Aspinall books World Grand Prix semi-final spot as Wade cruises through

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aspinall-nathan/KURJJrU5/"]Aspinall[/a] produced an outstanding performance, averaging 105.15 - the fourth-highest average ever recorded in the World Grand Prix's demanding double-start format.[/p][p]Despite the straight-sets defeat, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/joyce-ryan/tYs5VMm6/"]Joyce[/a] twice forced the world number 15 to go the full distance within sets. Aspinall ultimately prevailed with a 47% checkout rate, hitting nine of his 19 attempts to book his place in the last four.[/p][embed guid="bb2a8346-9a77-49c9-b5fe-88c8c84f420c" url="https://x.com/livedarts/status/2106098253750305013" social-type="twitter" /][h2]Wade brilliant, Price nerveless[/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/price-gerwyn/8dDDoW0B/"]Gerwyn Price[/a] was given a far tougher examination by fellow Welshman [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clayton-jonny/tx0y2xRD/"]Jonny Clayton[/a], recovering from 2-0 down before edging a close deciding contest.[/p][p]Price levelled the match with a series of solid legs but again found himself 0-2 behind in the deciding set. Clayton then missed match darts and Price took advantage to complete the comeback.[/p][p]Price will now face Aspinall for a place in the final, with the Englishman likely to be a slight favourite after his performance on Friday.[/p][embed guid="55484b44-f3b1-4c37-9cc0-2f56d877cb22" url="https://x.com/Oche180/status/2106119228910637377" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wade-james/MRrXjBAB/"]James Wade[/a] was far more convincing. He has lost just one match since the end of August and was in commanding form again, beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-veen-gian/jgT1AT29/"]Gian van Veen[/a] 3-0 while surrendering only one leg.[/p][p]Van Veen averaged 81.56 as Wade moved through in comfortable fashion and now appears to be on a par with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/humphries-luke/n34VOAWo/"]Luke Humphries[/a] ahead of Saturday's clash.[/p][p]Humphries faced the surprise quarter-finalist [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zonneveld-niels/MeTrr5Fk/"]Niels Zonneveld[/a], who had already beaten [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rock-josh/xKxxNY1P/"]Josh Rock[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/anderson-gary/MyKZZS6r/"]Gary Anderson[/a]. But Humphries proved a step too far for the Dutchman.[/p][p]Despite some solid scoring, Zonneveld lacked the necessary timing against the experienced Englishman. The turning point came when he missed a dart to win a leg in the second set, with Humphries responding with a 75 checkout before completing the 3-0 victory.[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/darts/world/world-grand-prix/"]Follow the World Grand Prix with Flahscore[/a][/h2]