2025 World Matchplay of Darts Day 7 final results, scores, schedule and bracket: Josh Rock sets up semifinal clash with Luke Littler, wins on 164 checkout

Alex Walsh

2025 World Matchplay of Darts Day 7 final results, scores, schedule and bracket: Josh Rock sets up semifinal clash with Luke Littler, wins on 164 checkout image

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Luke Littler and Josh Rock produced impressive performances, advancing to the semifinal round on Saturday.

Littler and Rock, two of the PDC's youngest stars, will face off Saturday for a spot in the final.

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

Day 7 live coverage & updates (evening session)

Real-time coverage from the games can be found below

Gerwyn Price vs. Josh Rock

10:47 p.m. - Rock hits an unbelievable 164 finish to clinch a semifinal spot.

10:45 p.m. - Rock is a leg away from a clash with Luke Littler. He leads 15-11.

10:43 p.m. - Rock holds his throw, leading 14-11.

10:41 p.m. - Price trails now by just two legs, down 11-13.

10:39 p.m. - Rock gets a crucial break of throw and is now just three legs away from a spot against Luke Littler in the semifinal. He leads 13-9.

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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2025 World Matchplay day 7 schedule

Here are the results from the evening session on Day 7.

Quarterfinals (Day 7 evening session)

*Games are best-of-31 (Must win by two)

MatchDateTime (Local)Score
Andrew Gilding vs. Luke Littler (2)Fri., Jul. 258:05 p.m.14-16
Gerwyn Price (11) vs. Josh RockFri., Jul. 259:30 p.m.11-16

MORE: 2025 World Matchplay of Darts predictions: Quarterfinals

Tournament bracket

Here are the matchups for the semifinal round.

MatchDate
James Wade vs. Jonny ClaytonSat., Jul. 26
Luke Littler vs. Josh RockSat., Jul. 26

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Alex Walsh

Alex is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. A current Sports Media major at Hofstra University in New York, he is a huge Celtics and NBA fan who gets way too many notifications from NBA insiders on X. He became interested in PDC Darts at the beginning of 2024 and has been obsessed ever since.