World Grand Prix Darts 2024 LIVE RESULTS: Wade THRASHES Price, Humphries and Cross breeze into quarter-finals

BELGIAN WINS! Gary Anderson 2-3 Mike De Decker (0-3)

De Decker checked out in 12 darts with Anderson still needing 405 - to earn his first ever place in a major quarter-final.

Gary Anderson 2-2 Mike De Decker (Sets: 0-2)

Anderson dictated this leg - and took out 85 with De Decker way out.

This set is going all the way.

Anderson needs it to stay alive in this match.

Gary Anderson 1-2 Mike De Decker (Sets: 0-2)

The Belgian's brilliant leg on throw puts him so close...

Gary Anderson 1-1 Mike De Decker (Sets: 0-2)

Anderson responds with a 14-darter to level the leg.

But he must win this set to stay in the match and he's still not at his best.

Gary Anderson 0-1 Mike De Decker (Sets: 0-2)

De Decker holds his throw in 15 darts to open the third set.

SECOND SET OVER! Gary Anderson 2-3 Mike De Decker

Anderson turned a tight fifth leg back in his favour with a 180.

But De Decker was on a 120 finish - and he took out the Shanghai checkout in textbook style to go 2-0 up in sets.

He's now 2-0 up in sets.

Gary Anderson 2-2 Mike De Decker (Sets: 0-1)

A second 180 from Anderson was followed by De Decker missing a single shot at a double.

But the Belgian had a big enough lead to take out the leg, and level the set at 2-2, on his next return to the oche.

Gary Anderson 2-1 Mike De Decker (Sets: 0-1)

De Decker, on throw, was soon pegged back by Anderson.

The Scot got down to finishes of 112 and 56 - which he took out in two.

He's ahead in this set - with De Decker now throwing in the fourth leg to stay in it.

Gary Anderson 1-1 Mike De Decker (Sets: 0-1)

Finally the Scot gets on the board - with only his second shot at a double all match!

Gary Anderson 0-1 Mike De Decker (Sets: 0-1)

A routine bold for the Belgian puts him on top in the second set.

Gary Anderson 0-0 Mike De Decker (Sets: 0-1)

Anderson didn't get a sniff in that first set.

A triple De Decker ploughed straight through the Flying Scotsman.

Surely the Belgian can't keep this sort of form up...

Or can he?

FIRST SET! Gary Anderson 0-3 Mike De Decker

After landing another maximum, De Decker missed his first bid to finish but left himself with double top - which he pounced first time for on his next return to the oche.

Gary Anderson 0-2 Mike De Decker

Anderson and De Decker swapped 180s to get down to finishes.

And the Belgian took it out in two darts.

Gary Anderson 0-1 Mike De Decker

De Decker has broken Anderson with a brilliant first leg.

'If he wasn't playing me he might have won' 

Luke Humphries saw off Ricardo Pietreczko 3-1 and claimed the German was so "fantastic" he might have won - had he faced anyone else!

World no1 Humphries averaged 92 and landed three 180s in making it seven world GP wins in a row.

He also notched a brilliant 130 checkout to clinch the third set after Pietreczko had levelled the match.

The world champ said: “Ricardo played a fantastic game of darts.

“If he played anybody else tonight he might have won the game, but I managed to scrape through in the end."

Tonight's schedule

Gary Anderson launches this evening's last-16 action action against Belgium's Mike De Decker at 7.10pm.

Then comes Gerwyn Price's eagerly-awaited clash with fellow big name James Wade.

Third up is Northern Ireland's Daryl Gurney vs Joe Cullen.

Dave Chisnall then closes the night's matches against Belgian Dimitri Van den Bergh.

Coming up tomorrow tonight

Luke Humphries and Rob Cross hope to reach the World Grand Prix semi-finals tomorrow evening.

But Nathan Aspinall's conqueror Ryan Joyce is out to cause another big shock.

World No 4 Cross takes on fellow Englishman Joyce, ranked 35th.

And Humphries, the top-rated player on the planet, faces Wales' world No 7 Jonny Clayton.

Action in both matches is due to start shortly after 7.10pm on Friday.

Is this the most bungled greeting ever?

Rob Cross and Martin Schindler managed an excruciating cock-up of their pre-match greeting.

They turned what should have been a straightforward fistbump or handshake into an extended mis-communication that looked more like a strange ritual.

As one extended a fist, the other offered a hand, and then vice-versa in .

English ace Cross went on to beat this German rival 3-1 and reach the quarter-finals.

