Anderson breezes past Petersen with straight sets victory to claim World Championship Quarter-Final spot

Gary Anderson is through to the Quarter-Finals of the 2020/21 PDC World Darts Championship after breezing past Devon Petersen in a straight sets victory.

Petersen played well scoring wise with five 180's and a 94 average but his doubling was his downfall with 4/14 (29%) compared to 12/12 (52%) from 'The Flying Scotsman' who now takes on Dirk van Duijvenbode or Glen Durrant next.

To begin the tie, Anderson had a bounceout going for a 126 and with Petersen unable to pin the same target to hold, ‘The Flying Scotsman’ broke throw and flew into a 2-0 lead on double 10 despite averaging just 83.

The first set was concluded with a clean sweep for Anderson as he flew into an early lead. Petersen though roared back with a break in the form of a 110 checkout and double his lead from there.

He began to pick up steam but Anderson smashed in a 160 checkout out of nowhere to pile pressure onto Petersen to conclude the set.

He didn’t and Anderson pinned double two to suddenly go towards a two set lead after Petersen dominated the set. A 97 checkout saw Anderson claim it 3-2 to suddenly head into a 2-0 lead.

A 70 checkout saw a 14 darter from Petersen to open the set and hold but missed doubles continued to be a problem as he threw away the set in a deciding leg and this handed Anderson daylight.

An 80 checkout followed by Anderson to continue his procession through into the fourth set and a clean sweep followed from there finished with a 64 checkout on double eight.

2021 PDC World Darts Championship schedule

Wednesday December 30

Afternoon Session (12:00 GMT)

Vincent van der Voort (94.81) 2-4 (93.64) Daryl Gurney (1-3, 3-2, 1-3, 1-3, 3-0, 2-3)

Stephen Bunting (97.81) 4-3 (98.15) Ryan Searle (3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 1-3, 3-0, 1-3, 3-2)

Devon Petersen (94.97) 0-4 (95.54) Gary Anderson (0-3, 2-3, 2-3, 0-3)

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