 In the evening, number six seed Terry Jenkins joined his namesake Andy in the quarter-finals by coming from 3–1 down to win 4–3 over eleventh seed James Wade, and the last match of the third round saw number three seed Dennis Priestley go down to nineteenth seed Andy Hamilton 4–1.However, the main controversy of the night came as Phil Taylor faced Chris Mason.Before the match, the tabloids had hyped comments made by Mason about Taylor's supposed boasting and arrogance.