Dave Chisnall could not recreate the form that saw him dump out Phil Taylor as Andy Hamilton cruised into the quarter-finals of the PDC World Championship Darts.
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Chisnall’s dream debut at the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship ended on Thursday as Hamilton eased to a 4-0 win at Alexandra Palace.
Chisnall created history on Tuesday night with a 4-1 defeat of 15-time World Champion Phil Taylor, but his hopes of following that with his first major title were shattered by Hamilton.
The St Helens ace failed to reproduce the clinical finishing which had proved the difference against Taylor as another Stoke ace, Hamilton, took full advantage.
Hamilton will now meet Kim Huybrechts in the quarter-finals on Friday afternoon.
The 2011 runner-up Gary Anderson finally hit top gear for the first time in the 2012 tournament with a thrilling 4-1 win over Essex's Colin Lloyd.
The Scot hit a ten-dart finish and two 11-darters as well as ten 180s in a brilliant display which included one set that lasted only four minutes and 13 seconds and used 36 darts!
Anderson now meets 2010 runner-up Simon Whitlock in the last eight on Friday night, after the Australian held off Michael van Gerwen's superb fightback.
Whitlock, continuing to play through the pain of his recovering broken ankle, took ten of the game's first 11 legs to open up a three-set lead before van Gerwen overcame his early double trouble to hit back.
The 22-year-old Dutchman won the next three sets to level, but crucially missed two darts to win the opening leg of the decider, and Whitlock pounced to take victory.
Earlier on Thursday, PDC big guns James Wade and John Part set up a tasty quarter-final clash and Huybrechts stunned Paul Nicholson at Alexandra Palace.
