Jamie Hughes bows out of the BDO worlds

Hughes lost 6-1 to the 2013 Lakeside champion live on BBC1 this afternoon, pulling a set back from the jaws of a whitewash,

Neither player could produce the quality of their quarter-final victories the previous day, where Hughes turned on the style to beat Wesley Harms 5-1.

His scoring and finishing deserted him here against Waites, who surged ahead. In stark contrast to the previous rounds, he was 5-0 up at the break.

'Scotty 2 Hotty' had come from 3-0 down to see off Geert De Vos 4-3 and came from 4-2 down to dump out BDO No 1 Glen Durrant 5-4 since Thursday night.

The flaws in Hughes' game that were evident during Monday's 3-0 whitewash of Ross Montgomery and Wednesday's 4-1 downing of Madars Razma again popped up here.

Waites finished double 20 in the first three legs. He first pinned the bed for 50, before a straight attempt at tops. A shanghai finish settled the set by whitewash, with a 180 for him in leg two.

He then struck first in the second set on double four for 21, before Hughes won his first leg of the match with his first throw for double 10.

It proved a false dawn as Waites retook the lead with his second attempt at the notorious double three, before double five for 40 with his solitary dart.

Double four for 25 put him ahead again in set three. Hughes got himself level on double 10, but fell away again as Waites hit double three with dart two to restore his advantage.

Treble 20 set up double 18 inside two darts of his visit to take the set, with Waites' second maximum of the match on the way.

The Yorkshireman then piled on the pressure in the fourth set, pinning double 16 with his second dart before closing out the next two legs on tops for a shut out.

Hughes' efforts to pull something back before the break went astray in set five, although he did trouble Waites more than in previous outings.

Waites led on double 71 for tops, but Hughes restored parity on double 16 for 48 before turning the tables on tops for a 110 checkout.

But Waites then came from behind to level on double five with his second go, with a third 180 on the way, before double eight for 64 put him streets ahead at the interval.

Hughes returned to the stage and improved his display, landing his first maximum in the opening leg on the sixth set with Waites slinging in his fourth 180 in response.

Double 13 at the second put Hughes ahead in a set for the first time, but double 16 for 81 replied for Waites.

Double 10 restored his lead, with the two then trading checkouts. Waites posted 104 on double 16, before double six for 76 put Hughes first set on the board.

That gave him some hope, but his uphill battle came to an end in the seventh and final set. Waites recorded his third whitewash there.

Both landed 180s in the first leg, which Waites won the bullseye for 76. He posted his sixth 180 in the second leg, taken on double 10 with his second dart. Double four for 25 settled it.