Littler books quarter-final spot at Saudi Arabia Darts Masters as Leung stuns Noppert

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/littler-luke/0URN6Xks/"]Littler[/a] underlined his status as world number one with a comfortable 6–1 victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lim-paul/zTyH3B2p/"]Lim[/a], who turns 72 next week and became the oldest player to win a match at Ally Pally last month. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leung-man-lok/bi97bfqi/"]Leung[/a], ranked fourth on the Asian tour, delivered the shock of the round by beating tenth-seeded [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noppert-danny/YmMfGEz0/"]Danny Noppert[/a] 6–3. [/p][p]Elsewhere, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-gerwen-michael/SU4UkKsm/"]Michael van Gerwen[/a] swept past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kumar-nitan/v9cfloZD/"]Nitin Kumar[/a] 6–1, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bunting-stephen/xANKMtPG/"]Stephen Bunting[/a] eased to a 6–1 win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/suzuki-toru/QTlOR6KM/"]Toru Goto[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aspinall-nathan/KURJJrU5/"]Nathan Aspinall[/a] matched that score against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ilagan-lourence/6NQofchc/"]Lourence Ilagan[/a]. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/price-gerwyn/8dDDoW0B/"]Gerwyn Price[/a] produced the most one-sided result of the session with a 6–0 whitewash of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/toylo-alexis/SCHc0Vr9/"]Alexis Toylo[/a], before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/humphries-luke/n34VOAWo/"]Luke Humphries[/a] closed out his match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/azemoto-ryusei/0plyQl7d/"]Ryusei Azemoto[/a] at 6–2. [/p][p]The day’s action concluded with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-veen-gian/jgT1AT29/"]Gian van Veen[/a] rounding off the schedule by seeing off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sakai-motomu/bwXXoVMU/"]Motomu Sakai[/a] 6–2 to join the rest of the quarter-finalists. [/p][p][i]More to follow...[/i][/p][h2]Results [/h2][p]Luke Littler 6–1 Paul Lim[/p][p]Man Lok Leung 6–3 Danny Noppert[/p][p]Stephen Bunting 6–1 Toru Goto[/p][p]Nathan Aspinall 6–1 Lourence Ilagan[/p][p]Michael van Gerwen 6–1 Nitin Kumar[/p][p]Gerwyn Price 6–0 Alexis Toylo[/p][p]Luke Humphries 6–2 Ryusei Azemoto[/p][p]Gian van Veen 6–2 Motomu Sakai[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/darts/saudi-arabia/saudi-arabia-darts-masters/"]Follow the Saudi Arabia Darts Masters[/a][/h2]