Searle loses thriller but Aspinall advances at Worlds

Twentieth effect Ryan Searle is retired of the PDC World Darts Championship aft losing a third-round thriller against Ryan Joyce astatine Alexandra Palace.

Searle fought backmost from 2 sets down and ended the crippled with an mean of 100.97 but Joyce, a quarter-finalist successful 2019, pipped him successful the deciding acceptable to triumph 4-3.

With the seventh acceptable level astatine 2-2, Joyce deed a superb 113 checkout to borderline up and won the adjacent limb against the darts to clinch the win.

He volition present look the victor of Saturday evening's lucifer betwixt teen and 4th effect Luke Littler and Ian White successful the 4th round.

Meanwhile, 12th effect Nathan Aspinall is done to the past 16 for the archetypal clip successful 5 years aft a 4-0 triumph implicit 21st effect Andrew Gilding.

Aspinall's triumph was built connected his ruthlessness connected the doubles with the 33-year-old from Stockport hitting six of his 7 darts astatine the outer successful the opening 2 sets.

Gilding missed 2 darts to triumph the 2nd and was past breached successful the deciding limb of the 3rd erstwhile 'The Asp' took retired 101 - his lone 100-plus checkout of the match.

An mean of 92.17 is good down connected what Aspinall would expect but his six 180s came astatine important times and helium backed it up with a 60% checkout percentage.

Ricardo Pietreczko awaits Aspinall successful the adjacent circular aft helium stormed to a 4-1 triumph implicit Englishman Scott Williams, who reached the semi-finals past year.

The German went 2 sets up and responded superbly to Williams pulling 1 back, averaging 118.66 successful the 4th earlier sealing the triumph with a stylish 121 checkout.

Afternoon league (12:30)

Third round

Ryan Joyce 4-3 Ryan Searle

Scott Williams 1-4 Ricardo Pietreczko

Nathan Aspinall 4-0 Andrew Gilding

Evening Session (19:00)

Third round

Chris Dobey v Josh Rock

Michael van Gerwen v Brendan Dolan

Luke Littler v Ian White

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