Luke Littler silenced a partisan Amsterdam crowd to beat dwelling favorite Raymond Van Barneveld 6-4 to achieve the quarter-finals on the World Collection of Darts Finals.
Littler broke Van Barneveld within the third leg and held onto his throw for the rest of the match to e-book his place within the subsequent spherical.
The 17-year-old’s bid to scoop the £80,000 high prize continues on Sunday, with Chris Dobey up subsequent after he posted a mean of 103.94 to beat Boris Krcmar 6-4.
“I’m overwhelmed to get over the line,” Littler stated. “The crowd were very good. It made me pick my game up even more, I enjoyed it.
“Each time I attempted to go forward, Raymond would hit 180, 140 and put strain on my ending. I am simply glad to hit these photographs and recover from the road.
“As soon as I broke Raymond’s throw to move two legs ahead, I just needed to hold my throw three or four times to win.”
Reigning world champion Luke Humphries beat Damon Heta 6-5 to arrange a quarter-final towards Michael van Gerwen, who beat compatriot Danny Noppert 6-3.
Michael Smith survived six match darts from Wessel Nijman to achieve the quarter-finals after a nail-biting 6-5 win.
Kevin Doets missed three match darts towards Rob Cross and was punished as the previous world champion hit a surprising 161 checkout to sealed a surprising comeback 6-5 victory.
Elsewhere, Daryl Gurney beat Gerwyn Worth 6-3 and Peter Wright coasted previous Jeff Smith 6-2 to achieve Sunday’s finale in Amsterdam.
World Collection of Darts Finals: Sunday schedule
Afternoon Session (11.45am BST)
Quarter-Finals
Luke Littler v Chris Dobey
Luke Humphries v Michael van Gerwen
Daryl Gurney v Peter Wright
Rob Cross v Michael Smith
Night Session (6pm BST)
Semi-Finals
Littler/Dobey v Humphries/Van Gerwen
Gurney/Wright v Cross/Smith
Remaining
Littler/Dobey/Humphries/Van Gerwen v Gurney/Wright v Cross/Smith
