Overview
- Defending champion Luke Littler beat 2018 winner Rob Cross 4-2 to make the last eight, finishing with a 106.58 average and 17 180s.
- It was his first match of this World Championship in which he dropped sets, but he steadied to close out the sixth set for victory.
- Cross produced a 126 bull checkout and later missed a dart at tops to force a decider before Littler replied with a 10-dart leg and held on.
- Sections of the Ally Pally crowd booed, and Littler fired back on stage by saying ticket buyers "pay for my prize money," a remark that drew further jeers and mixed reaction.
- He will face the winner of Luke Woodhouse vs Krzysztof Ratajski next as he chases a repeat title in an expanded event offering £1m to the champion.