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JAMES WADE 13 – 4 Mark Walsh

James Wade produced a polished performance to book his place in the quarter-finals of the Betfair World Matchplay with a 13-4 victory over Mark Walsh at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool.

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The 2007 winner and three times runner-up dominated proceedings from start finish, as he set up a mouth-watering last eight clash with Michael van Gerwen.

“It felt really good for the first ten legs,” said Wade, who averaged just shy of 100 en route to victory.

“I drifted away a bit towards the end but if there was ever a time to have bad patch, I’d rather have it at 10-1.

“I did alright tonight though and I’m looking forward to playing Michael on Friday now.

“He’s a young lad full of confidence. Good luck to him but I’ll be out to do a job again.”

Wade hit 180s in each of the first two legs, which he won, going out on five to hold his throw and 28 to break.

Walsh announced himself in the match with a 121 checkout to break back immediatley but ‘The Machine’ went up a gear and took the next eight legs consecutively, hitting brilliant finishes of 158 and 140 along the way.

Walsh pulled a leg back before Wade’s fourth maximim helped him on the way to an 11-2 lead.

Both players held throw in the next three legs to leave the world number three throwing for the match at 12-4.

He completed the job in style, hitting his fifth maximum before hitting double ten to progress into the second round.

By Chris Murphy

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