Teen sensation Mitchell Lawrie continued his historic run at Lakeside on Friday night, advancing to the semi-finals with a resounding 4-0 win over Francois Schweyen.
The pair traded heavy checks in the first set, with Lawrie hitting a 16-darter in the deciding leg.
It was much more plain sailing for Lawrie, taking the second and fourth sets 3-0 and finishing the third set at 124.
The Scot, who only turned 15 last month, has once again averaged over 90, this time scoring 92.06, and will meet fellow teenager Jenson Walker in the last four.
Lawrie became the youngest player to win a match at the iconic stadium, breaking Luke Littler’s record set at Lakeside in 2022 when he reached the round of 32 at the age of 15.
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Elsewhere, Jimmy van Schie and Shane McGuirk produced a true Lakeside classic with over 3 tons finishes and a maximum of 14 in the final race of the evening.
2024 winner McGuirk started strong, sweeping the first set 3-0 before van Schie leveled the scores with a superb third set featuring finishes of 76 and 127.
The third set went all the way, with van Schie leading 2-0 with 11 darters, van Schie trailing 2-2 before van Schie started the break with 17 darters.
Both the fourth and fifth sets were close, but van Schie took the upper hand, winning three legs on the trot, winning the fourth set and holding three draws to win the fifth set and finish with an average of 97.36.
‘The Dutch Sequoia’ will face Sybren Gijbels in the semi-finals tomorrow evening.
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