“I’m so happy to be through to the quarter-finals,” said van Gerwen. “Peter’s a great player and you don’t normally win by that scoreline against him, but I was really focused and I’m very happy with how I played.” “I played really well but I can still play better than this and I’m looking forward to the quarter-finals.” Dave Chisnall ended the challenge of the in form
well against Brendan and it was a good performance because you get nothing easily against him.” Andy Hamilton got the better of his all Stoke clash with Ian White. Hamilton made it too easy victories in a row as he turned an early 7-4 lead into a 13-7 victory. Hamilton has now reached at least the quarter finals of every PDC major tournament for over a year
Jamie Caven. The St Helens based thrower led during the early stages, but at 7-5 down Caven found some form and was able to take a lead into the final stages as a checkout of 82 helped him to level the match at 10-10. Chisnall went on to secure the final three legs of the match with an impressive display of power scoring and quality finishing as he landed a brace of maximums and finished of 86 and 116 tp secure the 13-10 victory. “It was an exciting game and it’s brilliant to be through,” said Chisnall. “I felt comfortable early on but Jamie came back really strongly.” “It was a tense game, and it was only when I got to 12-10 that I felt I had Jamie, and I knew I had to finish it then.” “It’s probably my best performa