Three-time champion Michael van Gerwen can also be by means of to spherical 4 after a 4-2 win over thirtieth seed Brendan Dolan.
Northern Eire’s Dolan received the opening set on throw, earlier than Dutchman Van Gerwen claimed the second.
That began a run of eight legs on the spin to place the third seed 3-1 up.
He was in scintillating type within the fourth set, averaging 118.66, however that dropped to only 84 within the fifth set received by Dolan.
Van Gerwen threw some wayward darts within the subsequent set and was once more responsible of lacking doubles, earlier than he sealed the win.
The sport summed up Van Gerwen’s yr – chic moments but in addition lapses that might doubtless be punished by the perfect because the match progresses.
He’ll face Sweden’s Jeffrey de Graaf or Paolo Nebrida from the Philippines, who’re each unseeded, in spherical 4.
“It was powerful, it was actually laborious and a very troublesome sport,” Van Gerwen informed Sky Sports activities.
“All people can see he by no means provides up and it’s important to attempt to punish him on the proper moments, and I wasn’t able to doing it.
“There’s a whole lot of work nonetheless to do and I do know I am able to doing it. I am trying ahead to the following spherical and let it roll on.”
The opening sport of the night noticed fifteenth seed Chris Dobey beat 18th seed Josh Rock 4-2.
Northern Eire’s Rock led 1-0 and 2-1 earlier than Dobey improved and obtained into his groove because the match progressed.
He received the fourth set 3-0, earlier than Rock missed set darts on double tops within the fifth.
Dobey then received the sixth set with a double-double end, to arrange a fourth-round tie towards the Netherlands’ Kevin Doets or Poland’s Krzysztof Ratajski.
Many had predicted an in depth match with simply £250 splitting the pair within the PDC’s Order of Benefit and it performed out like that, however Dobey’s constant scoring – he averaged 97.29 – and a checkout share of 45.2 noticed him by means of.
The afternoon session noticed Joyce shock twentieth seed Ryan Searle, whereas Ricardo Pietreczko and twelfth seed Nathan Aspinall additionally progressed.