PDC World Championship: Josh Rock beats Nathan Aspinall in decider
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Josh Rock hit 13 maximums against Nathan Aspinall
Northern Ireland’s Josh Rock won a deciding set to beat England’s Nathan Aspinall 4-3 in the third round of the PDC World Championship.
He produced a 141 finish on the way to taking the opening set, before Aspinall reeled off the next two.
World youth champion Rock went 3-2 up, but his rival bounced back to set up a decider.
Rock took the seventh set 3-1 in legs and said: “There is a lot more to come.”
The 21-year-old hit two consecutive double 20s to go 2-0 up in the deciding set – and then completed the win in a tense finale as Aspinall missed a great chance to level at 2-2.
Needing 16, he missed a dart at double eight and two at double four.
Rock checked out with 70 for victory and told Sky Sports: “I was under a lot of pressure. I dealt with it well and I’m happy.”
He will now play Jonny Clayton after the Welshman was a convincing 4-1 victor over Northern Ireland’s Brendan Dolan.
Belgium’s Dimitri van den Bergh also made it through to the fourth round after beating Poland’s Krzysztof Ratajski 4-1.