MICHAEL VAN GERWEN and Gary Anderson secured their passage to the quarter-finals.

JAMES WADE produced a sensational comeback from 3-1 down to defeat Keegan Brown 4-3 in the third round.

BRENDAN DOLAN battled his way to a 4-2 win over Mervyn King to reach the last 16.

CHRIS DOBEY reached the last 16 of the William Hill World Darts Championship for the first time.

REIGNING William Hill World Darts Champion Rob Cross continued his title defence with a straight sets victory over Cristo Reyes.

GARY ANDERSON survived a scare against Jermaine Wattimena on a dramatic day​​​​​​​ at the World Championship.

NATHAN ASPINALL dumped out Gerwyn Price and Devon Petersen shocked Ian White on an incredible Day Nine.

RYAN SEARLE claimed a shock 3-1 win over seventh seed Mensur Suljovic in the second round.

ADRIAN LEWIS began his quest for a third world title with a 3-0 win over Ted Evetts.

MERVYN KING came through a tie-break to defeat Jan Dekker 3-2 in the second round.