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England's Callan Rydz enactment successful a magnificent show to stun 11th effect Dimitri van den Bergh successful the 3rd circular of the PDC World Championship.
Rydz, a quarter-finalist successful 2022, stormed to a 4-0 triumph implicit the the 2020 World Matchplay champion arsenic helium recorded an awesome 105.31 average.
That fig was astatine 115.94 aft a blistering archetypal 2 sets successful which Rydz deed six 180s and made six of his 9 darts astatine treble against a bewildered Van den Bergh.
The Belgian attempted to unit his mode backmost into the contention but Rydz's level was specified that immoderate opportunities were soon snatched from Van den Bergh's grasp.
"I'm implicit the moon. I didn't springiness Dimi a sniff and I've got to bash the aforesaid successful the past 16," Rydz told Sky Sports. "Buzzing with the effect and can't hold to beryllium backmost here."
He volition play the victor of Ricky Evans and Robert Owen, who reason the 3rd circular connected Sunday evening.
Dutchman Kevin Doets survived 4 lucifer darts arsenic helium produced a stirring comeback to bushed 31st effect Krzysztof Ratajski.
Doets, who knocked retired 2nd effect Michael Smith successful the past round, did not person a dart astatine treble successful the archetypal acceptable and recovered himself 2-0 down without winning a leg.
However, helium abruptly burst into beingness to triumph six of the adjacent 7 legs and level the lucifer astatine 2-2 with a 106 checkout.
Ratajski rallied successful the 5th and had 4 darts to triumph the lucifer successful the sixth but failed to instrumentality them.
That allowed Doets to level again, earlier helium took the pb for the archetypal clip astatine 2-1 successful the seventh earlier winning the adjacent to seal it.
Meanwhile, Sweden's Jeffrey de Graaf acceptable up a last-16 necktie with three-time champion Michael van Gerwen aft a convincing 4-1 triumph implicit Paolo Nebrida.
Filipino Nebrida took the archetypal acceptable but De Graaf won the adjacent 4 connected the bounce, finishing with a 10-darter, to advancement from the 3rd circular of the World Championship for the archetypal time.
Afternoon Session
Third round
Jeffrey de Graaf 4-1 Paolo Nebrida
Kevin Doets 4-3 Krzysztof Ratajski
Dimitri van den Bergh 0-4 Callan Rydz
Evening Session (19:00)
Third round
Ricky Evans v Robert Owen
Fourth round
Jonny Clayton v Gerwyn Price
Luke Humphries v Peter Wright
There volition beryllium unrecorded substance commentary connected the evening league from 18:45 GMT connected the BBC Sport website and app.
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