Sunday 26 October 2014 22:14, UK
Stephen Bunting shocked Phil Taylor 10-9 in the second round of the European Championship in Muelheim, Germany.
Bunting narrowly missed a nine-darter on his way to victory over the 16-time world champion, but held his nerve to secure one of the biggest wins of his PDC career.
Both players averaged over 100 in one of the best games of the event so far, with the opening 10 legs in the best-of-19 match producing 13 maximums.
Bunting missed double-seven to win the match at 9-8, Taylor levelling the scores and then taking an early advantage in the decider.
But Bunting hit a key 180 - his 10th of the match - and then finished on 68 to defeat Taylor and move into Sunday's quarter-finals.
Michael van Gerwen was pushed all the way by Brendan Dolan before beating the Irishman 10-8 to claim a place in the last-eight, where he was joined by fellow Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld, who beat Vincent van der Voort 10-7.
Jelle Klaasen made it three Dutchmen in the last eight with an impressive 10-7 win over Jamie Caven, the former Lakeside world champion hitting 10 maximums in a heavy-scoring match.
"I played better than in the first round and it's good to be through," Klaasen said. "I played well at the end of the game.
"Maybe I should have been 6-4 up instead of 6-4 down, but after that I played brilliant - I was scoring well and at the end I finished pretty well.
"Away from the big stage I'm sometimes averaging over 110, but it's different up on stage and it's getting better on stage for me and I feel more confident.
"I've got to finish better than I did here in the quarter-finals but I feel good and I'm focused."
Peter Wright eased past Kim Huybrechts 10-5, Dave Chisnall battled past Ian White 10-9 and Terry Jenkins dug deep to see off Robert Thornton 10-8.
