Gerwyn Value started his quest for a second world title with a 3-1 victory over Luke Woodhouse at Alexandra Palace.
The present world No 1 needed to battle again from a set down after his stuttering begin, however quickly confirmed his darting high quality as he ran out the comfy winner to take his place within the final 32.
Woodhouse, who has already crushed Value on three earlier events, raced right into a set lead with a 104.95 common and punished the Welshman for his early misfiring arrows on the double.
Gerwyn Value started his quest for a second world title with a 3-1 victory over Luke Woodhouse
The 37-year-old from Cardiff appeared to develop pissed off along with his efficiency as Woodhouse continued to toil away and took the second set to a deciding leg, however the Iceman stored his cool to dispatch double 12 for an 83 checkout and degree the scores heading into the second interval.
Value switched into gear within the third set and regardless of lacking extra doubles, he took a set lead, as Woodhouse seemingly grew to become heated about his personal declining efficiency.
The 2021 world champion was to not be denied and cruised by the third set with three straight legs together with a game-high 150 end which was applauded by his English counterpart. He’ll face both Ryan Meikle or five-time world champion Raymond Van Barneveld in spherical three.
Debutant Danny Van Trijp celebrates after beating Steve Beaton 3-0 within the second spherical
The excellent motion went down effectively with the followers dressed as superheroes on Monday night time
Ritchie Edhouse missed six match darts whereas Canadian David Cameron reeled off seven straight legs as he got here from behind to advance by to the second spherical with a 3-2 victory.
Debutant Danny Van Trijp dumped out veteran Steve Beaton with ease as he strolled to a 3-0 win, throwing 4 180s and a mean of 87 on his first look on the Ally Pally.
Leonard Gates got here from behind to defeat Geert Nentjes within the first sport of the night and can play Stephen Bunting within the final 64 stage subsequent time round.
Within the afternoon session, there have been wins for Andrew Gilding, Danny Jansen and Lewy Williams whereas Jose de Sousa got here out on prime in a five-set thriller with Simon Whitlock.
One younger fan in an elf outfit gave the impression to be having fun with a sneaky journey to the darts at Ally Pally
There have been loads of vibrant costumes on present for the darts at Alexandra Palace
