Overview
- Ryan Searle beat Jonny Clayton 5-2 to reach his first World Championship semi-final and is projected to rise to at least world No. 7.
- Gary Anderson defeated debutant Justin Hood 5-2 to make the semi-finals for the eighth time, ending Hood’s breakout run that secured £100,000.
- The evening session opens around 19:20 GMT with reigning champion Luke Littler versus Krzysztof Ratajski, followed by Luke Humphries against Gian van Veen.
- Littler enters as world No. 1 after a fiery fourth-round win where he responded to boos, and his meeting with Ratajski recalls a 2024 incident in which the Pole drank from Littler’s water bottle.
- Humphries faces a familiar test from van Veen, who defeated him multiple times in 2025, including the European Championship final.