As the Grand Slam reaches its second weekend, the tournament hits the quarter final stage with the matches now best of 31 legs. The first quarter-final saw Grand Slam débutante Mark Walsh take on BDO veteran Ted Hankey. Walsh secured an early break of throw to lead 2-1 before leading 3-2 going into the first interval. The second session continued in the same vain until Walsh secured a second break of throw on his way to leading 7-3 at the next intermission. Walsh then extended his lead in the third session to 10-5 before going to within three legs of the semi-finals, leading 13-7. Hankey fought back a little bit and kept himself alive with the match at 15-9 but the necessity of winning six consecutive legs seemed to be too much to ask. However Hankey was able to make it 15-14 and both players missed doubles in the following leg before Walsh finally put himself into the semi-finals.
The other quarter-final saw Gary Anderson battle Terry Jenkins. The first session saw Anderson take a 3-1 lead before Jenkins made it 3-2 just before the break. The game see-sawed throughout the second session at the pair left the stage at 5-5 for the second interval. The game then went to 6-6 before Anderson stormed into a 13-7 victory. Jenkins' resilience made the scoreline 15-12 before Anderson stumbled over the line.
The third quarter-final saw World Champion Adrian Lewis take on Mark Webster. The game started off quite close with Lewis edging it 5-3. But after that Lewis kicked up a gear to power into a 13-4 lead before managing to ease into the semi-finals 16-5.
The final match saw Phil Taylor take on Paul Nicholson in a game that didn't produce what many had hoped. There were little fireworks as Taylor converted a 3-0 lead into 8-1. That lead became 12-4 as Nicholson tried to close the canyon and Taylor took the match 16-7 to prove why he his still favourite for the title.
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