Group E: Adrian Lewis is all but out after suffering his second defeat of the tournament. The PDC World Champion face three time world champion, John Part, who also began his tournament with defeat. The Canadian took a 2-0 lead before Lewis came back to level the match. But Jackpot completely lost his doubles and it allowed Part to take then next three legs to win 5-2.
Gary Anderson has all but booked his place into the knock-out rounds with a tight fought victory over Tony O'Shea. After the Scot had taken a 2-0 lead, he found himself 4-2 behind with O'Shea throwing for the match. But Anderson broke the throw before holding his own to force a deciding leg. O'Shea beat Lewis on his throw in the deciding leg yesterday, but it would be Anderson to make it three legs in a row to win the game 5-4. With Lewis and Anderson meeting on Wednesday, it's going to be a straight winner takes all match between O'Shea and Part for second place. Table:
Gary Anderson 4 +2
John Part 2 +2
Tony O'Shea 2 0
Adrian Lewis 0 -3
Group F: Andy Hamilton was the one to make it two wins from two against Brendan Dolan. The Hammer took a 2-0 lead before the Northern Irishman pulled a leg back. Dolan didn't look at his best for most of the game and Hamilton took full advantage, winning 5-1.
Paul Nicholson served up the third whitewash of the tournament against Barrie Bates. It was more routine than sublime from the Asset as Bates lived up to his whipping boy name. Nicholson now has a better leg difference than Dolan going into the final game, but Dolan is more likely to beat Bates than Nicholson is Hamilton so the money should be on Dolan to progress. Table:
Andy Hamilton 4 +7
Paul Nicholson 2 +2
Brendan Dolan 2 -1
Barrie Bates 0 -8
Group G: Wes Newton beat an different Wesley Harms to secure his place into the next phase. The pair had been locked together at 2-2 but the Dutchman wasn't as convincing as against Terry Jenkins, leaving Newton to win 5-2.
Jenkins keeps his hopes alive with a win over Martin Phillips. Jenkins managed to secure the first break of throw to take a 3-1 lead. Phillips did pull one back but Bully was far too much and ran out a 5-2 winner. With the PDC and BDO split, it's hard to decide who has the easier match, Jenkins against Newton or Harms against Phillips. Table:
Wes Newton 4 +6
Wesley Harms 2 0
Terry Jenkins 2 0
Martin Phillips 0 -6
Group H: Christian Kist won the battle of the Dutchmen to secure his place into the next round. Kist faced Raymond Van Barneveld and soon found himself 2-0 ahead. That transpired into 3-1 before Barney pulled it back to level the match. The pair then traded legs before the BDO World Champion took the final leg to win the match.
Mark Walsh became the latest to upset the Wolverhampton crowd after beating home boy Wayne Jones. Jones started the match with an 83-checkout on the bull but would find himself 3-2 behind. The Wanderer did turn it around to lead 4-3 but Walsh recovered to take the remaining legs to win 5-4. If Barney stays in the right mindset, he should have what it takes to beat Jones and progress especially with a much superior leg difference to Walsh. Table:
Christian Kist 4 +5
Raymond Van Barneveld 2 +4
Mark Walsh 2 -4
Wayne Jones 0 -5
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