Overview
- Van Veen advanced after averaging 98.48 and landing nine 180s in the fourth round at Alexandra Palace.
- He is now the only Dutch player left in the tournament and the eighth from the Netherlands ever to make the quarterfinals.
- The quarterfinal against former world champion Luke Humphries is scheduled for January 1.
- This run lifts Van Veen virtually to fifth in the world rankings and moves him closer to the £1 million winner’s prize.
- Before this year’s event, Van Veen had never progressed beyond the last 64 at the World Championship.