World Darts Championship: Michael Smith and Dimitri van den Bergh into semi-finals

Michael Smith (left) reached the World Darts Championship last past year, portion Dimitri van den Bergh is into his archetypal satellite semi-final

Michael Smith and Dimitri van den Bergh moved into the World Darts Championship semi-finals with 5-3 victories successful their quarter-finals astatine Alexandra Palace.

It is the archetypal clip Van den Bergh, 28, has reached a satellite semi-final.

Three-time victor Michael van Gerwen is among the players aiming for a last-four spot aboriginal connected Sunday.

Wales' Gerwyn Price faces Germany's Gabriel Clemens from 19:00 GMT earlier Dutchman Van Gerwen takes connected England's Chris Dobey.

Clayton, 48, led by 1 acceptable 3 times successful his quarter-final, but was repeatedly pegged backmost by Van den Bergh.

The Belgian, who won the World Matchplay successful 2020, yet moved up successful the seventh acceptable and wrapped up the lucifer successful the eighth.

"I'm feeling similar I'm 1 measurement person to making my dreams travel true," Van den Bergh - the archetypal Belgian to scope a satellite semi-final - told Sky Sports.

"It was a existent battle, but I managed to propulsion through."

Smith, who won the Grand Slam of Darts successful November, raced to a 4-1 acceptable pb successful the 2nd quarter-final.

Bunting fought backmost to adjacent the spread to 1 but Smith, 32, won the eighth acceptable to scope the semi-finals for the 3rd clip successful his career.

"I managed to excavation heavy erstwhile I needed it and I managed to autumn implicit the enactment and inactive get the win," helium said.