Fri, Jan 8th, 2010 9:25:00 pm
Martin Adams swept into the last four of the championship toppling Yorkshireman Garry Thompson with a clinical 57-minute 5-2 display.
The third seed who is competing in a record 17th world championship dominated the quarter final never allowing the slow-throwing engineer from Silsden to build as assault.
The 53-year-old Adams - the tournament's oldest player - had sailed through the opening session, never looking troubled but had to withstand a late rush of form from the Yorkshire skipper.
There were howls of delight as Martin Adams pounded in double 16 to clinch the first set 3-0, hitting a maximum in each leg against a nervous Thompson, who was making his first appearance in the quarter finals.
He added his fourth consecutive leg to open the second set, Thompson racing back to hit a maximum and level the set with a 12-dart finish. He won the third with the throw, clinching the set with a 79 checkout, finished on bull to level the game.
Adams' fourth maximum steered him to the third set 3-0 on double 16 and he then added six of the next seven legs to take a 4-1 interval lead.
The England skipper fired in double tops to take the opening leg of the sixth set against the throw and then hit the same double to lead 2-0, Thompson's power-scoring paving the way for a double 16 finish and then Adams missed both double tops and double 10 to clinch the match, The Cougar pouncing to exit on 86 with double 16. Poor scoring from the Peterborough player was punished by Thompson to take the deciding leg with double tops.
Wolfie took the opening leg with the throw, hitting double five and following it with his sixth 180 and easing to double four. Another 180 and a 140 steered him to a match-winning 81 checkout, finished on double 12.
Adams said afterwards: "Garry is a great player who was really nervous in the first few sets. I would love to have won the game without dropping a set or leg but that's not going to be a reality at this level.
"I have not played Martin Phillips, my next opponent on the world stage before so will be quite interesting. I have the utmost respect for a player who has made 100 appearances for his country," said the England skipper.
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