Postpublished at 15:54 GMT 28 December 2025
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (4-3)
Anderson needs 141 to win the match... not this time.
Wattimena needs 101 to save it... no!
Anderson on 54...
Evening session results: Gian van Veen 4-1 Madars Razma, Luke Humphries 4-2 Gabriel Clemens, Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Arno Merk
Afternoon session results: Martin Schindler 0-4 Ryan Searle, Damon Heta 0-4 Rob Cross, Gary Anderson 4-3 Jermaine Wattimena
Cross sets up last-16 tie against defending champion Luke Littler
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Emma Smith
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (4-3)
Anderson needs 141 to win the match... not this time.
Wattimena needs 101 to save it... no!
Anderson on 54...
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (4-3)
Both men are averaging 100 in set seven.
Anderson lands the 23rd 180 of the match.
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (4-3)
John Part
Former PDC world champion on Sky Sports
What tension. What magnificence.
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (4-3)
And now Anderson has missed three at doubles.
He needs one, double one - scores!
This is exceptional entertainment.
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (3-3)
T20! T19!
MISS!
Oh Gary.
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (3-3)
Yet again, Anderson leads us off with 180.
THEN ANOTHER.
Is NOW the time for the niner?
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (3-3)
Yet another 180 to start the leg from Anderson. We have had TWENTY-ONE in this match, 11 from Anderson.
Wattimena needs 127 to hold on... misses the bull by a millimetre.
Anderson cannot put the pressure on though, before Wattimena cleans up.
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (3-2)
Jermaine Wattimena strikes his 10th maximum of the match. He has played his part in this phenomenal encounter.
Anderson however is comfortably on a finish first, three at D16.
THIS TIME, he lands it first time.
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (2-2)
Image source, PA MediaWattimena is enjoying playing the spoiler, he's just nailed a 124 finish via a bullseye.
On we go.
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Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (2-1)
Anderson messes up at D8 again - he lands in 11 and needs a checkout of five.
He squeezes it in, and is again one leg from victory.
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (1-1)
Rod Studd
Commentator on Sky Sports
Image source, PA MediaJermaine Wattimena has hung around in a match he's got no right to be in.
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (1-1)
Ahhhhh, just under the triple.
So close.
Anderson needs 70 for the leg.
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (1-1)
Anderson lands 180, the 15th of the match.
AND ANOTHER!
He's on a nine-darter...
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (1-1)
A big 140 against the head for Anderson. Wattimena responds with 125.
Could Anderson convert a 161 finish? No.
So Wattimena needs 56, and bags it via D10.
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (1-0)
And breathe.
Anderson has the darts and sets up 96 to finish.
Knocked off in two.
A reminder that this deciding set must be won by at least two clear legs.
Anderson 3-3 Wattimena (2-3)
Image source, Getty ImagesSingle 19, T19... missed at tops!
And Wattimena holds his nerve.
Anderson 3-2 Wattimena (2-2)
If Anderson breaks Wattimena in this leg, he wins. If Wattimena holds, we are in a deciding set.
The Dutchman finds a maximum to leave a 121 finish - not there.
So he needs 61...missed!
Anderson needs 116 to win.
Anderson 3-2 Wattimena (2-2)
Gary Anderson fans, how are your nerves? Your man is putting you through the ringer.
Anderson can't find a 132 finish on the bull, but he still has the darts to square up the set.
And this time he gets the double.
This next leg could decide the match.