Fourth round begins at Alexandra Palace
Luke Littler continues title defence
RESULT: Luke Littler 4-2 Rob Cross in last 16
Ryan Searle beats James Hurrell 4-0 in opening fourth-round tie
Josh Rock beat Callan Rydz 4-1 to conclude third round
Afternoon session results (third round): Justin Hood 4-1 Ryan Meikle, Ricky Evans 2-4 Charlie Manby, Nathan Aspinall 3-4 Kevin Doets
20-year-old Manby sets up last-16 tie against 10th seed Gian van Veen
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Hood 1-0 Meikle (0-0)
Justin Hood isn't in the same flow as we've seen in this competition so far, his pace is slower but he's still well in control of this deciding leg.
He goes eight and 16 to leave double 20. Can he nail it? Yes, he can!
Hood 0-0 Meikle (2-2)
Image source, Getty ImagesA first 180 of the match now for Ryan Meikle to move into the lead in this leg but Justin Hood responds with a nice 140.
Hood looks for 130 but can only hit 50 as Meikle nails tops first time.
Hood 0-0 Meikle (2-1)
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's poor finishing from Ryan Meikle too and Justin Hood returns on five.
The anxiety builds but he takes the double one with his last dart.
Hood 0-0 Meikle (1-1)
Justin Hood piles in the first 180 of the match to take control of the set.
He leaves 40 from 140 with Ryan Meikle out on 182 but once again, Hood misses three at the double.
Hood 0-0 Meikle (1-1)
The Yaya, Kolo chant is well under way at the Ally Pally as Ryan Meikle leaves 16 from 104.
Justin Hood bites back to nail tops to take out 115.
Hood 0-0 Meikle (0-1)
Another 140 for Justin Hood leaves 46. He goes 16 before missing two at double 16. He then misses another three at the double to let Ryan Meikle in.
He takes out 100 with a stunning tops, tops.
Hood v Meikle
Image source, Getty ImagesJustin Hood gets us under way with a lovely little 140 to take control of the opening leg.
Hood v Meikle
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Even if Ryan Meikle can find the next level, he's going to find it difficult to beat Justin Hood.
Something that we are yet to see in this year's world championships is a nine-darter.
Gary Anderson came ever so close yesterday after missing double 12 to blow the roof off the Ally Pally.
I feel like we might be seeing one today.
And to kick off today's action is Justin Hood v Ryan Meikle.
Who remembers that unbelievable battle Hood had with Danny Noppert in round two?
Hood won the sudden-death leg in the fifth set to knock the fifth seed out but incredibly, both players averaged over 102.
Image source, Getty ImagesRound three
Round four
Quarter-finals
In these afternoon session, five of the six players taking to the stage are unseeded and will see this as a huge chance to make it to the fourth round of the world championships.
Nathan Aspinall (15) is the only seeded player.
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That Luke Humphries v Gabriel Clemens match was top, top quality!
Image source, Getty ImagesHere are the scores on the doors from yesterday's matches. Some real crackers in there.
Afternoon session (12:30)
Martin Schindler (13) 0-4 Ryan Searle (20)
Damon Heta (16) 0-4 Rob Cross (17)
Gary Anderson (14) 4-3 Jermaine Wattimena (19)
Evening session (19:00)
Gian van Veen (10) 4-1 Madars Razma
Luke Humphries (2) 4-2 Gabriel Clemens
Michael van Gerwen (3) 4-1 Arno Merk
We are well and truly in the business end of the tournament now and here is what's on the way today as the fourth round kicks off later tonight.
Afternoon session (12:30)
Justin Hood v Ryan Meikle
Ricky Evans v Charlie Manby
Nathan Aspinall (15) v Kevin Doets
Evening session (19:00)
Josh Rock (11) v Callan Rydz
Fourth round
James Hurrell v Ryan Searle (20)
Luke Littler (1) v Rob Cross (17)
Hello and welcome back to the darts!
We're in the business end of the world championship now and we've got six matches coming your way once again.
Time to get into it.