Luke Littler, Michael van Gerwen battle through to PDC World Championship last 16

Luke Littler has booked his spot successful the past 16 of the PDC World Championship with a 4-1 triumph implicit Ian White.

The teen has been tipped to get his hands connected the trophy astatine Alexandra Palace astatine the commencement of 2025, but helium volition person to find an other cogwheel if that is to materialise.

Despite prevailing with 12 180s and a 98.8 average, Littler watched White squander darts for 2 of the sets that helium mislaid earlier seeing Littler instrumentality advantage.

White rolled backmost the years successful averaging 96.54 himself, yet it was 16 missed doubles from 24 attempts that yet outgo him the accidental of causing a surprise.

Littler present advances done to a gathering with Ryan Joyce, who recorded a 4-3 occurrence implicit Ryan Searle astatine the commencement of Saturday.

Van Gerwen defies Dolan fightback

Michael van Gerwen showed glimmers of his champion signifier successful signaling a 4-2 triumph implicit Brendan Dolan.

Despite losing the opening set, the three-time satellite champion recovered a mode to reel disconnected 8 successive legs to determination himself wrong a acceptable of a spot successful the 4th round.

However, his Northern Irish hostile capitalised connected 10 missed doubles successful the 5th acceptable to widen the lucifer earlier missing a dart astatine the bull to unit a decider.

Van Gerwen secured the triumph with the last dart of his adjacent sojourn to advancement with 10 180s and a 97.01 average, a 149 checkout the item of the game.

Meanwhile, Chris Dobey came done by a 4-2 scoreline versus Josh Rock, the Tyneside thrower bouncing backmost from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits.

The momentum was with Rock erstwhile helium averaged successful excess of 105 to instrumentality the 3rd set, but helium would triumph conscionable 3 much legs arsenic Dobey's scoring powerfulness came to the fore.

Although Rock averaged 106.18 successful the sixth set, Dobey posted a 108 mean with nary missed treble attempts to publication his spot successful the past 16.

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