:00:33. > :00:39.Good evening. With four days to go here at Lakeside, you can sense the
:00:40. > :00:42.tension rising as the men continue their battle for the quarterfinals
:00:43. > :00:47.and the women go toe to toe for a place in the semis. What a story in
:00:48. > :00:52.our first match of the evening. Trina Gulliver, the very first
:00:53. > :00:55.women's world champion, against the defending champion Lisa Ashton. So
:00:56. > :01:01.much respect between the two, but only room for one in the last four.
:01:02. > :01:07.Here are your commentators, John Rollins and Vassos Alexander.
:01:08. > :01:12.Lisa has got the darts and she will be wanting to make a positive start.
:01:13. > :01:24.And she makes a steady 100. She has been in tremendous form over
:01:25. > :01:28.the last couple of years. Champion over the last couple of years and
:01:29. > :01:37.currently the holder of numerous titles. Swept all before her last
:01:38. > :01:44.year. G1 3-1 in the final. Trina Gulliver, so much success in years
:01:45. > :01:49.gone by -- she won 3-1. Nine times champion. Invincibles from
:01:50. > :01:54.2001-2007. But that was then and this is now -- invincibles from.
:01:55. > :02:00.Trina Gulliver, a big outsider, against Lisa, who is such a good
:02:01. > :02:06.player, and so dominant at the top of the women's game. Since winning
:02:07. > :02:13.the world title for the second time last year she reached 12 finals in
:02:14. > :02:21.2015 and she won nine of them. Not a bad record, is it? Taking her
:02:22. > :02:34.ranking titles to fall to 18. Mind you, still a way to go to match
:02:35. > :02:41.Trina's 82. She had a much quieter season. Runner-up in the Northern
:02:42. > :02:47.Ireland open where she lost to Dita Hoeben but apart from that, no for
:02:48. > :02:56.Trina and definitely no trophies -- Peter -- Dita Hedman.
:02:57. > :03:12.She is nicely poised here to hold her throw. Just tops remaining.
:03:13. > :03:23.She can't find it, but Gulliver's a long way back. No finish of course
:03:24. > :03:29.on 173. Now 46 years old, Trina. The older player by one year.
:03:30. > :03:37.Double 10 for Lisa to take the opening leg. Not often you see her
:03:38. > :03:46.in this five doubles in a row. Slightly sticky start. Gulliver,
:03:47. > :03:53.114. She is looking for treble 20 here. Good dark. 14 leaves double
:03:54. > :03:58.tops. Oh, dear, she has missed the big 14 and got 11 instead.
:03:59. > :04:08.Opportunity goes begging -- good dark. Nobody likes being in the
:04:09. > :04:14.madhouse, double 1. Including Lisa Ashton it would seem. Now tops for a
:04:15. > :04:21.break of growth for Trina Gulliver -- break of throw. Double 10.
:04:22. > :04:30.Concentration. She needs this one. That is a good dark. World, Trina
:04:31. > :04:36.Gulliver. First break of throw. Eight Mr doubles from the Lisa
:04:37. > :04:42.Ashton. You might be surprised to hear that Lisa is seeded at Lakeside
:04:43. > :04:49.for the first time. Is that right? Even when she came back as defending
:04:50. > :04:54.champion last year she was unseeded. Certainly wasn't an seeded in my
:04:55. > :04:59.mind. She threw brilliantly. -- unseeded.
:05:00. > :05:31.How Ashton would like to break straight back. Good leg so far. 140
:05:32. > :05:36.and 100. Trina yet to trouble the treble.
:05:37. > :05:50.If Trina did win this it would be a big upset.
:05:51. > :06:03.It's been a big old few months in the Lisa Ashton household. Perhaps
:06:04. > :06:08.we'll let you know what happened in the next leg, because she's already
:06:09. > :06:10.on a finish for a 12 dart leg. Eight double 5 would have left double 18.
:06:11. > :06:22.Good effort. -- a double 5. Lisa Ashton, 45 years
:06:23. > :06:32.old. Became a grandma not too long ago.
:06:33. > :06:43.OK, double tops. Another missed double. A ninth and a 10th and an
:06:44. > :06:48.11. 143 for Gulliver. It's a big ask. 15 darts already to this point
:06:49. > :06:52.and that is a good first dart. Treble 17 would give her the
:06:53. > :07:05.opportunity. She's only just missed it. She can't keep missing them, can
:07:06. > :07:15.she? She will. Trina will be back. 46 then for 2-0. Ashton being undone
:07:16. > :07:27.by her doubles. 13 misses now. Tops for Gulliver to go 2-0 up. Good from
:07:28. > :07:33.Trina. I mean, they are the best of friends, Trina and Lisa. And perhaps
:07:34. > :07:40.you're thinking, maybe Lisa's problem is that she's too nice.
