Silverback conjures up 5-1 victory over Magician Robert

Top seed Tony O’Shea coasted into the penultimate stage of the championship dismissing  “Magician” Robert Wagner 5 – 1.

Last year’s runner up delivered a polished and clinical performance to disrupt the fast-throwing style of the Norwegian showman in just 58 minutes.

The man standing in the way of the Stockport grandfather’s second final appearance is  “new kid on the block” Dave Chisnall, the 29-year-old conqueror of defending champ Ted Hankey.

“Too be honest I would have preferred to have played Ted because of last year’s final. I did not give it my best shot last year and it would have been nice to have met him again.

“The first game between Ted and Chizzy was so good, I felt our match was really flat but I was really chuffed to get through,” declared O’Shea.

The top seed roared into the match, taking the opening set unchallenged and including a 13-dart finish, following up by winning the deciding leg in the next. The Norwegian won the low-scoring third set 3-1, O’Shea taking the next by the same margin.

He opened up a 2-0 lead in the fifth, Wagner taking the third and after both players hit a maximum in the following leg, the Cheshire player hit the set-winning double eight to rack up a 4-1 interval lead.

Refreshed from a six minute break the sixth set went the full distance – O’Shea hitting two 180s – before clinching victory on double eight.