Fan favourite Aspinall continues World Matchplay run against familiar rival Noppert

World Matchplay fans' favourite Nathan Aspinall has continued his Blackpool run with an 11-9 win in a gruelling win over Danny Noppert.

A familiar rival as of late, he sealed it with an average of 98 and eight 180's and he is through to a third consecutive World Matchplay Quarter-Final.

Noppert made up a break deficit twice early in the match, but was broken again in the ninth leg after an 11-darter from Aspinall. He held that break for a long time after that.

In the sixteenth leg, Noppert had chances to equalize, but missed two chances on tops. In the eighteenth leg the match was still tied. Aspinall missed one chance at 10-8 before Noppert hit double 12 for 9-9.

However, Noppert could not enjoy the equalizer for long. With a 14-darter, Aspinall broke again, after which the darter from Stockport could throw for the match. Noppert had one more chance to send the match into extra time, but his dart on double 20 went wrong. Aspinall then locked up the match with double 20.

The tournament will be broadcast in full on Sky Sports going between Action and Main Event.

From Saturday, July 15 through Wednesday, July 20, broadcasts will begin around 7 p.m. ET. In addition, on Sunday, July 16, there will be an afternoon session starting at 1 p.m. After the second round, the starting time of the evening sessions moves up one hour.

On Sunday afternoon, July 24, the second edition of the Women's World Matchplay is scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm. Here, eight ladies will compete for the title at the most important women's tournament in the PDC.

After the World Darts Championship, the World Matchplay is the ranking tournament with the largest prize pool at the PDC. A total of 800,000 pounds of prize money is up for grabs at this event.

All 32 participants are guaranteed £10,000 in prize money. This could eventually add up to a check of as much as £200,000 for the darter who gets to lift the Phil Taylor Trophy on Sunday, July 23.