The remaining four matches of the last sixteen took place tonight with the quarter finals line-up now full completed. Up first was Paul Nicholson against Steve Beaton, it was level at 2-2 after Beaton had taken a 2-0 but the 'Bronze Adonis' was able to take a 3-2 lead going into the first interval. It did become 3-3 shortly after the break but then Beaton stretched into a 6-3 lead. Nicholson secured a crucial leg just before the second advert break to make it 6-4 and maybe steal the momentum. And the momentum was stolen as Beaton started to become a little shaky and Nicholson was able to restore parity at 6-6 before then taking the lead for the first time in the match. Nicholson then continued his surge and made it 9-6 with an impressive 121 checkout. But Steve Beaton's walk-on music is 'Staying Alive' and that's exactly what he did to bring it back to 9-8 before Nicholson finally finished the job to make it into the quarter-finals.
The second match of the night was an all Welsh affair as PDC's Mark Webster took on BDO's Martin Phillips. It was Phillips who came storming out, swiftly taking a 3-0 lead but Webster pulled it back to 3-2 just before the break. Webster then equalised before Phillips re-extended his lead to 5-3 but Webster came back to make it 5-5 going into the second break. Phillips then found another lead, this time 8-5 but yet again Webster fought back to win the next five legs on the trot to take the match 10-8 and dumps the BDO man out.
The penultimate match of the night didn't turn out to be the match we thought it might. Phil Taylor took on Wes Newton but unfortunately Newton was completely outclassed by a 112.37 average from Taylor. Newton managed to get on the board after the fifth leg before then finding himself 7-3. Taylor took the final three legs to seal his place against Nicholson in what should be a tantalising quarter final.
The final match of the night saw World Champion Adrian Lewis take on three time World Champion John Part. Lewis also took a 3-0 lead before Part pulled a leg back with a 104 checkout, but Lewis had the 4-1 lead going into the first advert break. Lewis continued his dominance and led 9-3 before Part started to reduce the arrears. Then the unthinkable happened, Part brought it to 9-8 but just couldn't force a deciding leg as Lewis just managed to squeeze over the line.
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