:07:41. > :07:46.Can't finish it off against her good friend, Trina Gulliver, on the big
:07:47. > :07:51.stage. Well, they met at this stage last year and Lisa won 2-0. She's
:07:52. > :08:10.just missed 13 doubles in a row. Lisa's daughter, Danielle, watching
:08:11. > :08:18.on, hoping that mum starts to hit form.
:08:19. > :08:26.NEL is a county player, as indeed is her sister, Lindsay.
:08:27. > :08:41.Didn't manage a maximum, Trina, in her first-round match -- come on! .
:08:42. > :08:57.In fact, you know the last time Trina Gulliver hit a maximum on the
:08:58. > :09:20.Lakeside stage was in 2012. 14. This is for the set. Just the wrong
:09:21. > :09:25.side of the wire. Could do with a treble 20 here.
:09:26. > :09:30.Tends for Ashton to get into the match.
:09:31. > :09:48.Still she wants one. -- tens. 16 Mr doubles. Yet to get one. I don't
:09:49. > :09:53.believe it. -- missed doubles. This is where the nine at the last visit
:09:54. > :10:03.comes back to haunt her a little. She can't now take out 152. Good
:10:04. > :10:08.cover on the 19s. But surely now. Double 5.
:10:09. > :10:20.And still she can't find it. That is 19 Mr doubles. This isn't a
:10:21. > :10:27.debutant, this is the defending champion. This is the nine time
:10:28. > :10:36.champion for the set. Double 10 for the third leg in a row. Trina takes
:10:37. > :10:42.the first set against a Lisa Ashton. Are we about to see a big upset? And
:10:43. > :10:48.it would be one, wouldn't it? It would be huge.
:10:49. > :10:55.The only thing wrong with least Ashton's starts really is the
:10:56. > :10:58.doubles. Zero out of 19 is stretching credibility -- Lisa
:10:59. > :11:09.Ashton's darts. Lisa recently becoming a grandma. I
:11:10. > :11:17.can tell you that Danielle was in the audience watching. Not so sister
:11:18. > :11:30.Lindsey, though. Amelia Rose, there she is, nine weeks ago she was born.
:11:31. > :11:37.How sweet is that? Lovely that she has asked Trina to
:11:38. > :11:56.be godmother as well, isn't it? I tell you what, all those missed
:11:57. > :12:00.doubles seem to be playing Trina Gulliver into some sort of form
:12:01. > :12:08.here. She is first to a finish. And a good one. The best I have seen
:12:09. > :12:16.Trina throw for a while this. That's the story of the match so far. Zero
:12:17. > :12:34.from 19. Tops. And again. That was a chance going begging.
:12:35. > :12:40.Will it be punished? She has missed 19 so treble 18 leaves double 16.
:12:41. > :12:45.Can't now finished, another chance for Trina 2-hit double tops. She
:12:46. > :12:53.hasn't hit double tops yet. The three legs she has one has been on
:12:54. > :12:59.double 10. -- 2-hit. Lisa Ashton is not at the races for her incredibly
:13:00. > :13:04.high standards. And Trina Gulliver, perhaps it's a bit of a cliche to
:13:05. > :13:08.say rolling back the years, but she's actually playing better than
:13:09. > :13:12.I've seen her play for some time. A few years ago they met in the
:13:13. > :13:21.quarterfinals. They did last year as well and Lisa won. But in 2009,
:13:22. > :13:28.Trina was top seed and she beat Lisa 2-0. She's won four legs in a row so
:13:29. > :13:33.far, Trina, and she will keep winning legs unless Lisa starts
:13:34. > :13:38.hitting doubles. This isn't a debutant we are talking about, John.
:13:39. > :13:41.No, we are talking about the second set here and Trina Gulliver is in
:13:42. > :13:44.with a very good chance of winning this match now. Froze under pressure
:13:45. > :14:09.again. The winner of this looking to book a
:14:10. > :14:21.place in the semifinal against either Aileen de
:14:22. > :14:33.Graaf or... Anchors ill stroke lead Dobromyslova on Saturday evening.
