 Robson had to wait until 2007 to win another match at the World Championship, but his opponent for that match was pre-tournament favourite Michael van Gerwen.Robson won 3−2, although the teenage van Gerwen was not quite at his best form and looked nervous on some doubles.Robson did not have to wait long for his next win, as he made the quarter-finals for the first time in his career with a superb 4−3 win over former champion John Walton, having been 3−1 down.