DAVE Chisnall will face holder Phil Taylor in the quarter finals of the BetVictor World Matchplay in Blackpool on Friday night following last night's comeback success against Keegan Brown.

It will be a repeat of the 2013 World Grand Prix and 2014 Grand Slam of Darts finals for the St Helens ace having edged out World Youth Champion Brown 13-11 in a thriller.

Chisnall started the better, finishing a 14 darter and a 136 checkout to move two legs up before Brown showed his talent with two 180s in a 14-darter as he got off the mark.

Chisnall took the fourth leg to lead 3-1, but the Isle of Wight youngster responded in style by landing 180s in the next three legs to move ahead before finishing double 18 and a 13-darter for a 6-3 cushion.

Chisnall's 88 checkout on the bull was bettered by a 114 finish on the middle double by Brown as he moved 7-4 up, with Chisnall's first 180 coming in the eighth leg as he reduced the gap once again.

Brown finished 82 on tops for an 8-5 cushion, but Chisnall capitalised on missed doubles to claim the next before taking the next four without reply - landing legs of 12 and 11 darts in the process - as he moved back ahead at 10-8.

Brown hit back but was crucially unable to claim the break to draw level as Chisnall added a 13-darter before double four sealed his spot in the last eight for a third successive year.

"It's a very important win for me," said Chisnall.

"Keegan's a good player and he got into the lead but I wasn't hitting my scoring and I missed a few doubles, but once I started hitting the 180s his head went down a little bit.

"I seem to panic early in games, but when it's the best of 25 legs you've got more time to get into the game and I always feel like my game will come through in the later stages, and it does."

Chisnall added: "I've played Michael van Gerwen in the quarter-finals for the last two years and even though I lost I've played really well against him, so it's nice to be playing a different player - even though it's Phil!"

Taylor remains on course to claim his eighth successive, and 16th overall, World Matchplay title following a rollercoaster 13-6 win over Stoke rival Andy Hamilton.

However, the game was almost crowned with Taylor's third Winter Gardens nine-darter as the Stoke legend began the fourth leg with two 180s and then hit a seventh treble 20 and the treble 19 on the 141 combination.

Unlike his quarter-final against Chris Mason in 2002 and last year's second round against Michael Smith, Taylor this time pulled his dart at double 12 inside his intended target - and went on to lose the leg as Hamilton finished an 11-darter of his own.

That squared the contest at two-all, despite Taylor having opened with an 11-dart finish as he led 2-0, though the world number two responded to win four legs without reply in 15, 15, 13 and 13 darts to move 6-2 up.

Two misses at double 16 in the ninth leg, though, allowed Hamilton to hit back and the two-time Blackpool semi-finalist then took the next three to level the contest at six-all as Taylor suffered further double trouble.

The 13th leg, though, proved decisive as Hamilton missed three darts at doubles across two visits to move in front, allowing Taylor to post a third-dart double six to move 7-6 up.

Legs of 13 and 11 darts moved him clear and he followed up a double 16 finish with another 11-darter to lead 11-6, before hitting double 16 and double ten to take the run to seven successive legs in sealing his quarter-final place.

"It was an up and down game to be honest, and missing the nine-darter knocked me off my stride," conceded Taylor. "I was so confident of hitting the double 12 that it put me off!

"I started feeling sorry for myself and he came back to six-all, and I had to knuckle down and get on with the job.

"I'm getting there; my practising is brilliant, I'm doing everything right and it's coming together. My darts are going all around the wires at times, but we'll get there, trust me."

The quarter-finals kick off tonight, Thursday, as world number one Michael van Gerwen takes on Stoke's Ian White, with number five seed Peter Wright up against Welshman Gerwyn Price, the former rugby player who is appearing in the last eight of a major event for the first time.

Quarter-finals:

Thursday July 23 (7pm): Peter Wright v Gerwyn Price,Michael van Gerwen v Ian White

Friday July 24 (7pm): James Wade v Mensur Suljovic, Phil Taylor v Dave Chisnall

BetVictor World Matchplay Outright Winner Odds:

10/11 Michael van Gerwen

15/8 Phil Taylor

8/1 James Wade

12/1 Peter Wright

14/1 Dave Chisnall

50/1 Ian White

50/1 Mensur Suljovic

80/1 Gerwyn Price

Odds courtesy www.betvictor.com and subject to fluctuation

Quarter-Finals - Best of 31 legs * Each game must be won by two clear legs, with up to a maximum of five additional legs being played before the sixth "extra" leg is sudden-death. There will be no re-throw for the bull in this instance. For example, should a Quarter-Final (best of 31 legs) reach 18-18, then the 37th leg would be the final and deciding leg.