Overview
- Littler swept Mensur Suljovic 4-0 in the third round, losing only three legs and remaining setless through three matches.
- Rob Cross booked tonight’s fourth‑round meeting with Littler by whitewashing Damon Heta 4-0, capitalizing on Heta’s misses on doubles.
- Gary Anderson edged Jermaine Wattimena 4-3 in a tie‑break thriller, narrowly missing a nine-darter before closing out the decider.
- Ryan Searle blanked Martin Schindler 4-0 with a 102.3 average and has yet to drop a set; he now faces James Hurrell.
- Hurrell eliminated No. 4 seed Stephen Bunting 4-3 as a spate of seeded exits, including Gerwyn Price and James Wade, continued to reshape the draw.