wright 8-10 Richie Burnett Gary Anderson 8-10 Dimitri Van den Bergh Michael van Gerwen 10-4 Luke Humphries Stage Two Brendan Dolan 8-10 Andrew Gilding William O’Connor 3-10 Adam Gawlas Jonny Clayton 8-10 Martin Schindler Jeffrey de Zwaan 7-10 Rob Cross UK Open quarter-final draw Andrew Gilding v Martin Schindler Michael van Gerwen v Nathan Aspinall Rob Cross v Adam Gawlas Richie Burnett v Dimitri Van den Bergh Adam Gawlas continued his positive run with a 10-3 conquer William O’Connor, who had knocked out defending champion Danny Noppert with a 10-9 win earlier within the day.Jonny Clayton’s weekend was delivered to an finish in a 10-8 loss to Martin Schindler after the Welshman had cruised previous Jose de Sousa, and Rob Cross marched on to the quarters with a 10-7 win over Jeffrey de Zwaan, who had progressed to the night session by edging out Gerwyn Worth.
