PHIL TAYLOR is seeking to win a second German Darts Championship on Sunday, after being amongst the eight players to progress to the quarter-finals in Halle.
Taylor, the 2007 champion at the Gerry Weber Center, faces Adrian Lewis in an all-Stoke last eight clash on Sunday afternoon as the £100,000 event comes to a conclusion - with seven of the world's top eight winning through to the quarter-finals.
World number one Taylor, fresh from his PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts triumph last weekend, defeated Tomas Seyler and Brendan Dolan 6-3 in his opening two matches before then overcoming Kevin McDine and Vincent van der Voort 6-1 to earn a place in Sunday's final stages.
The victory over van der Voort saw Taylor exact revenge for his group stage loss to the Dutchman in the Grand Slam of Darts, as he came from 1-0 down to win six successive legs.
Lewis, meanwhile, produced some superb darts in booking his quarter-final spot, following up an early whitewash of Detlef Barchanowitz - where he averaged over 120 with legs of 11, 13, 13, 13, 13 and 12 darts - with a 6-2 fourth round win over Wes Newton.
Lewis led 5-0 against Newton and averaged nearly 104 in the final outcome as he moved into the last eight.
Terry Jenkins edged out Alan Tabern 6-5 in the last 16 in a game where the lead changed hands four times, with the world number five hitting a 180 in a 13-dart leg in the decider.
Ronnie Baxter set up a quarter-final against Raymond van Barneveld or Denis Ovens with his 6-2 victory over Colin Osborne in the fourth round.
Defending champion Co Stompe, who defeated Taylor in last year's final, was defeated in the last 32 by Baxter.
Van Barneveld ensured his place in the quarters with a 6-3 victory over Denis Ovens, which was sealed by a 111 finish in the winning leg as he pulled clear from 3-3 with three successive legs to progress.
World number three James Wade remains in the hunt for the £20,000 first prize following a 6-3 fourth round win over Toon Greebe, which was sealed by a 121 checkout and followed earlier wins over Jan van der Rassel, Bernd Roith and Roland Scholten.
Mervyn King will meet Wade in the quarters, having defeated Braulio Roncero, Julio Barbero Gonzalez, Kirk Shepherd and Mark Walsh on Saturday, hitting a 118 average in seeing off Roncero 6-1.
Paul Nicholson - who could break into the world's top 32 for the first time if he reaches the final on Sunday - knocked out number four seed John Part in the fourth round with a 6-1 victory to become the only player in the quarter-finals from outside of the world's top eight.
Nicholson, who defeated Chris Thompson, Andy Hamilton and Sebastijan Pecjak to reach the last 16, led Part 5-0 before closing out victory, and now meets Jenkins in the last eight.
Play continues at the Gerry Weber Center on Sunday, with the remaining games all played on stage from 12pm (local time).
