PDC World Championship 2021: Gary Anderson sweeps into final four

William Hill PDC World Darts Championship 2021
Venue: Alexandra Palace, London Date: 15 December 2020 - 3 January 2021
Coverage: Daily reports on the BBC Sport website and app, plus live text coverage of the final on 3 January

Gary Anderson booked a possible PDC World Championship semi-final meeting with Michael van Gerwen with a 5-1 win over Dirk van Duijvenbode.

Van Duijvenbode started well, but the match was whipped from under him as Anderson won 10 straight legs.

Two-time winner Anderson landed the first of three match darts at double top at Alexandra Palace to close out.

"It was probably my best performance for a long time, maybe the last two years to be honest," said Anderson.

Asked if he thought he was in the form to win a third world title, the Scot added: "Tomorrow's a different day, I wish it was quite as easy as that. I'm thorough now though and will have a good rest."

World number one and three-time champion Van Gerwen takes on England's Dave Chisnall in the evening session's headline match.

Chisnall is aiming to make the last four for the first time and inflict Van Gerwen's first loss at the last-eight stage of the tournament.

Earlier on Friday, England's Stephen Bunting beat Poland's Krzysztof Ratajski 5-3 to book his place in the last four.

Bunting will play the winner of Welsh third seed Gerwyn Price's meeting with Northern Ireland's Daryl Gurney, which takes place later on Friday.