Saving fly-hate Ryan

Ryan Joyce says he'd consider professional help for his fear of flying - if he made it into massive events in the Southern Hemisphere.

The 39-year-old, aka Relentless, faces fellow Englishman Rob Cross in tomorrow's quarter-finals as he eyes a second successive World GP upset win.

Joyce stunned Nathan Aspinall 3-2 in sets last night.

But despite being an oche ace on the rise, he's revealed a hatred of another kind of flights.

However, it's an issue he might tackle head on - if it could boost his career.

Joyce said:"You're talking about something that's completely new to me. I've never been in the position before.

"So just like anything in life, whatever comes at you, you deal with it on the day when it happens. I haven't actually planned anything or thought about it yet."

"If I ever did get to the point where I was picked for a World Series event, for example in America or Australia, it is something that I would have to consider."

'Cue and oche aces deserve more than golfers'

Barry Hearn claims darts and snooker stars shout out-earn golfers.

The Matchroom president reckons oche aces like Luke Littler and table talents like Judd Trump have growing commercial value – aided by their sports thriving in Asia.

Hearn still plays prominent roles in the Professional Darts Corporation and World Snooker Tour.

Each sport has a £500,000 top prize at its World Championship – but that sum has now been matched at the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters.

The 76-year-old told The Barry Hearn Show: “The Middle East has now decided... that snooker is actually very popular in the Middle East. It’s had a rebirth.

"Of course with Saudi, the amount of money they’re putting in, the rebirth is not a minor happening, it’s a major event.

“For my mind, and I’ve got nothing against golf, but I want to see darts and snooker have bigger prize money than golf because I believe it’s worth more money than golf in today’s commercial world.”

Tonight's action

Here are the four last-16 ties taking place this evening.

• Dave Chisnall v Dimitri van den Bergh
• Gary Anderson v Mike de Decker
• Gerwyn Price v James Wade
• Daryl Gurney v Joe Cullen

Humphries on Anderson claims

World champion Luke Humphries has hit back at claims by Gary Anderson that gets "overlooked" due to Luke Littler.

Scot Anderson blasted: “It’s not just being world champion. What has Luke (Humphries) won in the last two years? This is the thing. He has won just about everything.

“He's won so much more, and the boy gets looked over every time, which I think is a load of b****cks to be honest.”

However, Humphries denied that is the case, saying: “I do feel like I've got a lot of credit.

“I don’t feel like the media hasn’t given me credit. I don’t feel that way. I don’t think that any of you guys have not given me credit.

“I just think when you’ve got a superstar (Littler), it’s hard not to go with that. Luke has grown the sport at absolutely incredible levels, he’s making the sport bigger for all of us, let’s be honest.

“If I was 17, 18 and all the attention was on him and not me, then I’d be gutted.”

He'd be flying

Ryan Joyce admitted he’d be a more dangerous player if he didn’t have a fear of flying, writes SunSport's Phil Lanning.

The Geordie ace KO’d Nathan Aspinall 3-2 in a big shock at the World Grand Prix in Leicester last night.

But Joyce then revealed his chances of becoming a bigger darts star have been thwarted because he won’t travel abroad.

He said: “I’m a really dangerous player. I know I can beat any of the top players. I can win this competition.

“Anybody that's watching or listening that doesn't like flying can understand

“Having to get two flights to get to a European tour most of the time living in Newcastle, it's difficult and sometimes just seems easier just not to go.

“At the moment, the furthest I’ve had to travel is only the Czech Republic or Hungary. 

“It’s only maybe two hours on a plane, so that’s not too bad.”

Upcoming darts action

Here's how the rest of the week is looking at the World Grand Prix Darts.

Thursday, October 10 (7pm BST)
4x Second Round matches – order of games TBC

• Gary Anderson vs Mike De Decker
• Gerwyn Price vs James Wade
• Daryl Gurney vs Joe Cullen
• Dave Chisnall vs Dimitri van den Bergh

Friday, October 11 (7pm BST)
Quarter-Finals

• Rob Cross vs Ryan Joyce
• Luke Humphries vs Jonny Clayton

Saturday, October 12 (8.30pm BST)
Semi-Finals

• TBC

Sunday, October 13 (8pm BST)
Final

• TBC

Prize money breakdown

Big money is on offer for the players competing in the Wuhan Open.

The winner will walk away with over £100k, but there are also lucrative sums for other placings.

• Winner – £120,000
• Runner-up – £60,000
• Semi-finalist – £40,000
• Quarter-finalist – £25,000
• Second Round losers – £15,000
• First Round losers – £7,500
• Total – £600,000