BDO World Darts: Bunting fights back to reach semi-finals

BDO WORLD PROFESSIONAL DARTS CHAMPIONSHIPS

  • Venue: Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green
  • Date: 4-12 January

Coverage: Live on BBC TV, Red Button, Connected TVs, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app

Stephen Bunting battled back from losing the first two sets to beat Rick Hofstra and reach the BDO World Darts Championships semi-finals.

The top seed has reached the last four for the first time but survived a scare to win through to face Robbie Green.

Green beat fellow Englishman Tony Eccles 5-2 in Thursday's other quarter-final to reach the semi-finals.

Martin Adams qualified for the quarter-finals, where he will face Jan Dekker, with a 4-1 win over Ross Montgomery.

Bunting squandered a host of set darts as Dutchman Hofstra took a commanding lead.

But 'The Bullet' fought back to win 5-2 and set up his semi-final against Green.

Adams will face Jan Dekker in the last eight after the Dutchman beat Belgian Geert de Vos 4-2.

The winner of that will meet either James Wilson or Alan Norris, who meet in Friday's other quarter-final.

Adams took a 2-0 lead but Montgomery hit back in the next before the 57-year-old Englishman closed out the victory at Frimley Green.

The three-time champion has returned to form after a difficult 2013, which saw him lose in the first round.

In the women's tournament, Denmark's Ann Louise Peters beat Wales' Julie Gore 2-0 to reach the semi-finals, where she will face England's Deta Hedman, who beat German Irina Armstrong 2-0.

England's Lisa Ashton beat Aileen de Graaf 2-1 to win through to the quarter-finals.