:14:34. > :14:39.That seems a long time ago, doesn't it? It is a long time ago and I
:14:40. > :14:48.don't know if that is Lisa's problem here, she hasn't played since
:14:49. > :14:52.Saturday afternoon. She is on a potential two dart check out here.
:14:53. > :15:06.Gulliver trying to hang in here, can't find the treble. To level up
:15:07. > :15:13.this second set. That is a nice leave. 141. This would be a heck of
:15:14. > :15:21.a checkout if she can find this. No, can't be done now. I wonder, if Lisa
:15:22. > :15:24.finds a double whether it will transform this match. It should
:15:25. > :15:31.settle her down because this surely can't go on for much longer. Zero
:15:32. > :15:51.out of 19. How long has that been coming, she asks.
:15:52. > :16:02.Trina with the darts, though. She only has to hold twice.
:16:03. > :16:10.Some Hawaiian style shirts there. I heard a whisper Wayne Mardle was
:16:11. > :16:17.going to be in the audience tonight. I wonder if we will be seeing him at
:16:18. > :16:21.some stage. I think he is around. He could have been camouflaged in that
:16:22. > :16:27.last shot. Andy Fordham was talking about playing another visit as
:16:28. > :16:33.Chewbacca -- paying. She really is struggling, Lisa
:16:34. > :17:04.Ashton. Really wants to leave a finish. It's
:17:05. > :17:09.kind of spread to the rest of her game, Lisa. She's clearly not
:17:10. > :17:10.throwing doubles particularly well but she's not hit the numbers like
:17:11. > :17:25.she can. She averaged over 90 against Trina
:17:26. > :17:32.at this stage last year, Lisa Ashton.
:17:33. > :17:41.This time the doubles affected but she's down on 76.
:17:42. > :17:59.Leezer on 120, which is a lovely finish. Shanghai on the twenties.
:18:00. > :18:05.Trina can't now finish. -- Lisa. Just raid right onto the treble 1. A
:18:06. > :18:08.happy top of the game Lisa Ashton would take this one out. -- just
:18:09. > :18:28.strayed. Not quite there today. Gulliver now
:18:29. > :18:34.for a 2-1 lead. 54. Tops. One from seven on double tops. Make it eight.
:18:35. > :18:49.Treble 13 for double tops. Can't now finish. Usually on a tea you are
:18:50. > :19:06.assured at least one dart at a double. Key leg this one -- on 80.
:19:07. > :19:11.These are big darts. She has bussed it. Ashton now to take the lead, on
:19:12. > :19:29.for a break. Here she goes for tops. Oh, no. Back to the double 10
:19:30. > :19:39.for Trina. She hit this three times to win the first set. Single one,
:19:40. > :19:47.double 2. Must hit this to Hammer home her advantage. Tops for Ashton
:19:48. > :19:53.for the break of throw. She is a set down. She has missed by a distance.
:19:54. > :20:14.Tens now. One from 25 on the doubles for Lisa
:20:15. > :20:23.Ashton. 22 for Trina Gulliver. Oh, dear Ashton, a couple of tens now.
:20:24. > :20:31.-- double 2. She has made a mess of it. She has missed seven in a row to
:20:32. > :20:55.win this leg. Trina Gulliver has had 33 darts in
:20:56. > :21:04.this leg. Ashton again for double. Double 5. She's got it. That is a
:21:05. > :21:09.break. Dani Alves, her daughter, bellowing her in
:21:10. > :21:31.That was a 32 dart leg that, wasn't it? I think it's slightly negates
:21:32. > :21:41.the advantage of throwing first, doesn't it? -- it's slightly. -- it
:21:42. > :22:01.slightly. The Pennington club. She's having a good time, isn't she?
:22:02. > :22:08.There is Ann-Marie Peters. She got a good win earlier on, didn't she? She
:22:09. > :22:29.did. A really good win. What a match for McGeeney against
:22:30. > :22:35.Scott Mitchell earlier. This one could go all the way as well. Could
:22:36. > :22:41.take some time as well. Trina did go to a sudden-death leg in her first
:22:42. > :22:45.round match against the Bateman. Both players struggled on that
:22:46. > :22:49.occasion and both players are struggling today. Trina's finishing
:22:50. > :22:55.actually was pretty good. A much-needed high school. That was
:22:56. > :23:04.until she missed those ten darts to win those last leg, that last leg --
:23:05. > :23:06.high score. Gulliver needing to break the throw to keep this set
:23:07. > :23:21.alive. Well, she took out 156 in the first
:23:22. > :23:33.round last year against Peter Hedman. -- Peter Hedman. Looking at
:23:34. > :23:46.the top of the board. Treble 19 would leave double 19. For the leg.
