​UK Open darts: Raymond van Barneveld knocks out reigning champion Adrian Lewis

Raymond van Barneveld knocked reigning champion Adrian Lewis out of the UK Open on Friday night.

Although Lewis hit back from 2-0 down to level at two-all - aided by three 180s and a 106 finish in a two-leg burst - van Barneveld took the next six legs to move to the brink of victory.

A ten-dart finish from Lewis kept alive his hopes, but two misses at double top allowed van Barneveld in to complete a 14-darter to seal the win - boosting the two-time champion's confidence following his Premier League defeat to Kim Huybrechts 24 hours earlier.

Van Barneveld told pdc.tv: "I'm extremely happy with this win. I remembered that Adrian beat me 9-2 here last year and I was really focused this time."

Next up for Van Barneveld is Peter Wright, who hit ten 180s in his 9-5 win over Steve Beaton in their third-round contest.

World Champion Gary Anderson was another big-name casualty, missing 13 match darts as he allowed Mervyn King to come from 8-4 down to edge a 9-8 victory.

Last year's runner-up Terry Jenkins also went out in the third round as he lost out 9-3 to Jamie Caven, who now takes on Devon Petersen after the South African defeated Matt Clark, Mark Cox and Mark Barilli.

Five-time Premier League champion Phil Taylor swept aside qualifier John Ferrell 9-2 with a 103 average before drawing Shropshire youngster David Pallett, who had seen off Colin Fowler 9-4.

World No 1 Michael van Gerwen defied the pain of a pulled muscle in his throwing arm to defeat Paul Nicholson 9-3, setting up a last-32 clash with Paul Hogan.

Hampshire's Hogan followed up his three wins in Friday's afternoon session with a 9-5 defeat of Dutch youngster Benito van de Pas as he reached the fourth round in Minehead for a second successive year.

Hogan is the last remaining amateur qualifier following Ferrell's loss to Taylor and Jason Mold's 9-0 whitewash against Wes Newton, who now plays another former UK Open runner-up in Vincent van der Voort, the Dutchman who defeated Lee Evans 9-4.

Kevin Painter also suffered a 9-0 whitewash as he went down to Andrew Gilding, who now meets Dutch ace Jelle Klaasen after the former Lakeside Champion overcame Brendan Dolan 9-4.

Stephen Bunting edged out Michael Smith 9-8 in a dramatic deciding leg and now takes on in-form Dave Chisnall.

Two-time champion James Wade enjoyed a 9-3 win over Joe Murnan as he progressed to play emering ace Nathan Aspinall, who defeated Chris Dobey and James Richardson on Friday.

Third Round Results:

Raymond van Barneveld 9-3 Adrian Lewis

Phil Taylor 9-2 John Ferrell

Mervyn King 9-8 Gary Anderson

Michael van Gerwen 9-3 Paul Nicholson

Kim Huybrechts 9-7 Max Hopp

Peter Wright 9-5 Steve Beaton

Robert Thornton 9-5 Simon Whitlock

Stephen Bunting 9-8 Michael Smith

Paul Hogan 9-5 Benito van de Pas

David Pallett 9-4 Colin Fowler

Vincent van der Voort 9-4 Lee Evans

Jelle Klaasen 9-4 Brendan Dolan

John Henderson 9-7 Steve Douglas

Nathan Aspinall 9-4 James Richardson

Nathan Derry 9-2 Keegan Brown

James Wade 9-3 Joe Murnan

Mensur Suljovic 9-1 Joey Ten Berge

James Wilson 9-4 Ricky Evans

Josh Payne 9-6 Andy Jenkins

Kyle Anderson 9-6 Alan Norris

Andrew Gilding 9-0 Kevin Painter

Ronnie Baxter 9-2 Brian Woods

Andy Hamilton 9-8 Aaron Turner

Jamie Caven 9-3 Terry Jenkins

Eddie Dootson 9-6 Joe Cullen

Jan Dekker 9-5 Justin Pipe

William O'Connor 9-5 Mark Webster

Ian White 9-8 Christian Kist

Devon Petersen 9-8 Mark Barilli

Wes Newton 9-0 Jason Mold

Dave Chisnall 9-6 Ryan Harrington

Daryl Gurney 9-1 Kevin McDine