{"id":4747,"date":"2018-12-28T13:17:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2018-12-29T08:18:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T13:18:29","slug":"brendan-dolan-through-to-pdc-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4747","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Dolan Through to PDC Quarter-Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BrendanDolanDARTSWorldDec2018_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BrendanDolanDARTSWorldDec2018_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BrendanDolanDARTSWorldDec2018_large-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Ireland&#8217;s Brendan Dolan is through to the quarter-finals of the PDC World Darts Championships for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The Fermanagh native got the better of Benito Van De Pas by four sets to one.<\/p>\n<p>He will face Nathan Aspinall in the quarter-finals at Alexander Palace tomorrow afternoon whose remarkable run continued with a 4-3 win over Devon Petersen.<\/p>\n<p>James Wade became the latest high-profile player to be knocked out after losing 4-3 to Ryan Joyce.<\/p>\n<p>The ninth seed had led 3-2 but, despite missing a total of 10 darts to take the match, it was the world number 78 who eventually hit the double four to set up a quarter-final meeting with Michael Van Gerwen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4747\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4747&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4747\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4747&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-4747\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4747&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4747\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland&#8217;s Brendan Dolan is through to the quarter-finals of the PDC World Darts Championships for the first time. 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