polina kudermetova will face anhelina kalinina in the other semifinal.e united cup, the czech republic are through to semifinals for the first time. they beat italy to progress. karolina muchova gave her country the perfect start, beating the world number four jasmine paolini in straight sets, dropping just four games. her team—mate tomas makatch then went one better, dropping just three games as he beat flavio cobolli and sealed the victory with a match to spare. they will play former champions, the usa, next. i think these kind of tournaments, this is the highest i can play and i'm really happy i managed to play this kind of match today. it is an important point and i was surprised that i played great without any mistakes, so i didn't give him any opportunity to come back. that was the key of the match today, for sure. that was the key of the match today, for sure. it will be a historic night at alexandra palace tonight as either michael van gerwen or luke littler will win the world darts championship. victory for van gerwen would mean a fourth title,