2023/24 Paddy Power World Darts Championship - Day Ten latest
The 2023/24 Paddy Power World Darts Championship resumes on Wednesday, as the third round action begins at London's Alexandra Palace.
Day Ten of the sport's showpiece event will see six third round ties take place across a bumper double session, as reigning champion Michael Smith continues his title defence against Latvia's Madars Razma.
Three-time champion Michael van Gerwen plays his compatriot Richard Veenstra for a place in the last 16, while teenage sensation Luke Littler faces Canada's number one Matt Campbell in his third round tie.
Elsewhere, 2018 champion Rob Cross takes on Jeffrey de Graaf, last year's semi-finalist Gabriel Clemens meets 11th seed Dave Chisnall, while Scott Williams and Martin Schindler also collide.
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2023/24 Paddy Power World Darts Championship
Wednesday December 27
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
Third Round
Scott Williams 4-3 Martin Schindler (1-3, 0-3, 3-0, 3-2, 0-3, 3-1, 4-2) (R3)
Dave Chisnall 4-1 Gabriel Clemens (3-1, 3-0, 3-1, 1-3, 3-2) (R3)
Rob Cross 4-2 Jeffrey de Graaf (3-2, 3-0, 2-3, 3-2, 1-3, 3-1) (R3)
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Luke Littler 4-1 Matt Campbell (3-0, 3-0, 3-2, 2-3, 3-1) (R3)
Michael van Gerwen v Richard Veenstra (R3)
Michael Smith v Madars Razma (R3)
Afternoon Round-Up
Rob Cross progressed to the last 16 of this year’s World Championship with a hard-fought 4-2 victory over a spirited Jeffery de Graff, averaging 101 and landing ten 180s to triumph.
Cross won six of the first eight legs to establish a two-set buffer, and although De Graaf pegged him back in set three, Cross followed up a skin-saving 84 finish on the bull with a 14-darter to lead 3-1.
Dutch-born Swede De Graaf fought back in set five to preserve his hopes, only for Cross to average 113 in a sensational sixth set, as he moved through to the last 16 for a third consecutive year.
In the afternoon's opener, Scott Williams defied 13 maximums from Martin Schindler to prevail in a seven-set epic, recovering from 2-0 and 3-2 down to reach round four for the first time in his career.
Despite a sluggish start, Williams landed 152 and 146 checkouts to level at 2-2, only for the diminutive German to regain his advantage with a spectacular 161 finish to round off set five.
However, after restoring parity at three sets apiece, Williams followed up a brace of 90 checkouts with a 13-dart break to come through a thrilling tie-break.
Schindler's World Cup partner Gabriel Clemens also crashed out on an eventful afternoon in the capital, succumbing 4-1 to 2021 semi-finalist Dave Chisnall.
Chisnall won nine out of ten legs in the opening exchanges to establish a commanding lead 3-0, punishing 22 missed darts at double from last year's semi-finalist to keep his title hopes alive.
