The World Champion came through a scrappy encounter with Luke Humphries winning 6-5 hitting five 180's, checkouts of 125 and 88 but only averaged 90 as he was taken to a last leg decider by 'Cool Hand Luke' who based off this weekend has a bright future in
PDC darts.
Gurney on the other hand who will face Cross later this evening performed well beating Ian White 6-4 averaging 102 in the process in one of the performances of the tournament so far. It was an almost flawless display from the World Grand Prix champion who hit 75% of his doubles and 15 scores of 130 or more in the 10 legs played.
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Afternoon Session (12pm-4pm)
Third Round
Michael Smith (91.08) 1-6 (97.8) James Wade
Mensur Suljovic (100.88) 2-6 (102.25) Max Hopp
Joe Cullen (92.97) 6-0 (84.52) Steve West
Peter Wright (102.48) 6-0 (87.89) Alan Tabern
Rob Cross (90.26) 6-5 (85.74) Luke Humphries
Daryl Gurney (102.33) 6-4 (101.02) Ian White
Keegan Brown v Darren Webster
Michael van Gerwen v Alan Norris