Jelle Klaasen 10-6
Justin Pipe: The Dutchman has returned to darts in fine form and continues
that by booking his place in the quarter finals for first time in three years
on television. Pipe had actually started the better by taking a 3-1 lead. But
Klaasen fought back with checkouts of 127, 121 and 110 to go 4-3 in front. Pipe
managed to turn it around once more by taking leads of 5-4 and 6-5 before the
pair were locked together after 12-legs. But Klaasen again found an edge,
hitting checkouts of 167 and 106 before also winning the following two legs to
take the match 10-6.
Andy Hamilton 10-8
Paul Nicholson: The Hammer sees off Nicholson in a tight affair but this
game may be more remembered for Nicholson’s spat with Eric Bristow on Twitter
afterwards. The first four legs went with throw before both players proceeding
to break, making the score 3-3. Hamilton missed four darts to win the eighth
leg and Nicholson was soon 6-3 in front. That became 7-4 before Hamilton
managed to fight back and level after The Asset missed a dart to win the 14th
leg. Nicholson would then miss a further four darts in the next two legs,
putting Hamilton just a leg away from victory. The Hammer would then see of
Nicholson in the 18th leg, 10-8.
Simon Whitlock 10-6
Colin Lloyd: The reigning champion is through after a comfortable second
part to this match. The first eight legs went with throw before Whitlock
finally broke and managed to take a 6-4 lead with a hold in the tenth. The
score would then translate to 8-6 before Whitlock took the next two legs, with
Lloyd missing darts to win the 15th leg, for Whitlock to win 10-6
and continue his defence.
James wade 2-10 Jamie
Caven: The surprise of the afternoon was definitely Caven’s fantastic
victory over Wade. With seven points between them in the averages the key was the
finishing, Caven managed a 56% checkout rate with Wade only a 22%. Caven
started like a train, taking a 4-0 lead with Wade only getting one chance at a
double, in the fourth leg. Wade did manage to pull two legs back before Caven
reeled off six straight legs to win in emphatic fashion, without giving Wade
much of a chance throughout the contest.
Adrian Lewis 10-6
Kevin Painter: Lewis continues his hunt for a major since his double world
triumph. Checkouts of 158 and 103 put Jackpot 3-2 ahead before Painter managed
to level the match. Lewis, somewhat back to his best, went in to a 5-3 lead
which would become a 6-4 one. Lewis would then take the next four legs to power
through and win the match 10-4 with an average of 100.34.
Robert Thornton 10-9
Raymond van Barneveld: There was a piece of personal history as Thornton
managed to beat van Barneveld for the first time ever in a competition. Barney
crucially missed four darts to take a 3-1 lead and Thornton actually went in to
the first break 3-2 in front. Thornton was next to miss a great chance, missing
three darts to go 4-2 ahead and, after missing another five darts, van
Barneveld actually managed to 5-4 in front. But Thornton again came back and
turned it around to lead 6-5 and would then miss two darts to make it 7-5.
Checkouts of 133 and 142 either side of a 64-finish put the Scot 9-6 in front a
one leg away from victory. The beleaguered Barney then managed to pick himself
to hit a 164-checkout before managing to force a deciding leg after Thornton
had missed three match darts in leg-17. Thornton threw first in the final leg
and managed to get to the double first, but missed his first three attempts.
Barney stepped up but missed his two match darts, allowing Thornton to take the
final leg and squeeze through.
Phil Taylor 5-10
Ronny Huybrechts: The Belgian performs one of the shocks of the tournament
against a very un-Tayloresque performance. Take nothing away from Huybrechts
though, he took the match to Taylor from the get go and, after losing the
opening leg, would storm in to a 5-1 lead. Huybrechts would miss six darts to
win leg eight and Taylor had managed to fight back to 5-4. But instead of
crumbling, Huybrechts picked it up a gear and again continued the offensive.
The Belgian won the next three legs to go 8-4 in front before missing a dart in
the 13th leg to move to within one of winning. Again, it didn’t faze
Huybrechts and, after Taylor missed three darts, he managed to get to the line
before crossing it with a fantastic 104-checkout to round off a 10-5 victory,
the best of his career so far.
Mervyn King 3-10
Michael van Gerwen: If van Gerwen was extremely flat on Friday; he
definitely got his together against King to remain the man to beat in this
tournament, and the world of darts at the minute. After sharing the first two
legs, the Dutchman moved in to a 4-1 lead with a 136-checkout in leg four. Van
Gerwen then added a 130-checkout to that in leg seven before King replied with
a 111-checkout to make it 5-3 to the Dutchman. Van Gerwen would the win the
next five in an astonishing ten minutes, with a second 136-checkout on the way,
to win it 10-3 in devastating fashion.
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