2017 BDO World Championship men’s semis and women’s final preview

2017 BDO Worlds men’s semis

Darryl Fitton v Danny Noppert

Defending champ is out! @ScottWaites180 is beaten by rising star in the darts world, Danny Noppert. ????#Lakeside2017 https://t.co/8DgFvrI805

— BT Sport (@btsport) January 14, 2017

Fitton (11/4) and Noppert (2/7) follow the women onto the Lakeside oche in the afternoon session, in another potential one-sided affair.

Noppy has been the outstanding player of the tournament so far, being the only arrowsmith at this stage to average over 90 in all three of his matches.

The Dutchman also has the highest average of 98.06, and knocked out defending champion Scott Waites in the last round 5-3.

Noppert has beaten veteran Fitton, who is aiming to reach his first final here, in two of their three previous battles. He won the last two too, and is a tasty 6/4 price for victory with a -3.5 set handicap in the first-to-six match.

Glen Durrant v Jamie Hughes

3-0 down ????
Win 4-3 ????

What. A. Thriller! Number one seed @Duzza180 keeps the #Lakeside2017 dream alive. https://t.co/6zEcujUUjP

— BT Sport (@btsport) January 11, 2017

Finally, BDO world number one Durrant (4/11) and number four seed Hughes (11/5) lock horns in the evening session.

Duzza has been so dominant this year in the BDO, that it is said he is considering crossing over to the PDC, but he’ll be desperate to claim his first world title after claiming two of the three majors this year so far.

Although he’s not been at his best this event, Durrant showed such grit a determination to come from three sets and two legs down against Paul Hogan in the second round to win 4-3.

He then knocked out Darius Labanauskas in the quarters, but will need to up his game and average against another potential future PDC convert Hughes.

Thankfully for Durrant, he’s won each of the last eight duels with fellow Englishman Yozza, including in the recent Zuiderduin Masters final 5-3.

Back Middlesbrough native Duzza, therefore, at 5/1 to win 6-4 on this occasion.

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