World number one Luke Humphries was in clinical form as he earned a comfortable win against Jurjen van der Velde in the last 16 of the Grand Slam of Darts.
The 2023 champion averaged 108.55, hit seven 180s and had a checkout percentage of 76.9% as he won 10-3 in Wolverhampton.
His quarter-final opponent will be Michael Smith, who beat Chris Dobey 10-9 in a dramatic encounter.
Smith was 5-2 down but levelled at 5-5 with a 164 finish, before he went on to take a 9-8 lead.
Gerwyn Price led 5-1 against Martin Schindler, only for the German to reduce the Welshman’s deficit to 7-6.
However, three-time Grand Slam of Darts winner Price, who hit a 170 checkout in the match, took the last three legs for victory.
Wednesday’s results
Ricky Evans 10-9 Luke Woodhouse
Gerwyn Price 10-6 Martin Schindler
Luke Humphries 10-3 Jurjen van der Velde
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Source: BBC
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