It was, at first, going to be one of those matches that many would have placed their mortgage on, Ted Hankey to beat Dave Chisnall and go through to the semis.

Hopefully none of you did. Ted Hankey was 4-1 up and hitting all the right notes to practically annihilate Chisnall 5-1 for what could have been a very interesting game between himself and Tony O'Shea. It was not to be however and after the mid match interval it looked as though only Chisnall would be heading in the right direction.

For a player to come back from 4-1 against anyone is something but to do it against the defending Champion and someone no one would really like to throw against is something very special. At 4-1 up Ted Hankey just found it increasingly difficult in finishing each leg missing some unbelievable doubles to hand momentum back to the man from St. Helens.

As Chisnall began peppering the treble twenty's Hankey could find no answers as set after set the game came went to the wire. After finally clinching the match 5-4 Chisnall made the following statement to the BDO website.

"I just did not give up. At the interval I thought I was finished but people told me not to give up," Chisnall told the BDO's official website.

"I missed a few doubles in the first half of the game but just kept plodding on and started to hit the trebles and doubles in the second half of the match."

The result has done little to enhance his odds at the best online bookmakers with them taking the player from 5/1 to 5/2 to win the tournament.