Luke Littler eliminated Andrew Gilding in a thriller to start the night. Josh Rock and Gerwyn Price are playing next, in what should be another good contest.

Day 7 on Friday features Luke Littler, Gerwyn Price, Josh Rock and Andrew Gilding.

All four players will be hoping to advance to the semifinal round, which starts on Saturday.

Day 7 live coverage & updates (evening session)

Real-time coverage from the games can be found below

Gerwyn Price vs. Josh Rock

10:31 p.m. – Price finds a leg to end session #4, still trailing, 9-11.

10:27 p.m. – Rock finds a key break of throw, now leading 10-8 over Price.

10:18 p.m. – Session #3 was filled with more high-quality play. Gerwyn Price hit the tournament’s first 170 ‘Big Fish’ checkout. Rock was outscored in the session, but still leads, 8-7.

10:06 p.m. – Josh Rock finishes session #2 strong, finding some daylight, with a 6-4 lead going into the break.

10:03 p.m. – Josh Rock finds a 110 finish to tie the game at 4-4.

9:53 p.m. – Josh Rock leads 3-2 after mini-session #1. One of his legs won in the session was done via a 120 ‘Shanghai’ finish.

Luke Littler vs. Andrew Gilding

9:26 p.m. – Luke Littler hits a pair of 180s in the last leg, which ended up being enough to set him up for match darts.

9:24 p.m. – Gilding finds another ton-plus finish to stay alive. He needs to hold his throw to force a tiebreaker.

9:23 p.m. – Gilding finds another bullseye finish to stay alive. He trails 13-15.

9:21 p.m. – Littler is a leg away from winning the game after taking a 15-12 lead.

9:19 p.m. – Gilding hits a very timely 160 checkout to keep his hopes alive. He trails 12-14.

9:16 p.m. – Gilding finds a bullseye finish to break throw. He trails 11-14.

9:12 p.m. – Littler is sprinting in session #5, just two legs away from the win. He leads 14-9.

9:03 p.m. – Gilding misses a key opportunity at the end of session #4, as Littler takes a 12-8 lead going into the break.

8:56 p.m. – Littler takes out the 140 finish. He leads 10-7 in a race to 16.

8:50 p.m. – Littler leads 9-6 going into break #3.

8:42 p.m. – Littler and Gilding each got a break of throw to start session #3. Littler leads 7-5.

8:34 p.m. – Andrew Gilding manages to win leg #10 despite Littler hitting six perfect darts to start the leg. Littler leads 6-4.

8:20 p.m. – Littler leads Gilding 3-2 at break #1.

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