2009 German Darts Championship
Preliminary Round
Kryzsztof Kciuk 6-1 Roland Kurok
Kevin McDine 6-3 Robin Ferdinandus
Steve Evans 6-0 Markus Schonbein
Johann de Tree 6-0 Lothar Freiberger
Mark Webster 6-1 Huseyin Zengin
Norbert Grimm 6-4 Thomas Schrooer
Mario Masurka 6-3 Jordy Terburg
Stefanie Luck 6-0 Sebastian Lemmer
Andree Welge 6-3 Marko Balzer
Johnny Okken 6-2 Patrick Bulen
Stuart Bousfield 6-2 Par Riihonen
Rocco Maes 6-3 Erwin Renkema
Christian van Overdijk 6-4 Romano Ruggeri
Carsten Becker 6-2 Christian Kallinger
Sebastijan Pecjak 6-0 Frank Liebeton
Mensur Suljovic 6-5 Adrian Gray
Hannes Schnier 6-4 Darren Johnson
Robert Treffers 6-0 Norbert Dubbert
Kai Nithammer 6-5 Jon Archer
Maik Langendorf 6-0 Sven Oliver Beut
Gerhart Kremer 6-5 Christian Bober
Ingo Vogt 6-5 Michael Wolf
Barry Zander 6-5 Erwin Valks
Joe Cullen 6-3 Johann Honner
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-0 Gary Barnett
Gary Blades 6-0 Dave Ahmet
Carlos Rodriguez 6-5 Freddy de Geus
Antonio Alcinas 6-1 Dennis Koenen
Richard van Zijtveld 6-4 Jorg Neuwohner
Kieran Leal 6-2 Rolf Kaiser
First Round
Phil Taylor (1) 6-3 Tomas Seyler
Brendan Dolan 6-1 Andy Relf
Alex Roy (32) 6-2 Ron de Pijper
Kevin McDine 6-4 Kryzsztof Kcuik
Vincent van der Voort (16) 6-3 Dick van Dijk
Ryan de Vreede 6-1 Markus Riether
Steve Beaton (17) 6-1 Ali Dursun
Steve Evans 6-1 Helmut Bergoed
Adrian Lewis (8) 6-0 Detlef Barchanowitz
Dylan Duo 6-2 Christian Kruger
Andy Smith (25) 6-0 Rudiger Lohse
Mark Webster 6-4 Johann de Tree
Colin Lloyd (9) 6-4 Steve Hine
Wim Mink 6-4 Bobby Biemans
Wes Newton (24) 6-0 Christop Stehmann
Mario Masurka 6-1 Norbert Grimm
Terry Jenkins (5) 6-0 Mark Stephenson
Michael Klonhammer 6-2 Christoph Niederreiter
Michael van Gerwen (28) 6-0 Michael Hahn
Andree Welge 6-3 Stefanie Luck
Alan Tabern (12) 6-0 Mirko Wunder
Mark Carter Bye (Peter van der Broek timed out)
Wayne Jones (21) 6-3 Matt Clark
Stuart Bousfield 6-1 Johnny Okken
John Part (4) 6-0 Mike Roberts
Colin Monk 6-2 Michael Mehrer
Peter Wright 6-5 Tony Eccles (29)
Christian van Overdijk 6-3 Rocco Maes
Andy Hamilton (13) 6-2 Marko Puls
Paul Nicholson 6-1 Chris Thompson
Peter Manley (20) 6-0 Oliver Fricke
Sebastijan Pecjak 6-0 Carsten Becker
Raymond van Barneveld (2) 6-2 Bryan de Hoog
Steve Grubb 6-1 Mick McGowan
Barrie Bates (31) 6-0 Detlev Haut
Mensur Suljovic 6-4 Hannes Schnier
Robert Thornton (15) 6-1 James Adams-Dosch
Jyhan Artut 6-4 Marko Jovanovic
Denis Ovens (18) 6-2 Brian Jones
Andries Sterk 6-3 Robert Treffers
Ronnie Baxter (7) 6-2 Nick Fullwell
Dave Ladley 6-1 Ralf Landsmann
Co Stompe (26) 6-1 Reinhard Timmermann
Maik Langendorf 6-3 Kai Nithammer
Colin Osborne (10) 6-3 Remco van Eijden
Axel Vollmer 6-5 Klaus Dusterhus
Jamie Caven (23) 6-1 Kevin Wensink
Ingo Vogt 6-3 Gerard Kremer
Mervyn King (6) 6-1 Braulio Roncero
Julio Barbero Gonzalez 6-0 Hans Pfaff
Kirk Shepherd (27) 6-4 Willem Kralt
