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Luke Littler With his outstanding performance, he defeated his opponent 4-0 and entered the top 16 of the World Championships. Mensur Surjovic.
There was much discussion about how the Austrian’s slow game would impact the world championship, but Littler was in fast-forward mode, winning 12 of his 15 starts.
Littler has made it his mission to defend his historic title, and based on this evidence, something special will need to be done to stop him.
He averaged 107.09, his highest score at Alexandra Palace, scored nine 180s and had a success rate of 71% in doubles.
The 18-year-old will face Rob Cross Damon Heta said in an interview on stage during the next round: “This is the best I’ve ever felt. I think even last year’s game and the games before that, it’s the most things I’ve settled on and it shows the average, the final result and all the massive checkouts.
“Like we do every year, we always pack enough clothes for the finals, so we pack for six or seven days. But yeah, that’s another round and I’ll be back in a few days.”
earlier, Stephen Bunting The highest seed in this year’s tournament, he lost to James Hurrell.
Hurrell beat 29th seed Dirk Van Duijvenbode before Christmas and produced another determined performance in the decider to defeat favorite Merseysider Bunting.
Fourth seed Bunting looked out of form as Hurrell beat Darts 3-1 to take the first set, but found himself in deep trouble after trailing 2-0 in the second set before fighting to level before hitting a superb score of 161 to seal the decider.
The crowd was on their feet again when Bunting scored 121 points to win the third set in another tiebreaker, but Hurrell continued to score steadily, and after sweeping his opponent 3-0 in the next, he once again tied the score at 2-2.
Meanwhile, Bunting’s average dropped as Hurrell took the fifth set 3-1, again against the Darts, who again reloaded and completed 100 points, breaking serve in the sixth set and forcing a decider.
However, Hurrell scored a crucial blow in the third round, putting up 100 points for the game and earning the biggest win of his career.
In the first match of the evening, Swedish veteran Andreas Harrison continued his excellent debut performance with a 4-2 victory over world number 33 Riccardo Pietrecko.
Harrysson, 50, tops PDC list Nordic And the Baltic Order of Merit ensured his place on the biggest stage and he didn’t look out of place after defeating 12th seed Ross Smith before ending the hopes of crowd favorite Motomu Sakai.
Pietrecko followed the same path, and Harrison built on a solid start to sweep the third and fifth sets 3-0 with an average of 96.11, setting him up for a meeting with fifth seed Jonny Clayton.
Clayton, who had previously received a bye in the final round due to Dom Taylor’s failed drug test, defeated Niels Zonneveld 4-3 to advance to the top 16 for the fifth consecutive year.
Poland’s Krzysztof Ratajski survived three games, beating Wesley Plaisier by the same margin and taking on Luke Woodhouse, who defeated Andrew Gilding 4-1.