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Nathan Aspinall became the latest seed to fall at the PDC World Championship, but 20-year-old Charlie Manby continued his dream run by reaching the last 16. <\/p>\n
Aspinall, who reached the semi-finals in 2019 and 2020, lost 4-3 in a final-set thriller against the Netherlands’ Kevin Doets.<\/p>\n
The 15th seed won the first and third sets, but was pegged back on both occasions, only to seize control again with a stunning 170 checkout to claim the fifth set.<\/p>\n
However, from there, Doets took over, reeling off sixth consecutive legs to seal a sixth straight win over Aspinall and set up a last-16 tie against world number two Luke Humphries on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Manby, who is playing in the tournament for the first time, overcame Ricky Evans 4-2. <\/p>\n
The bricklayer from Huddersfield struggled on his doubles early on, taking out just four of 30 attempts in the first three sets as he went 2-1 down.<\/p>\n
Scoring was never an issue though and his accuracy on the checkouts improved, alongside a drop-off from Evans, as he sealed a place in round four and a minimum \u00a360,000 in prize money. <\/p>\n
He will face the Netherlands’ Gian van Veen in the next round in what will be his toughest test so far, with the 10th seed having the tournament-high match average of 108.28 in his second-round win. <\/p>\n
After the match, Evans posted on Facebook that he had received death threats as well as hate and fat jokes. <\/p>\n
Another debutant also progressed with Somerset’s Justin Hood beating Ryan Meikle 4-1.<\/p>\n
He raced into a 3-0 lead before Meikle pulled a set back but Hood sealed his place and said afterwards that he would not have to work in 2026 after also confirming at least \u00a360,000 in prize money.<\/p>\n
He has climbed to a provisional 63rd in the world rankings already and said post-match he still has aspirations to open a Chinese restaurant one day.<\/p>\n
He will face 11th seed Josh Rock in the last 16, after the Northern Irishman overcame Callan Rydz 4-2 in the final third-round tie. <\/p>\n
Rydz was emotional throughout following the death of his grandfather since his previous match. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n