Joe Cullen 6-5 Barry Zander
Mark Walsh (11) 6-4 Olaf Fiss
Marko Kantele 6-4 Michael Rosenauer
Jelle Klaasen (22) 6-0 Thomas Gerock
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-2 Gary Blades
James Wade (3) 6-2 Jan van der Rassel
Bernd Roith 6-5 Steve Maish
Roland Scholten (30) 6-3 Darren Latham
Antonio Alcinas 6-2 Carlos Rodriguez
Kevin Painter (14) 6-0 Arron Monk
Toon Greebe 6-0 Co Stompe Jnr
Mark Dudbridge (19) 6-3 Kevin Munch
Richard van Zijtveld 6-3 Kieran Leal
Second Round
Phil Taylor 6-3 Brendan Dolan
Kevin McDine 6-2 Alex Roy
Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Ryan de Vreede
Steve Beaton 6-0 Steve Evans
Adrian Lewis 6-2 Dylan Duo
Andy Smith 6-2 Mark Webster
Wim Mink 6-4 Colin Lloyd
Wes Newton 6-2 Mario Masurka
Terry Jenkins 6-1 Michael Klonhammer
Andree Welge 6-2 Michael van Gerwen
Alan Tabern 6-1 Mark Carter
Wayne Jones 6-0 Stuart Bousfield
John Part 6-3 Colin Monk
Peter Wright 6-2 Christian van Overdijk
Paul Nicholson 6-3 Andy Hamilton
Sebastijan Pecjak 6-2 Peter Manley
Raymond van Barneveld 6-2 Steve Grubb
Barrie Bates 6-2 Mensur Suljovic
Robert Thornton 6-4 Jyhan Artut
Denis Ovens 6-2 Andries Sterk
Ronnie Baxter 6-3 Dave Ladley
Co Stompe 6-2 Maik Langendorf
Colin Osborne 6-1 Axel Vollmer
Jamie Caven 6-1 Ingo Vogt
Mervyn King 6-2 Julio Barbero Gonzalez
Kirk Shepherd 6-3 Joe Cullen
Mark Walsh 6-0 Marko Kantele
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-5 Jelle Klaasen
James Wade 6-2 Bernd Roith
Roland Scholten 6-0 Antonio Alcinas
Toon Greebe 6-4 Kevin Painter
Mark Dudbridge 6-1 Richard van Zijtveld
Losers £500
Third Round
Phil Taylor 6-1 Kevin McDine
Vincent van der Voort 6-5 Steve Beaton
Adrian Lewis 6-5 Andy Smith
Wes Newton 6-0 Wim Mink
Terry Jenkins 6-3 Andree Welge
Alan Tabern 6-2 Wayne Jones
John Part 6-3 Peter Wright
Paul Nicholson 6-3 Sebastijan Pecjak
Raymond van Barneveld 6-2 Barrie Bates
Denis Ovens 6-4 Robert Thornton
Ronnie Baxter 6-3 Co Stompe
Colin Osborne 6-4 Jamie Caven
Mervyn King 6-4 Kirk Shepherd
Mark Walsh 6-4 Krzysztof Ratajski
James Wade 6-1 Roland Scholten
Toon Greebe 6-4 Mark Dudbridge
Losers £1,000
Fourth Round
Phil Taylor 6-1 Vincent van der Voort
Adrian Lewis 6-2 Wes Newton
Terry Jenkins 6-5 Alan Tabern
Paul Nicholson 6-1 John Part
Raymond van Barneveld 6-3 Denis Ovens
Ronnie Baxter 6-2 Colin Osborne
Mervyn King 6-3 Mark Walsh
James Wade 6-3 Toon Greebe
Losers £2,000
Quarter-Finals (Sunday 12pm)
Phil Taylor v Adrian Lewis
Terry Jenkins v Paul Nicholson
Raymond van Barneveld v Ronnie Baxter
Mervyn King v James Wade
Losers £3,000
Best of 15 legs
Semi-Finals
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Losers £5,000
Best of 17 legs
Final
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Winner £20,000
Runner-Up £10,000
Best of 21 legs
Prize Fund
Winner: £20,000
Runner-Up: £10,000
3rd-4th: £5,000
5th-8th: £3,000
9th-16th: £2,000
17th-32nd: £1,000
33rd-64th: £500