Overview
- The defending champion averaged 107.09 and dropped only three legs, producing the tournament’s second-highest match average to date.
- Littler hit nine 180s and checked out at 71%, calling it the most settled he has felt on the Alexandra Palace stage.
- He has yet to lose a set across three matches in this year’s event as he targets a rare successful title defense.
- World No. 4 Stephen Bunting was eliminated 4-3 by James Hurrell, the biggest seeded casualty of the tournament so far.
- This year’s expanded 128-player championship features a record £5m prize fund and full live coverage on Sky Sports.