Livingston-born world champion Peter ‘Snakebite’ Wright has arrange a repeat of final yr’s closing as he continues his bid for a second straight World Matchplay title.
The 52-year-old is about to tackle Dimitri Van Den Bergh within the quarter-finals tomorrow (Thursday). Wright defeated the Belgian within the closing 12 months in the past to raise the trophy for the primary time.
The present world no.1 was pushed all the best way in Tuesday night time’s second spherical conflict with Krzysztof Ratajski, needing to win a tie-break to advance to the final eight.
Wright gave the impression to be firmly accountable for the competition, main 7-3, just for the Pole to mount a comeback and finally draw degree at 9-9.
The pair traded backwards and forwards to take the match into extra time with Wright lastly proving too robust.
Chatting with PDC.television after the epic showdown, he stated: “I actually loved it. It's good to be in matches like that generally to see the place you're. That has positively bought me prepared for Dimitri now.
“Dimitri is enjoying very well so it needs to be one other tight sport.”
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