Aspinall saw off Ricky Evans in a 5-1 win with the Kettering ace made to pay for ten missed darts at double despite hitting six 180's to produce the scoring element of the tie.
While Cross is also through after seeing off Luke Humphries in a high quality encounter to end the session. He maintains a 100% record of reaching the knockout stage with victory in a winner takes all tie with Luke Humphries.
Humphries himself averaged 102.5 but fell 5-2 with 2/6 on the doubles compared to 41% (5/12) from 'Voltage' who denied the World Youth Champion.
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CROSS WINS!
Brilliant from Rob Cross as he resists a strong display from Luke Humphries to move into the Last 16 here in the 2020 @BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts