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Searle had won 14 consecutive sets without reply to reach his first World Championship quarter-final.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old extended that run to 17 with some clinical finishing in the first three sets against Jonny Clayton.<\/p>\n
A 111 finish in the deciding leg of the fifth – one of his three ton-plus checkouts in the match – helped to secure a spot in the last four.<\/p>\n
Clayton scored better for long spells of the quarter-final but too many missed attempts on the outer ring proved costly for the Welsh fifth seed, who landed only 10 of his 40 attempts at doubles.<\/p>\n
Searle, in contrast, hit 17 of his 30 attempts.<\/p>\n
He lives with dominant optic atrophy, a genetic eye condition which affects his vision and for which he wears contact lenses.<\/p>\n
He said: “I can’t see particularly well.<\/p>\n
“Other people who try to play darts, if they can’t see particularly well, try not to let that hold you back.<\/p>\n
“I try to be an inspiration to them.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n