Earlier there was a serious confusion when the number one in the world Luke Humphries was defeated 6: 3 by the 35th place of the hero of the hosts Jermaine Wattimena.
After losing 2: 0, the Dutchman Wattimena won five matches in a row, throwing several sensational darts, obtaining an average of 98.86, over seven points higher than Humphries, before he mastered his nerves and took a throw to cause crazy joy.
Wattimena in the quarter -finals will face the fourth Rob Cross in the world after the Englishman defeated Richard Veenstra 6: 3 in the first match of the evening.
The partisan audience in Den Bosch had a lot of fun during seven of eight matches of the first round, in which Dutch players participated.
They were also delighted when Raymond Van Barneveld backed off his years to stun Chris Dobey in a thriller consisting of 11 episodes.
The 57-year-old was clearly touched when he beat Dobeya 6: 5 in the last match after the Englishman did not hit the match dart.
It was one of the many exciting matches of the Friday evening, after which the leading Stephen Blush for Hair defeated the Dutch hope of Giana Van Veen in the next 11-match battle.
Rebellion ranks first in this tournament after winning the Bahrain Masters last weekend, but Liverpool was forced to make a decisive match by Van Veen.
In the last set he kept his nerves, defeating the youth world champion 6: 5 and advanced to the final eight, in which he will face Van Barneveld.
The host supporters were also delighted with the favorite of the hosts, Kevin Doets, who won 6: 1 with number 11 in the world, Nathan Aspinall.
Then Doets will face the second set up Gerwyn Price, who easily beat Danny Noppert 6: 2.
