World number two, Peter Wright, also made it into the round of eight, with the Scot defeating Englishman Ryan Searle 4-1 in the last match of the day without any problems.
Anderson will now face the Englishman Luke Humphries, he will tackle the encounter as a favorite. Against Cross, 2018 world champion, the Scot at Alexandra Palace had problems in the first set. Then he turned it up and in the end won in the decisive set.
Before that, England’s James Wade (4: 0 against Martijn Kleermaker), Humphries (4: 3 against Chris Dobey), Callan Rydz (4: 1 against Alan Soutar) and Mervyn King (4: 3 against Raymond Smith) had the quarter-finals, which will be held on New Year’s Day, achieved.
In the past few days, the tournament had been massively overshadowed by corona cases. The world association PDC wants to continue the World Cup anyway. Full occupancy in the spectator stands is also still allowed.
Source: Nachrichten
