The two took one more set each before van Gerwen won the deciding set 3—1 to qualify for the semi-final.
In the second quarter, the fourth seed, Daryl Gurney , was eliminated in the second round by John Henderson. Van den Bergh took the next three sets in succession, setting up a decider which Cross won 3—1, hitting double one in the final leg to qualify for the semi-final.
The two highest-ranked seeds in the third quarter fell early on. Two former world champions, two-time champion Gary Anderson and retiring sixteen-time champion Phil Taylor , met in the last quarter-final.
Taylor took a 4—1 lead after winning six consecutive legs, and despite Anderson winning the next two sets, Taylor took advantage of missed darts in the eighth set to triumph, 5—3.
The semi-final between Taylor and Lewis was the first to be played, and, despite Lewis winning the first set, Taylor took the next three, with Lewis having missed darts in all three sets to have potentially been 4—0 up.
Taylor won the next two sets as well, before Lewis took the first two legs in the seventh set, with Taylor taking advantage of three missed set darts from Lewis to steal the set and qualify for the twenty-first World Darts Championship final in his career.
In the second semi-final, debutant Cross took on reigning world champion van Gerwen. The first eight sets in the match all went with throw, with Cross taking a lead before being pegged back by van Gerwen.
Michael van Gerwen got the first break in the ninth set, taking a 5—4 lead to throw for the match, but Cross fought back to win the tenth set 3—1 to force a deciding set.
In the deciding set — which had to be won by two clear legs until the eleventh leg was reached — Cross missed a match-winning dart at the bull with the score at 3—2, before van Gerwen won two legs in succession to take a 5—4 lead.
With both players under pressure, van Gerwen missed five darts to win the tenth leg, before Cross hit a double 18 to force a sudden death leg.
Both Cross and van Gerwen missed match darts at double 16 before Cross hit double 8 to qualify for the final in his debut entry, [37] becoming the first player to make the final on his debut since Kirk Shepherd in Rob Cross held the first set 3—1, and broke in the second set by the same scoreline, before winning the third set 3—0.
Taylor scored his first set with a 3—0 win in the fourth, before missing a dart at double twelve for a potential perfect nine-dart leg in the first leg of the fifth set.
The draw was made on 26 November The draw for the main round was made live on Sky Sports News on 27 November This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round.
Twenty-four countries were represented in the World Championship, two more than in the previous championship. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
If insufficient players hold a position of the Order of Merit, the PDC will select which players are placed in to which round at the discretion of its board of Directors.
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