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Luke Littler Laughed at fans’ boos after booking his spot the last eight of PDC World Championship.
‘Nuke’ is too good for a former world champion Rob Crosswon 4-2 alexandra palacethe rowdy crowd created a hostile environment.
The 18-year-old was nearly pushed into a deciding set, but ended up finishing with averages of nearly 107 seconds and 17,180 seconds.
When asked about his reception, Littler opted for a fiery response, goading the crowd and thanking them for their contribution to his revenue, with Record prize of £1 million This year’s champion is twice as many as last year’s first place winner.
“I don’t mind, really, I really don’t mind,” Littler said, then burst into laughter.
“I can say one thing, you pay for the tickets, you pay for my winnings, so thank you, thank you for the money, thank you for booing me, thank you, come on!
“I just saw the statistics but I wasn’t really thinking about anything. I just wanted to win the game. It was hostile and no one wanted me to win, but I proved them wrong.”
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Cross, the 2018 champion, overcame a poor start to reduce the deficit to 3-2 after defeating the Bulls by 126 points in the decider.
Cross clearly seized the momentum, and after leading 2-1 in the sixth set, he missed a dart on the way up to tie the score at 3-3, but was punished by Littler, who won the next two legs to advance to the quarterfinals.
Earlier, world number 20 Ryan Searle recorded his fourth white win, averaging over 100, with a 4-0 victory over James Hurrell in Monday’s other last-16 match.
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Charlie Manby continued his dream World Championship debut, defeating an out-of-form Ricky Evans 4-2 to book his spot in the fourth round.
Huddersfield bricklayer Manby, 20, secured a guaranteed £60,000 after defeating Evans in the doubles and will now face European champion Gian van Veen for a place in the quarter-finals.
The game was originally a close game until Manby tied the score at 2-2 and Evans’ condition declined sharply.
Manby, who hit just four of his first 30 doubles, said: “It’s frustrating. I should have won the first set, simple as that.
“I missed the doubles, but there’s still a lot of time from the first to the fours, so I think I recovered well and got my confidence back.”
World number 40 Kevin Doets defeated 15th seed Nathan Aspinall 4-3 in a thrilling match to set up a tie with 2024 world champion Luke Humphries in the last 16.
Dutchman Dotes fought back from behind three times in a see-saw match before claiming victory in the deciding set to make it six straight against Aspinall.
After falling behind 2-2, Aspinall scored a 170 to win the fifth set, but Dotz hit a 164 to level the score at 3-3 and continued to score to win the deciding set 3-0.
Justin Hood easily advanced to the fourth round in his first appearance at the tournament, defeating Ryan Meikle 4-1, despite not reaching the height of his previous game.
Hood defeated fifth seed Danny Noppert in the second round with an average of 103 to take a 3-0 lead before Mikel took the fourth set with scores of 146 and 147.
Hood will face Josh Locke in the last 16, with the Northern Ireland star bouncing back from a first-set defeat to beat Callan Reitz 4-1.
PA contributed to this report