With the two preceding matches meandering into soap-opera excess, Littler arrived like a coiled spring finally given permission to jettison into the air...

In another white-knuckle Ally Pally classic, the sole remaining Welshman in the tournament eventually galloped home in a deciding set...

As you might gather for our name Darts World has always championed darts at every level and across the globe. The recent surges and resultant stories have been truly remarkable....

Last – but by absolutely no means least – we arrive at section four ...a section that reads less like a pathway and more like a bare-knuckle alley fight.

[A] quarter dripping in pedigree, pace and peril, headlined by the man who only recently wore the twin crowns of World Champion and world number one …

On paper, two names glow brighter than the rest. In reality, this section has teeth. Big ones...

From the original field, barely half the seeded royalty have managed to justify that comforting little number in brackets beside their name...