Raymond Van Barneveld 9-7 Robert Thornton: There will be a new UK Open Champion on Sunday after Barney dispatched the current champ. Thornton missed five darts to go 3-0 ahead but did end up taking 4-1 lead after the Dutchman missed darts to win the level in the fourth leg. Thornton would miss a further three darts in the sixth leg to make it 5-1 and Barney followed that up with a 121-checkout to make it 4-3. Van Barneveld took the following two legs to end up taking the lead for the first time in the match at 5-4. The Dutchman could have made it 6-4 but he was next to miss two darts at the double and Thornton turned the tables by going 6-5 in front. Something clicked for Van Barneveld and the Dutchman won legs 12-14 to make it 8-6 and, after missing a number of doubles, Barney wrapped the match up in leg 16 to win 9-7.
Phil Taylor 9-8 Brendan Dolan: Dolan missed two match darts to knock the 16-time World Champion out of the UK Open. The game was full of fantastic checkouts and it began in the third leg when Dolan took a 2-1 lead with a finish of 102. The Northern Irishman followed that up with a 101-checkout in leg five followed by a 124-checkout to break the throw and go 4-2 in front. The next three legs also went against throw before Taylor managed to hold in leg ten to level the match at 5-5. A 132-checkout was needed by Taylor to level the match up again at 6-6 before both players traded checkouts of 103 in legs 14 and 15, Taylor being first, to make it 8-7 to Dolan. Dolan then missed those two crucial darts to win the match 9-7 and Taylor forced a deciding leg. The Power managed to break the Dolan throw one last time to squeeze in to the next round.
Michael Van Gerwen 9-3 Terry Jenkins: The Dutchman continues his imperious form to make it in to the last-16. Van Gerwen took the opening five legs without missing a double, including a ton checkout in leg two and a 121-checkout on the bull in leg five. Jenkins did manage to go from 6-0 down to 8-3 behind before Van Gerwen finished the job.
Adrian Lewis 9-6 Kevin Painter: Jackpot finished this off in a harder way than he started it. Lewis quickly took a 5-0 lead before Painter finally got on the board with a 110-checkout before managing to pull it back to 5-3. Lewis missed six darts to make it 7-3 but two consecutive legs made it 8-4 and put him one away from victory. Lewis then missed two darts to win it and allowed Painter back to 8-6 before the two time world champion won the match.
Steve West 4-9 Peter Wright
Andy Hamilton 9-1 Terry Temple
Ronnie Baxter 9-7 Jelle Klaasen
John Henderson 4-9 James Wade
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