The evening session of the World Darts Championship yesterday saw three World Champions take to the stage. The first match was the final second round match between former world champion Van Barneveld and Kevin McDine. Barney came out of the traps quickest to secure the first set. McDine fought back and levelled to show that Barney wasn't going to have it his own way. However Barney's experience shone through as the Dutchman took the next three sets to win 4-1 and progress into the third round.
The first third round match was between former Lakeside champion Mark Webster and surprise package Mark Hylton. Webster again came out fastest to take the first set but he looked a little shaky when taking one dart checkouts. Hylton punished the mistakes to take the second set to level the match. That motivated Webster as he regained his form and Hylton started missing doubles himself, leaving the Welshman to win 4-1.
Webster's quarter final opponent will reigning world champion Phil Taylor after he looked back on form with a win against Peter Wright. The only shock of the night was Wright's extravagant hairstyle. Taylor won the first eight legs before Wright came back to take the third set to make it 2-1. Taylor wasn't deterred and went onto win the following two sets, with a little help from Wright missing opportunities to take legs.
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