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Dolan reigns over King to march on in World Championship

Brendan Dolan is through to the last 16 of the PDC World Championship
Brendan Dolan is through to the last 16 of the PDC World Championship

Brendan Dolan is through to the last 16 of the World Championship after dispatching Mervyn King 4-2 in this afternoon's third round match in Alexandra Palace. 

The unseeded Fermanagh man raced into a two set lead but was hauled back by King over the subsequent two legs. 

However, Dolan responded to break King and take the fifth set on a decider before closing out victory with a 95.73 average, reaching the last 16 for the first time.

Dolan, who saw off 14th seed Joe Cullen in round two, will play either Benito Van De Pas or Toni Alcinas for a place in the last eight.

Ninth seed James Wade produced a fine comeback to beat Keegan Brown 4-3 and secure his place in the last 16 of the PDC World Darts Championship.

Englishman Wade had apologised for controversial post-match comments that he "wanted to really hurt" Japanese opponent Seigo Asada after his previous victory at the Alexandra Palace, blaming his actions on a "hypomanic episode".

Despite enduring a hostile reception from large sections of the crowd and having found himself facing another stern test as Brown moved into a 3-1 lead, there was no repeat of any such outburst.

Wade eventually found his range to take the fifth set 3-0 and went on to progress in the decider against the player who had ended his world title hopes last year.

The 35-year-old from Aldershot will face the impressive Ryan Joyce for a quarter-final place.

James Wade

In Sunday's early match, Chris Dobey battled through 4-3 against Vincent Van der Voort.

After the first four sets went with throw, Dutchman Van der Voort broke twice to lead 3-2.

However, Englishman Dobey recovered with a flawless set to force a decider, and progressed with a 97.87 average to set up a fourth-round match against number-four seed Gary Anderson.

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