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Keegan Brown said he was "jumping for joy" after beating former world champion Raymond van Barneveld at the Grand Slam of Darts.

The 22-year-old, who is the PDC world youth champion, led 9-3 and almost surrendered his lead before sealing a 10-7 victory over the Dutchman.

Brown, from the Isle of Wight, is through to a quarter-final against Dave Chisnall in Wolverhampton on Friday.

"It's hard for me to describe," Brown told 91Èȱ¬ Radio Solent.

"Van Barneveld is probably the second greatest player ever behind Phil Taylor. I'm absolutely over the moon."

Brown works as a medical lab assistant and has had to take holiday to feature in the Grand Slam, which features players from the PDC and BDO circuits.

He continued: "The thing with 'Barney' and the rest of the Premier League players is that you need to come out of the blocks firing.

"I raced into a 7-3 lead. Then he started playing like he can do so I became a bit twitchy. I told myself to focus and when I hit the bullseye I was jumping for joy. I'm just happy to get the win."

Brown has already earned a minimum of £15,000 for reaching the quarter-finals which is the biggest pay-day of his career to date and added: "I've played Dave (Chisnall) in the group stages, I'm playing well and am relaxed for that game.

"In all fairness, I've beaten seven years worth of world champions (following a group-stage win over 2011 and 2012 world champion Adrian Lewis) so I've got nothing to lose now."