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One round further: Gary Anderson
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The two-time world champion Gary Anderson is in the quarter-finals of the Darts World Cup in London's Alexandra Palace.
In a duel between two previous champions, the Scottish finalist prevailed against 2018 winner Rob Cross from England 4-3.
James Wade and Peter Wright also made it one round.
The world number sixth Anderson, who was superior over long distances, not only achieved the slightly better points average (97.0) than Cross (93.4), he also checked the highest possible finish in the third set with 170 points.
Luke Humphries (England) awaits in the ninth World Cup quarter-finals of his career on New Year's Day.
World number two Peter Wright also made it into the round of the last eight.
The Scot defeated Englishman Ryan Searle 4-1 without any problems in the last match of the year.
Before that, England's James Wade (4: 0 against Martijn Kleermaker), Luke Humphries (4: 3 against Chris Dobey), Callan Rydz (4: 1 against Alan Soutar) and Mervyn King (4: 3 against Raymond Smith) had the quarter-finals , which takes place on New Years Eve.
In the past few days, the tournament was overshadowed by corona cases and criticism of the protective measures.
The world association PDC wants to continue the World Cup anyway.
Full utilization of the »Ally Pally« is still allowed.
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