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Former winner Rob Cross cruised through at the PDC World Championship and set up a last-16 tie against defending champion Luke Littler.<\/b><\/p>\n
Cross, who won the event in 2018, brushed aside Australian and 16th seed Damon Heta in a comfortable 4-0 win. <\/p>\n
The 17th seed was joined in round four by two-time winner Gary Anderson, who edged a final-set thriller against Dutchman Gary Wattimena. <\/p>\n
Scot Anderson went 3-1 up in a game played at a ferocious pace, and was impressive in averaging 121 in set three.<\/p>\n
He missed three match darts in the fourth set, hitting double eight with his first dart with 32 required, before missing the same target twice. <\/p>\n
Wattimena powered back and forced a final set, despite Anderson missing more match darts at tops in set four.<\/p>\n
Anderson went eight darts into the nine-darter in the final set, before going high on the double 12, and eventually claimed the set 5-3 to continue his quest to be the tournament’s oldest winner at 55.<\/p>\n
He averaged 102.24 – the eighth-highest average in this year’s tournament – and was at 37.5% on the checkouts. <\/p>\n
“It’s no good for my age. It’s hard, especially with Jermaine on you. What a game,” Anderson told Sky Sports. <\/p>\n
“The last two games, 4-0, 4-0. I hope that’s made up for it. I’m going to lie down now.<\/p>\n
“I bottled the nine-darter, like I bottled a lot of doubles. I was getting excited, I don’t often do that up there. But I got it done.”<\/p>\n
Sunday’s action began with 20th seed Ryan Searle reaching the fourth round for the first time since 2021 with a 4-0 demolition of Germany’s Martin Schindler. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n