Luke Littler's World Matchplay rubric defence continued with a straightforward 16-7 quarter-final triumph implicit Josh Rock successful Blackpool.
Rock initially kept gait with the satellite fig 1 arsenic the players traded breaks to scope 5-5.
But aft 19-year-old Littler reeled disconnected 5 legs successful a row, determination proved to beryllium nary mode backmost for Rock arsenic the defending champion, successful dazzling form, cruised into the semi-finals.
After throwing 17 180s with a scoring mean of 109.57, Littler said: "At the minute, everything's going to plan."
The teen added: "I consciousness good. I tin spend to miss a fewer doubles due to the fact that the scoring's there.
"Once again different superb performance, but just play to Josh, helium enactment up a bully fight."
Littler volition play unseeded Dirk van Duijvenbode of the Netherlands successful Saturday's semi-final.
Earlier connected Thursday evening, tourney outsider Van Duijvenbode survived a precocious surge by Gary Anderson to scope his archetypal Matchplay semi-final.
Anderson, the 2018 World Matchplay champion, threatened to adjacent an eight-leg shortage with a good precocious show including a 154 checkout, but Van Duijvenbode held connected for a 16-13 win.
Reflecting connected his second-round tie-break triumph implicit Michael van Gerwen, Van Duijvenbode had said that shaking "like a small kid crying for his mum" allowed his compatriot backmost into lucifer aft starring 8-4.
After starring 8-4 again connected Thursday, Van Duijvenbode dropped 2 consecutive legs but past stormed into a 14-6 pb by winning the adjacent six without reply.
However, it would beryllium a further 9 legs until Van Duijvenbode won the necktie arsenic a resurgent Anderson pushed him hard.
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