Luke Littler silenced a partisan Amsterdam crowd to beat residence favorite Raymond Van Barneveld 6-4 to achieve the quarter-finals on the World Collection of Darts Finals.
Littler broke Van Barneveld within the third leg and held onto his throw for the rest of the match to guide his place within the subsequent spherical.
The 17-year-old’s bid to scoop the £80,000 high prize continues on Sunday, with Chris Dobey up subsequent after he posted a mean of 103.94 to beat Boris Krcmar 6-4.
“I’m overwhelmed to get over the line,” Littler stated. “The crowd were very good. It made me pick my game up even more, I enjoyed it.
“Every time I attempted to go forward, Raymond would hit 180, 140 and put stress on my ending. I am simply glad to hit these pictures and recover from the road.
“As soon as I broke Raymond’s throw to move two legs ahead, I just needed to hold my throw three or four times to win.”
Reigning world champion Luke Humphries beat Damon Heta 6-5 to arrange a quarter-final in opposition to Michael van Gerwen, who beat compatriot Danny Noppert 6-3.
Michael Smith survived six match darts from Wessel Nijman to achieve the quarter-finals after a nail-biting 6-5 win.
Kevin Doets missed three match darts in opposition to Rob Cross and was punished as the previous world champion hit a shocking 161 checkout to sealed a shocking comeback 6-5 victory.
Elsewhere, Daryl Gurney beat Gerwyn Value 6-3 and Peter Wright coasted previous Jeff Smith 6-2 to achieve Sunday’s finale in Amsterdam.
World Collection of Darts Finals: Sunday schedule
Afternoon Session (11.45am BST)
Quarter-Finals
Luke Littler v Chris Dobey
Luke Humphries v Michael van Gerwen
Daryl Gurney v Peter Wright
Rob Cross v Michael Smith
Night Session (6pm BST)
Semi-Finals
Littler/Dobey v Humphries/Van Gerwen
Gurney/Wright v Cross/Smith
Last
Littler/Dobey/Humphries/Van Gerwen v Gurney/Wright v Cross/Smith
