The title favorite and final yr’s runner-up didn’t have issues all his personal approach in opposition to ‘The Diamond’ Ian White in Saturday evening’s eventful night session at Alexandra Palace after one other sluggish begin and a few uncharacteristic struggles on the doubles, however recovered to hit 12 maximums in complete and wrap up a powerful 4-1 victory.
Littler now strikes on to a first-ever assembly with Ryan Joyce in spherical 4, after the latter edged twentieth seed Ryan Searle in a thriller earlier on day 11.
Michael van Gerwen can be into the final 16 after holding off a spirited fightback from Brendan Dolan, whereas Chris Dobey outlasted Josh Rock in an entertaining conflict.
Marching on: Luke Littler beat Ian White to succeed in the final 16 on the World Darts Championship
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twelfth seed Nathan Aspinall made gentle work of Andrew Gilding, after Ricardo Pietreczko had eased previous Scott Williams.
There’s extra thrilling motion arising on Sunday at Ally Pally, with defending champion Luke Humphries in a doubtlessly feisty encounter in opposition to rival and two-time winner Peter ‘Snakebite’ Wright. Gerwyn Value additionally meets Jonny Clayton for a spot within the quarter-finals.
World Darts Championship schedule
(Seeds in brackets, all instances GMT)
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Jeffrey de Graaf vs Paolo Nebrida
Kevin Doets vs Krzysztof Ratajski (31)
(11) Dimitri van den Bergh vs Callan Rydz
Ricky Evans vs Robert Owen
Jonny Clayton vs Gerwyn Value
Luke Humphries vs Peter Wright
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Thursday, January 2 (7.30pm)
World Darts Championship outcomes
Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont
Keane Barry 3-0 Kim Huybrechts
(1) Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Wesley Plaisier 3-2 Ryusei Azemoto
Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Lourence Ilagan
Alan Soutar 1-3 Kai Gotthardt
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 James Wade (16)
Niels Zonneveld 1-3 Robert Owen
Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb
Cameron Menzies 3-1 Leonard Gates
(10) Gerwyn Value 3-0 Keane Barry
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Lengthy
Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas
Luke Woodhouse 3-1 Mike De Decker
Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting
Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong
Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock
(17) Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier
Paolo Nebrida 3-2 Jim Williams
Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist
Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers
(12) Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Leonard Gates
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee
Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac
Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar
(27) Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen
Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz
Mensur Suljovic 2-3 Matt Campbell
Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer
(2) Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Alexander Merkx 3-0 vs Stephen Burton
Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen
Ian White bt Sandro Eric Sosing (walkover)
(8) Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt
Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto
Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan
William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin
(3) Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin
Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo
(30) Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee
(15) Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx
(13) Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce
(32) Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Nick Kenny
(4) Luke Littler 3-1 Ryan Meikle
(9) Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(20) Ryan Searle 3-0 Matt Campbell
(25) Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma
(23) Joe Cullen 3-0 Wessel Nijman
(29) Ritchie Edhouse 1-3 Ian White
(22) Martin Schindler 0-3 Callan Rydz
(19) Ross Smith 0-3 Paolo Nebrida
(14) Gary Anderson 0-3 Jeffrey de Graaf
(11) Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-0 Dylan Slevin
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(31) Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Alexis Toylo
(21) Andrew Gilding 3-1 Martin Lukeman
(18) Josh Rock 3-0 Rhys Griffin
(7) Jonny Clayton 3-2 Mickey Mansell
(28) Gian van Veen 1-3 Ricardo Pietreczko
(26) Daryl Gurney 3-2 Florian Hempel
(6) Dave Chisnall 2-3 Ricky Evans
(5) Rob Cross 1-3 Scott Williams
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(9) Damon Heta 3-4 Luke Woodhouse
(7) Jonny Clayton 4-3 Daryl Gurney (26)
(8) Stephen Bunting 4-1 Madars Razma
(10) Gerwyn Value 4-3 Joe Cullen (23)
Jermaine Wattimena 2-4 Peter Wright (17)
(1) Luke Humphries 4-0 Nick Kenny
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Ryan Joyce 4-3 Ryan Searle (20)
Scott Williams 1-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
(12) Nathan Aspinall 4-0 Andrew Gilding (21)
(15) Chris Dobey 4-2 Josh Rock (18)
(3) Michael van Gerwen 4-2 Brendan Dolan (30)
(4) Luke Littler 4-1 Ian White
Easy methods to watch the World Darts Championship
TV channel: The match can be lined stay in full on Sky Sports activities. Each the afternoon and night periods can be proven on Sky Sports activities Darts, with many periods additionally on Sky Sports activities Principal Occasion.
Dwell stream: Sky Sports activities subscribers may also be capable of watch on a stay stream on-line by way of the Sky Go app.
World Darts Championship newest odds
Odds through Betfair (topic to alter).
