Ally Pally favourite Stephen Bunting thrashes Luke Woodhouse to set up mouthwatering quarter-final with Peter Wright at the World Darts Championship

Ruthless Stephen Bunting arrange an attractive quarter-final towards two-time world champion Peter Wright on New 12 months’s Day by thrashing Luke Woodhouse 4-0 on Monday night time.

And the Liverpudlian fan favorite then known as on the Ally Pally crowd to encourage him to a primary World Championship title.

‘I don’t need to let these guys down,’ he stated. ‘We will do that, we actually can. At Anfield we all the time say the group is just like the twelfth man and right here it’s no completely different. These followers can take me anyplace. This 12 months it’s going to be a Bunting wonderland.’ 

Bunting hopes to parade the Sid Waddell Trophy round Anfield on Sunday. ‘It’d be a dream come true,’ he added. ‘It might be much more incredible as a result of we play Man United, that will be unbelievable.

I can go all the way in which. I’m in the perfect place to win this match.’

Bunting averaged 96.78 and hit six 180s as he made mild work of Woodhouse, who received solely three legs in comparison with Bunting’s 12.

Bunting was on one other stage as he didn’t drop a single set towards Woodhouse

Bunting now faces Peter Wright within the quarter-finals on New 12 months’s Day

However the 39-year-old admitted he must be at his greatest tomorrow after Wright knocked out world No 1 Luke Humphries with a 101 common and a 70 per cent success price on doubles.

‘Peter is likely one of the greatest gamers on the planet. I count on that model of Peter and we’ll have a incredible sport,’ stated Bunting.

The winner of that tie will tackle Nathan Aspinall, Luke Littler or Ryan Joyce within the semi-finals.

On the opposite aspect of the draw, Newcastle-born Callan Rydz will tackle three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen. The Dutchman delivered an announcement show final night time to knock out Jeffrey de Graaf 4-2, ending with a mean of 101.98.

Chris Dobey faces 2021 world champion Gerwyn Value within the different quarter-final, with all 4 ties going down on Wednesday, earlier than the semi-finals on Thursday and the ultimate on Friday.