Luke Littler reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Darts Masters as he aims to win his eighth PDC title of the year.
The 17-year-old, whose tournament victories in 2024 include Premier League Darts, beat local qualifier Rob Modra 6-2 in Wollongong to set up a last-eight meeting with Michael Smith on Saturday.
Modra missed a dart to level his match with Littler at 3-3 and the top seed made his opponent pay to remain in the hunt for a third World Series title of 2024, after the Bahrain Masters and Poland Masters.
Smith earlier defeated Stuart Coburn 6-2 – bookending his victory with ton-plus finishes – while there was also a routine win for world No 1 Luke Humphries, who clinched a 6-1 demolition of Joe Comito with a 120 checkout.
The eight PDC players – Littler, Smith, Humphries, Gerwyn Price, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Peter Wright, Damon Heta and Rob Cross – earned their spots via the World Series order of merit.
They were joined in the competition by eight regional qualifiers, including 2010 World Championship runner-up Simon Whitlock.
The tournament reaches a conclusion on Saturday, with the best-of-11-leg quarter-finals followed by best-of-13-leg semi-finals before the final is a best-of-15-leg match.
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-1 Jeremy Fagg
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Brenton Lloyd
Michael Smith 6-2 Stuart Coburn
Luke Humphries 6-1 Joe Comito
Luke Littler 6-2 Rob Modra
Peter Wright vs Simon Whitlock
Damon Heta vs John Hurring
Rob Cross vs Haupai Puha
Luke Littler vs Michael Smith
Luke Humphries vs Dimitri Van den Bergh
Rob Cross/Haupai Puha vs Peter Wright/Simon Whitlock
Gerwyn Price vs Damon Heta/John Hurring
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