Peter Wright made a winning start to his reign as World Champion with a 10-7 victory over Joe Cullen on Night Two of the 2020 Ladbrokes Masters in Milton Keynes on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Wright continued the form which saw him claim glory at Alexandra Palace on New Year’s Day with a 103.55 average, the highest of the tournament so far, to reach the Masters quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
A high-quality contest featuring five ton-plus checkouts was level at six-all before Wright won four of the last five legs to book his place in Sunday afternoon’s last eight, where the Scot will face Dave Chisnall.<\/p>\n
Night Two saw the remaining four last 16 matches take place, as 2016 Masters runner-up Chisnall came through a tight tussle with Daryl Gurney, winning 10-8 to reach the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
Chisnall, who sported a pair of spectacles on stage for the first time, took out finishes of 100 and 74 to lead 5-2 before world number seven Gurney hit back with checkouts of 117 and 81 to level at 5-5.<\/p>\n
The next six legs were shared to make it 8-8 but four missed double attempts from Gurney across the next two legs were punished by Chisnall, who consigned the Northern Irishman to a third defeat in the first round in as many outings at the event.<\/p>\n
A tight contest saw no more than two legs between the pair throughout, but at 7-7 Anderson struck a crucial 11-dart break of throw and with White unable to reply in kind for the remained of the match, Anderson advanced to the last eight.<\/p>\n
Anderson now plays Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals, after the world number three held off Simon Whitlock’s fightback to win a thriller in a deciding leg.<\/p>\n
Whitlock came from two legs down to lead 4-3, only for the Grand Slam champion to show his quality with a superb six-leg streak to move into a 9-4 advantage.<\/p>\n
The Australian, though, kept the game alive with legs of 12 and 11 darts to spark a run of five straight legs as he forced a decider, but Price proved too strong to move into the last eight.<\/p>\n
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\nSaturday February 1
\nFirst Round
\nDave Chisnall 10-8 Daryl Gurney
\nGary Anderson 10-8 Ian White
\nPeter Wright 10-7 Joe Cullen
\nGerwyn Price 10-9 Simon Whitlock<\/p>\n
\nAfternoon Session (1245 GMT)
\nQuarter-Finals
\nAdrian Lewis v Michael Smith
\nJonny Clayton v Nathan Aspinall
\nGerwyn Price v Gary Anderson
\nPeter Wright v Dave Chisnall<\/p>\n
\nSemi-Finals
\nClayton\/Aspinall v Smith\/Lewis
\nWright\/Chisnall v Price\/Anderson<\/p>\n