Brendan Dolan 6-10 John Part: The Canadian almost lost a six leg advantage to ultimately squeeze past Dolan. The Northern Irishman had left his doubles in the practice room during the first session as twelve missed darts meant Part went into the break 5-0 ahead.
Dolan would finally post a leg in the seventh before Part responded with a 121-checkout on the bull. Part went 8-2 ahead at the end of the second session and it looked impossible for Dolan to even get a sniff. But that's exactly what he did get; he would reel off four straight legs, ending with a 123-checkout on the bull, to pull the score back to 8-6. Dolan had the throw to make it 8-7 but Part crucially broke the throw before holding to finish the match off.
Wes Newton 9-10 Christian Kist: The BDO World Champion staves off a Newton comeback to fall into the quarter finals. It was a game of missed doubles and total darting drama and it begun in the second leg when Newton reeled off a ton checkout to level the match. The Warrior had then had a chance to take a 3-1 lead but missed three darts at the double and ultimately found himself 3-2 behind at the break.
Newton then fell off the page as Kist stormed into a 6-2 lead which turned into a 7-3 lead going into the second break. A second ton checkout saw Newton win the opening leg of the final session before making 7-5 after Kist missed eight darts to go within two legs of the match. It was then Newton's turn to once again miss doubles, missing four to level the match and allowing Kist to go 8-6 ahead. But the drama still wasn't completed as Kist once again missed three darts to go within a leg of victory. At 9-7, it looked all over for Newton but he fought back and a stunning 167-checkout forced a deciding leg in which he had the throw. But Kist held his nerve to hit 62 and just about win this incredible game.
Andy Hamilton 10-9 Gary Anderson: Hamilton will face Part after also squeezing through to the last eight. The pair just couldn't be separated throughout which lead to another fantastic game. A 134-checkout from Hamilton meant he kept hold of his throw to lead 2-1 and that transpired into a 3-2 lead going into the first break.
The Hammer then did it again with a 152-checkout to remain unbroken to lead 4-3 but after ten darts, the scores were level at 5-5 going into the second break. The first break of throw finally came in the 12th leg when Hamilton posted a 110-checkout. The pair then traded breaks of throw, which included a 121-finish from Hamilton to lead 8-6, until Anderson managed to hold and level the game at 8-8. Fittingly, the pair would only be settled by a deciding leg which Hamilton took to see off the Scotsman.
Raymond Van Barneveld 10-4 Wesley Harms: Barney sets up a rematch against Kist in the quarter finals after one the most comfortable displays from the Dutchman in recent times. Harms did take the opening leg of the match before needing to take the fifth leg to avoid going 4-1 behind at the first break.
From there, Barney was impeccable and five missed darts from Harms allowed him to lead 7-2 which included a phenomenal 156-checkout in the previous leg. Harms didn't do a lot wrong throughout the game and can take home an unbelievable 170-checkout to make it 7-3. After the second break, Barney had put himself within a leg of victory at 9-3 before Harms signed off with a classy 120-Shanghai checkout, but it only served to delay the inevitable as Barney coasted a 10-4 winner.
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