Perfect start to the set for Nathan Aspinall as he lands another 180. He drops the next dart in treble 20 but can't follow it up.

Still, we wait for a nine-darter!

Nathan Aspinall lets Kevin Doets off the hook by leaving 182.

Doets needs to take out 46 for the set but fails to. Can Aspinall make him pay? He needs tops for a 117 but drops low.

Back comes Doets to hit the double and level the match.

Nathan Aspinall drops in a fourth 180 to leave 121. He can't take it out but Kevin Doets is way back on 336.

The Asp needs double 16 for the leg but he goes wide. He comes back though and hits double eight.

Nathan Aspinall can't take out the 146 with Kevin Doets on 16. He takes aim at the double eight and finds it.

Doets has come to the party.

Better from Kevin Doets to leave 32 with Nathan Aspinall out on 107.

Doets only needs one dart at double 16 to level up the set.

Nathan Aspinall hits a 180 to start the leg as Kevin Doets responds with a 174.

Aspinall comes back with another 180 as Doets watches another dart fly out the board.

To add insult to injury, Aspinall wins the leg.

We had a three-day Christmas break from 24 to 26 December. From now, there will be two sessions of play each day until another rest day on 31 December.

The last two-session day is Thursday, 1 January 2026. After that, both semi-finals will be played on Friday, 2 January in an evening session.

The final takes place on Saturday, 3 January in the evening.

Kevin Doets hasn't settled yet, but Nathan Aspinall has as he bangs in the first 180.

Aspinall leaves 76 from 167, with Doets looking for the big fish but can't find it.

Aspinall gets one dart at tops for the opening set and he nails it.

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Nathan Aspinall leaves 62 with Kevin Doets on 267 but he misses the double 16.

Back he comes to hit the double 16 at the first time of asking.

What on earth is going on?!

Kevin Doets has another dart fall out the board and he's making some changes at the table.

Let's see if these stick.

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Kevin Doets has already seen a couple of darts bounce out of the treble 20 but holds a lead in the leg still.

Nathan Aspinall leaves 68 from 150 but Doets hits tops to level.

Nathan Apsinall leaves 102 and lands the double 16 for a 15-dart opening leg.

The winner of this one will face Luke Humphries.

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Kevin Doets is definitely the man to test Nathan Aspinall.

Aspinall is a big-stage player. He hasn't come through too many testing matches. It has been business as it needed to be, but this will be more of a test.

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Nathan Aspinall gets us going in this final match of the afternoon session.

This will be a right old scrap.

Not many better walk-ons than Nathan Aspinall's, is there?

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Right then, we go again.

Up next, we've got Nathan Aspinall v Kevin Doets and this is a rather one-sided rivalry.

Doets has won the past five between these two, including two this year.

Watching the darts the last few weeks just makes it even more painful that Santa didn't bring me a dartboard for Christmas.