2020 BDO World Darts Championship – Lisa Ashton vs Corrine Hammond Preview & Prediction
THE FACTS
When is Lisa Ashton vs Corrine Hammond taking place? Friday 10th January, 2020 – afternoon
Where is Lisa Ashton vs Corrine Hammond taking place? Indigo at The O2, London
What channel is Lisa Ashton vs Corrine Hammond on? Some BDO World Championship matches will be televised live on Eurosport and Quest in the UK, so it is worth checking their schedules
Where can I stream Lisa Ashton vs Corrine Hammond? If televised on Eurosport, then the match can be streamed on either Sky Go or Eurosport Player
Where can I get tickets for Lisa Ashton vs Corrine Hammond? Click here to purchase tickets
THE PLAYERS
LISA ASHTON
- Four-time champion Lisa Ashton has not dropped a set in reaching the semi-finals, though her 2-0 win against Lorraine Winstanley in the quarter-finals was far from easy with both sets going to a deciding leg and Winstanley missing a number of opportunities during the contest.
- Ashton’s match averages in her two previous games have been almost identical with a 79.81 average against Jacklin in round one followed by a 79.90 in her quarter-final victory against Winstanley.
- This is Ashton’s sixth semi-final appearance at the BDO World Championships and she has a perfect winning record of five wins from her previous five semi-finals encounters.
CORRINE HAMMOND
- Corrine Hammond has moved through to this stage of the tournament without dropping a set. In the quarter-finals, she defeated Laura Turner 2-0 to progress to the World Championship semi-finals for the second time in her career.
- 2017 runner-up Hammond played well in patches against Turner but never quite hit top form as she finished the match with an average of 67.75 with Turner averaging just 61.82.
- The Australian number one defeated Anastasia Dobromyslova 2-0 in her one and only previous World Championship semi-final appearance in 2017, when she went on to lose to Lisa Ashton in the final.
THE PREDICTION
Four-time champion Ashton is closing in on another appearance in the final and she has an excellent record against Hammond in their previous meetings in big tournament which includes a 3-0 win in the 2017 World Championship final and a 4-0 win at the 2019 BDO World Trophy. It is likely that the top seed will again be too good for Hammond on this occasion and a win in straight sets is the prediction.