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For the final showdown of the night it's the boy wonder.

Luke Littler takes on Damon Heta imminently.

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Clayton 6-1 Dobey

The defending champ is through, and in some style too.

Jonny Clayton demolishes Chris Dobey 6-1 - with a modest average of 97.19.

But Doby's return was poor at 87.76.

Still, Clayton won't mind that.

Wright 6-5 Lauby

Snakebite somehow finds a way to win this one.

Peter Wright fights off the Americans comeback to secure his spot on finals day.

It went to a deciding leg, and the Scot did it.

Van Gerwen 6-1 de Zwaan

MVG looks unstoppable.

He's destroyed Jeffrey De Zwaan 6-1 in Graz.

A 102.62 average delivered the goods for the Michael, who seems in imperious form.

Another classic

The Austrian Open is bringing out the best in these players.

We've had another thriller as Josh Rock sets up a Last 16 tie against Danny Noppert.

But he was made to work for it - beating Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-5.

Barney's out

Ross Smith has won a belter.

It finished 6-5 to Smudger, who won the deciding leg with a 12-darter against Raymond van Barneveld.

Smith also managed a 105.96 average.

Amazing stuff.

Not so Klose

Daniel Klose was a last-minute entry, but he's wasted no time in progressing to the next round.

He has seen off Andrew Gilding 6-2 in another comfortable win.

The German will feature in the final day's play.

Schindler 6-0 Pietreczko

That's brutal from Martin Schindler.

Fresh from winning his first PDC title, the German thrashes Pikachu in tonight's opener.

He wins all six legs, averaging over 101.

Tonight's action

We've got Littler, MVG, and Barney on tonight - all the favourites.

Jonny Clayton kicks off his title defence against Chris Dobey.

Results from the second round

Here's the results so far at the Austrian Open. The action resumes from 18:00.

Hitting the Beau's eye!

Beau Greaves has overtaken English rival Fallon Sherrock at the top of the PDC Women's Series Order of Merit.

Greaves finally got her season into gear by making the final of all four events last weekend - winning twice.

Greaves is in first place after eight of the 24 Women's Series tournaments with 8,400 pounds.

She took over the lead position from Fallon Sherrock, who recorded a sole run to the final as her best result of the weekend.

The "Queen of the Palace" brought her total prize money to 6900 pounds, keeping Mikuru Suzuki (6300 pounds) and Noa-Lynn van Leuven (5900 pounds) still below her.

Van Gerwen gives Littler nickname

Michael van Gerwen has revealed the cheeky nickname he has given to Luke Littler.

Van Gerwen, 35, and Littler, 17, have beaten each other four times apiece in this year's Premier League, and a fascinating rivalry has developed between the pair in 2024.

Littler's impressive Premier League campaign follows on from his remarkable run to the World Championship final at the turn of the year, and as he moved through the tournament Littler revealed his celebratory meal of choice was a kebab.

Van Gerwen has picked up on that, and has now admitted he cheekily refers to Littler as 'kebab boy'.

Remaining Round of 32 fixtures

Dave Chisnall vs Brendan Dolan

Ricardo Pietreczko vs Martin Schindler

Daniel Klose vs Andrew Gilding

Ross Smith vs Raymond van Barneveld

Josh Rock vs Dimitri Van den Bergh

Michael van Gerwen vs Jeffrey de Zwaan

Peter Wright vs Danny Lauby II

Jonny Clayton vs Chris Dobey

Damon Heta vs Luke Littler

Order of play

Joe Cullen vs Darius Labanauskas is up next at the Austrian Open after Ryan Searle lost to Gian van Veen 6-5.

Premier League Darts star Rob Cross then takes on Daryl Gurney.

Bunting wins thriller

Fan favourite Stephen Bunting is through to the next round of the Austrian Open.

He beat Richard Veenstra in a match that went down to the final leg, taking the win 6-5.

Gerwyn Price withdraws from Austrian Open due to a trapped nerve in his back

The Welshman was due to face the winner of the match between Andrew Gilding and Dominik Haberl in the second round.

But now Daniel Klose has been called up as a substitute.

Luke Littler caused mayhem on Night 13

Manchester United loyalist Littler was quick to remind Liverpool fans the score in the Merseyside derby as he made his way to the stage on Thursday.

Fans booed Littler as he appeared on stage ahead of his quarter-final clash against Gerwyn Price in Liverpool.

Anyway, Littler got the last laugh.

His 6-2 demolition of Rob Cross in the final put him five points clear at the top of the Premier League table.

Anderson and Humphries absent from Austrian Open

Gary Anderson and Luke Humphries will not be in action this weekend at the Austrian Darts Open.

The PDC reports that the two World Darts Championship winners have withdrawn due to personal reasons.

Anderson just last weekend won the European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen.

While Humphries managed to win the German Darts Grand Prix in Munich in early April.

Both players are already certain of qualifying for the European Darts Championship later this year.

Hitting the Beau's eye!

Beau Greaves has overtaken English rival Fallon Sherrock at the top of the PDC Women's Series Order of Merit.

Greaves finally got her season into gear by making the final of all four events last weekend - winning twice.

Greaves is in first place after eight of the 24 Women's Series tournaments with 8,400 pounds. She took over the lead position from Fallon Sherrock, who recorded a sole run to the final as her best result of the weekend. The "Queen of the Palace" brought her total prize money to 6900 pounds, keeping Mikuru Suzuki (6300 pounds) and Noa-Lynn van Leuven (5900 pounds) still below her.

Premier League table

So Luke Littler leads the way in the Premier League with just three rounds remaining before the play-offs.

Luke Humphries, Nathan Aspinall and Michael van Gerwen prop up the play-off spots as it stands.

Michael Smith is four points behind fourth-place Van Gerwen, with Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price and Peter Wright languishing behind.

Night 14

And here is what is to come in Aberdeen as the Premier League continues next Thursday.

The four quarter-finals are as follows:

• Peter Wright v Michael Smith
• Luke Littler v Nathan Aspinall
• Michael van Gerwen v Rob Cross
• Gerwyn Price v Luke Humphries

Night 13 results

Here are the results from Thursday's night in Liverpool...

• Luke Littler 6-3 Gerwyn Price
• Luke Humphries 2-6 Nathan Aspinall
• Peter Wright 3-6 Michael van Gerwen
• Michael Smith 4-6 Rob Cross

Semi-finals

• Luke Littler 6-5 Nathan Aspinall
• Michael van Gerwen 2-6 Rob Cross

Finals

• Luke Littler 6-2 Rob Cross