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PDC World Championships
Gary Anderson seals place in last eight of PDC
World Darts Championship
• Defending champion defeats Benito van de Pas 4-2 at Alexandra Palace
• Raymond van Barneveld knocks out Adrian Lewis in 4-3 thriller
Gary Anderson in action during the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace, London.
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Press Association
Thursday 29 December 2016 00.00 GMT Last modified on Thursday 29 December 2016 00.17 GMT
The defending champion, Gary Anderson, booked his place in the quarter-finals of the PDC World
Darts Championship with a 4-2 win over Benito van de Pas at Alexandra Palace.
Anderson, the second seed, held off a spirited display from the 23-year-old Dutchman to open up a 3-
0 lead without missing a double and producing nine maximums. After the Scot had missed a dart at
double top to win 4-0, Van de Pas rallied to reduce the deficit to 3-2.
However, Anderson – aiming to win the Sid Waddell Trophy for the third time in a row – made sure
of a place in the last eight as he closed out victory with a match average of 107.8, the highest of the
tournament so far.
In the late match Raymond van Barneveld knocked out Adrian Lewis, runner-up in the last final, with
a thrilling 4-3 win.
The fifth seed, Lewis, who won the PDC world title in 2011 and 2012, took the opening set before
Van Barneveld, the 2007 champion, levelled with a 70 checkout.
Van Barneveld, a four-times winner of the BDO world crown and beaten by ‘Jackpot’ Lewis in last
year’s PDC semi-final, moved ahead at 2-1. However, Lewis made the most of the Dutchman’s
failure to finish off the fourth set and squared the match once more.