:23:47. > :23:57.Double tops. She hasn't hit it yet, she's had plenty of those at it. Now
:23:58. > :24:00.she has. And the top seed back on level terms -- plenty of goes.
:24:01. > :24:15.That's the set and it is 1-1. Into a deciding set. If it gets to
:24:16. > :24:20.2-2 here then it is sudden-death. Then they bully up for the advantage
:24:21. > :24:26.of throwing first and whoever wins that leg wins. Come on, Trina. Your
:24:27. > :24:33.first maximum in four years. There it is. On the Lakeside stage that
:24:34. > :24:42.is. That is her 55th 180 in the World Championship, but her first
:24:43. > :24:48.instrument 12. And in the context of the match, a great start. -- her
:24:49. > :24:57.first since 2012. That's four of them. Not a bad start. A steady 100.
:24:58. > :25:03.Well played. This is more like it. This is the Trina of old. She would
:25:04. > :25:12.dearly love to be a double figures world champion. She has won nine but
:25:13. > :25:20.the last of them in 2011. A big cushion in this leg. May be a bit
:25:21. > :25:24.unlucky that one. Good last -- missed the last
:25:25. > :25:45.141 for a break of throw at the start of the deciding set. Treble
:25:46. > :26:01.19. She went for the 15. It does not matter, she will be back.
:26:02. > :26:10.It needs to start hitting doubles again.
:26:11. > :26:19.It is a big check out for Ashton. Gulliver in all probability will get
:26:20. > :26:31.another go, and does. Cannot afford to miss this. 13 misses in a row.
:26:32. > :26:58.Finally. And back in front. The defending champion, Lisa Ashton,
:26:59. > :27:04.is behind and under pressure. If it does go all the way to a deciding
:27:05. > :27:23.leg, you would probably have to fancy Gulliver. She has one on each
:27:24. > :27:31.occasion. This included two finals. She is looking really purposeful.
:27:32. > :27:48.Lisa Ashton again fails to find the trouble that matters.
:27:49. > :27:54.Gulliver is such an important figure in the development of the sport in
:27:55. > :28:03.this country. Awarded for her services to sport. I am very proud
:28:04. > :28:27.to have received it. 95. The first ever year. Lakeside
:28:28. > :28:33.2001. There were doubts as whether the women's World Championship was
:28:34. > :28:39.worth staging on the Lakeside stage. That's 95 average silenced them all.
:28:40. > :29:06.Now there are none. Cannot finish now. That was good.
:29:07. > :29:28.150. Gulliver is in a good position. There is no check out. She has hit
:29:29. > :29:42.this double four times. I would expect single 15 two tops. Here we
:29:43. > :29:55.go. Three doubles out of 33. She is having one of those days. Again, at
:29:56. > :30:11.double ten. And now at 55 again. There is. We are on the brink. Of a
:30:12. > :30:17.major upset. It seems odd when we are talking about the nine time
:30:18. > :30:27.champion. But the way Lisa Ashton has been throwing, you expect it.
:30:28. > :30:43.Lisa Ashton was 2-1 on. That was to win the tournament, never mind the
:30:44. > :30:50.match. If Ashton goes out, that really does throw it wide open. I
:30:51. > :31:04.tell you what, that is looking ever more likely. She has missed 30 darts
:31:05. > :31:29.at a double. That keeps her in with a shout. Gritting her teeth, in no
:31:30. > :31:48.mood to be denied. If she goes out, perhaps she will be the new
:31:49. > :31:52.favourite. Only 43 from Gulliver. This would make a huge checkout, the
:31:53. > :32:03.best she has ever had at these championships. Lisa Ashton with the
:32:04. > :32:21.throw. Should be able to close this one out. Should, but will she? Just
:32:22. > :32:35.cannot get a double. It is almost painful to watch when you know how
:32:36. > :33:03.well she can throw. She really wanted to get the big 19. Here we
:33:04. > :33:15.go. Two fives. Another chance. Looking down the bottom. Double 16.
:33:16. > :33:29.Double 16 for Gulliver. Those were her first at double 16 all match.
