Gerwyn Price came from behind to defeat Mervyn King on day three of the BoyleSports World Grand Prix.

The defending champion and world number one went a set behind, but reeled off the next three to win 3-1 and book a place in the last eight.

He’ll play Dave Chisnall in the quarter finals, after Chizzy fought back to beat

Elsewhere, Ryan Searle came through a BoyleSports World Grand Prix classic with Luke Humphries, hitting a 170 Big Fish outshot in a 3-1 win.

Heavy Metal will take on Stephen Bunting, who defeated James Wade by the same scoreline.

Iceman keeps crown away from King

Coming into this match, with Peter Wright and Michael van Gerwen departing yesterday, The Iceman wanted to make a statement that he is the man to beat this week in Leicester.

Price began the match with a 115 outshot, before King held to level. The Iceman then missed bull for a 72, allowing The King a poke at 109 to break. He hit it on tops and held in the next leg to take a 1-0 lead.

The biggest moment of the match came in the first leg of the second set. King missed five darts to hold, while Price missed four to break. In the end though, the defending champion found double one to break in the opening leg. Both then held, before the world number one found double 11 to level the match at 1-1.

13 and 14 darters gave The Iceman a two leg lead in the third set, but he then missed two darts for a whitewash set. King then pounced, taking out a 56 to break back, before finding double nine to level up the set. Price though kept his cool, hitting tops for a 16 dart hold to go ahead in sets for the first time in the match.

Both held to start the fourth, before King took eight darts to get into the third leg on throw. This allowed Price to cruise to an 18 dart break, before finishing the match on tops to secure his place in the quarter finals.

Chisnall produces remarkable comeback

Chizzy was two sets down, but fought back to defeat Ross Smith 3-2 in a fantastic game to end the night.

Smudger came out of the blocks firing. A 16 dart hold, followed by a 14 dart break, got him two legs in front in the opening set, before hitting a fantastic 152 to close it out and go 1-0 in front, whitewashing Chisnall in the process.

Chizzy eventually won his first leg in the second set, but it was not enough. Three missed darts in the third leg allowed Smith a poke at 56, which he took out to break throw. Despite missing 88 on the bull in the next leg, the debutant cleaned up 25 to take a 2-0 lead in sets.

Chisnall would not go down easily however. Both broke to start the third set, before Smudger missed a dart to go within one of the match. Chizzy hit tops, before an 88 checkout got him back within one. Smudger took the first leg of the fourth set, but a 12 darter for Chisnall brought him a level in the fourth set. 32 darts later, the match was level, as back to back double tops gave Chisnall the fourth set.

Both held to start the deciding set, before Chisnall broke in the third leg to go within one of the match. Smith left himself on 70 to break once again and throw in the deciding leg, but a spectacular 135 from Chisnall completed a stunning comeback.

Searle sees off Humphries in BoyleSports World Grand Prix cracker

Searle hit three ton plus checkouts, including a 170 Big Fish outshot, to defeat Humphries 3-1 in a classic game.

Cool Hand struggled to find doubles to start legs early on, a trait that continued throughout the game. This allowed Searle to race into a two leg lead, before he missing four set darts in the fourth leg. Humphries, who’d held in the third, found double 14 to break and send it to a decider. There, he missed two at double 19, allowing Heavy Metal, who’d just squandered another set dart the previous visit, to eventually hit tops to take a 1-0 lead.

The second set was much more plain sailing for Searle. Finding a 140 finish on tops tops, then a 152 outshot, he once again coasted into a two leg lead. In the third leg, both players missed darts at a double, but Searle punished four missed darts from Humphries to again hit tops and go 2-0 in front.

Both players held twice in the third set, forcing a deciding leg. Under pressure with Searle on double 19, Cool Hand lived up to his nickname, hitting a 56 shot to trail 2-1 in sets. Heavy Metal held at the start of the fourth, before Humphries missed double 16 for a 132 outshot to level. Searle pounced, hitting a stunning 170 Big Fish outshot to go within one of the match.

Humphries fought back to force another deciding leg, but bust 100 and missed two tops to force a fifth set. Searle, who missed bull for the match the previous visit, found tops for a 17 dart hold to bring a brilliant match to a close. It’s Heavy Metal’s first ever quarter final on TV in the PDC.

Bunting beats Wade once again

Bunting came through a tight game with Wade 3-1 to move into the last eight of this event for just the second time in his career.

17 and 18 darters, with Wade missing darts in both of the opening two legs, gave The Bullet a 2-0 lead In the first set. The following leg, he hit a brilliant bull, bull double 16 132 outshot, to take the opening set in spectacular fashion.

Wade responded in the second set. He hit seven perfect darts in leg one, before settling for an 11 darter to hold. Bunting held in 14, before finding a 107 outshot on double 16 to go within one of a two set lead. The Machine, having missed double 18 for a 116 in that leg, then found a 16 dart break, before an excellent 14 dart hold of his own levelled the match at 1-1.

The Bullet though would not be denied. He held in the first leg of the third, before punishing another missed dart at double from Wade, hitting 50 to go 2-0 in front. A 102 outshot in the third leg, his third ton plus of the match, moved him 2-1 ahead.

Back to back 16 darters pushed Bunting on the brink of victory, but he could not find the bull in the third leg to wrap it up. Wade then found a 46 shot to cut the gap to one leg, but bust 61, and then could not take it out again. Bunting, who missed tops for a 151 the previous visit, hit double ten to get over the line.

BoyleSports World Grand Prix Day Three Results

Ryan Searle 3-1 Luke Humphries

Stephen Bunting 3-1 James Wade

Gerwyn Price 3-1 Mervyn King

Ross Smith 3-1 Dave Chisnall

BoyleSports World Grand Prix Day Four Schedule of Play

Wednesday 6 October (1900 BST)

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