Luiten strolls into semis
Joost Luiten: The in-form man this week
Joost Luiten of the Netherlands maintained his 100 per cent record as he cruised into the semi-finals of the Volvo World Match Play Championship at the London Club.
Luiten was the only player to win all three of his group matches en route to the quarter-finals and was equally impressive in recording the largest winning margin of the week by thrashing Spain's Pablo Larrazabal 6&5.
The 28-year-old, who was considered for a Ryder Cup wild card by European captain Paul McGinley, was gifted the opening hole when Larrazabal found water with his approach to the par five, and then won the second, fifth, sixth and seventh to move five up.
Luiten moved further ahead with a birdie on the 11th and even when Larrazabal recorded just his second birdie of the day on the 12th, Luiten followed him in from 20 feet for a half before closing out the match on the next.
Luiten will face Mikko Ilonen in the last four after the Finn beat Frenchman Victor Dubuisson 2up.
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Quarter-final results
Coetzee bt Reed 2&1
Ilonen bt Dubuisson 2up
Luiten bt Larrabal 6&5
Stenson bt Blixt 2up
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