Day number twelve at the Ally Pally saw the remaining quarter final places get taken and another of the big contenders exited. Adrian Lewis kicked things off against Robert Thornton in the afternoon session. 'Jackpot' certainly looks to be a dark horse contender with a third consistent, good performance. Lewis averaged 101 and took the first six legs before Thornton responded to take the third set. That was the only joy for Thornton as Lewis went onto win 4-1.
Gary Anderson also played another three figure average game against Andy Smith. Yesterday saw the Flying Scotsman average 108, the highest average so far this tournament. Smith couldn't cope with Anderson but did manage to win four legs overall despite losing 4-0.
The last match of the afternoon session saw Terry Jenkins also show that he could be a contender with a comprehensive win over Mark Walsh. Jenkins only averaged 99 but it was his most comfortable victory so far by not letting up after taking the lead. Walsh failed to win a set as Jenkins progressed into the last eight for only the second time in his career.
Simon Whitlock suffered a surprise defeat to leave just four major contenders left, with all four meeting one of the others in the quarter finals. Whitlock's opponent was Vincent Van Der Voort and the Dutchman took full advantage of Whitlock's surprisingly poor finishing. Van Der Voort also scored well but lost the first set before taking the next three with a little help from Whitlock. Whitlock held on to win the fifth set but Van Der Voort proved to strong and won 4-2. Van Der Voort will meet the in form Lewis in the quarter finals.
Van Barneveld made it through but was very unconvincing in his close victory over Colin Osbourne. Barney started slow yet managed to win the first set before Osbourne went 2-1 ahead. The head shaking started to creep in as Barney's game faltered but he sparked into life in the fourth set to make it 2-2. Osbourne went 3-2 ahead and had a chance to win 4-2 but missed the double to give Barney the life line of a deciding set. His experience shone through to take the final set 3-0 to win 4-3 and set up a mouth watering quarter final against Gary Anderson.
The final match of the night saw Mensur Suljovic's fairytale come to an abrupt end against Wes Newton. Suljovic couldn't find the darts he threw against Wade and Newton coped immensely with the slow pace Suljovic throws at. Newton won in straight sets to progress into the last eight to play Terry Jenkins.
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