BDO WC: Hankey Down for the Count as Wizard Wins 5-0
Ted Hankey suffered a crushing 5-0 defeat by Australia’s Simon Whitlock in the quarter-finals of the BDO World Championship at Frimley Green.
Hankey, the 2000 champion known as ‘The Count’, again faced a hostile crowd and one spectator was ejected for booing.
The atmosphere did not unnerve the unseeded Whitlock, however, and a clinical performance saw him progress.
Whitlock will join Martin Adams in the last four after the defending champion edged out Scot Robert Thornton 5-4.
Seventh-seed Hankey was clearly unsettled by the partisan crowd. He seemed pre-occupied with hecklers rather than his match and Whitlock took full advantage.
Whitlock was rarely threatened as his opponent missed chance after chance, and a disgruntled Hankey refused to be interviewed after his defeat.
Entire article with other match wrapups HERE.
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