:33:30. > :33:44.Madhouse for Lisa Ashton. This is her 40th at a double. She has only
:33:45. > :33:49.had three of them. She hangs on. Now Gulliver with the darts to throw for
:33:50. > :33:56.victory. She had a chance and did not get it. They are best mates, but
:33:57. > :34:29.there is no chatting. There is business. If we sat Ashton gets the
:34:30. > :35:10.lake, we are into sudden death. Did well to thread that. Treble 19. Got
:35:11. > :35:33.it. Nobody is taking their eyes off it. They would both admit that. Six
:35:34. > :35:59.from 33 on the doubles. Three of those she missed. If she wins and
:36:00. > :36:19.takes the match. Treble 20. Another chance to win it. To keep the match
:36:20. > :36:40.alive. Her daughter can hardly bear to watch. So, for the match, Ashton
:36:41. > :36:54.-- Gulliver the nine times champion. 64. She will be looking for 16 and
:36:55. > :37:05.eight. To send it to sudden death. She has missed seven for it.
:37:06. > :37:21.Gulliver. Nine times champion. Causes a major upset. It was
:37:22. > :37:31.exciting. Another semi-final. Now to an all Dutch affair. De Graff
:37:32. > :37:34.had never made it to the finals, but neither had her compatriot. She was
:37:35. > :37:39.riding high after knocking out the three-time world champion in the
:37:40. > :37:52.first round. In the first round. Stage. A bit of a bonus, I suspect.
:37:53. > :37:58.Just to be here. Opponent had all sorts of trouble hitting the doubles
:37:59. > :38:27.in that first-round match. Mr almost 40. What a start! Averaged 82.
:38:28. > :38:55.She is in the mood. Actually did not get here. She was playing in another
:38:56. > :39:02.retirement. A close permanent. For men and women competing together in
:39:03. > :39:11.the Netherlands. She won it with the loss of just one lake. In that
:39:12. > :39:27.lake, she missed nine darts. The first look at the finish is for De
:39:28. > :39:56.Graff. It is the big one. It is a treble. 18. Treble 20. We will be
:39:57. > :40:05.happening with an errant five. As bad as the first two darts work, the
:40:06. > :40:19.last was good. It might be academic. De Graff lines up 80. Treble 19 four
:40:20. > :40:55.double ten. This is for a hold of throw. Another go at double ten. Has
:40:56. > :41:09.never been beyond the quarter-finals. Especially given the
:41:10. > :41:27.carnage that is the women's draw at the moment. Many of the top seeds
:41:28. > :41:53.are out. Was not able to build a good score. The first 22 sets
:41:54. > :42:21.through to the quarter-finals. Through to the semifinals. A bit
:42:22. > :42:51.crowded again tonight. That is a friend of De Graff's watching early.
:42:52. > :42:58.How much did she take out? Not a lot at the moment.
:42:59. > :43:21.I guess the best you could say is it is a finish. 164. A couple of treble
:43:22. > :43:30.19 is. That just goes off the barrel. Treble 19 four double 16.
:43:31. > :44:30.Was not far away. Her last match went to a sudden
:44:31. > :44:51.death lake. -- leg. De Graff's opener was on Sunday. Both players
:44:52. > :45:11.have had time to ponder this. 100. Some of the crowd still making their
:45:12. > :45:39.way in. Terrific attire. She did it won on Saturday. 142. Zulstra well
:45:40. > :45:47.poised, but this could be interesting.
:45:48. > :46:54.To close out the first set. Oh dear. That is eight of them gone. 120. The
:46:55. > :46:56.whitewash of a first set. They call this the number one cabaret venue in
:46:57. > :47:36.Britain, the Lakeside country club. That first set was against the darts
:47:37. > :47:47.for the fourth seed, who could witness the match just by holding
:47:48. > :47:51.throw. If only it were that easy. Lisa Ashton, before this match
:47:52. > :47:57.against Gulliver, was tipped on favourite for the title. Before a
:47:58. > :48:05.dart was thrown in the quarter-finals, that is how fancy
:48:06. > :48:22.she was to make it three in a row. Whoever wins this has a sniff of a
:48:23. > :49:07.chance. That is going to help cut into the deficit. 123. 18 and tops.
:49:08. > :49:14.We have had for Mac legs so far in this much. For Mac legs so far in
:49:15. > :50:09.this match. Need those. Look at this. Support
:50:10. > :50:22.for De Graff and support for Zulstra. That is her partner. 28.
:50:23. > :51:05.Not a good three darts. De Graff on a finish. Zulstra not
:51:06. > :51:07.so. Not yet. Treble 20 and a bull's-eye for De