The remaining second round matches of the World Matchplay took place last night and a mouth-watering quarter-final line-up has been completed. Simon Whitlock kicked the night off against Denis Ovens. Ovens levelled the match at 1-1 with an impressive 132, but from there Whitlock was unstoppable and didn't drop another leg to coast into the last eight.
Whitlock will meet Andy Hamilton who had to fight hard to see off debutant John Henderson. Hamilton did look to be in full control of the match, leading 4-1 and 10-7. But Henderson fought back to 11-11 and almost force extra time. Hamilton took the twenty-third and twenty-fourth legs to stumble into the quarter-finals.
Phil Taylor also managed to put himself into quarter-finals, meaning that six out of this year's eight Premier League players have made it to the last eight. Taylor faced a tough task against Wayne Jones who fought back from 5-1 down to 5-4. From there Taylor stormed to 11-6 and eventually won the game 13-7.
Taylor will meet Wes Newton in the quarter-finals as the man from Fleetwood beat the other debutant Justin Pipe. Pipe, like many of the other defeated players, gave a good account of himself and, after going 4-1 behind, played consistent darts. But Newton was just too good for Pipe and won the match 13-8.
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