The second day of the World Championship saw two Dutchmen leave the competition at the very first hurdle. The big shot of the night was seeing Co Stompe, a quarter-finalist last year, beaten by Peter Wright 3-1. Stompe had troubles finishing and Wright made him pay to set up a second round tie against Paul Nicholson.
The second Dutchman to be eliminated was Roland Scholten. Scholten made to the first round by beating Veijo Viinikka 4-2 in a preliminary match earlier that evening. His first round opponent was last year's quarter finalist Ronnie Baxter. Baxter's class shone through to beat Scholten 3-0 and set up a tough second round tie against Mark Webster.
Adrian 'Jackpot' Lewis started his campaign in fine form. He was up against Colin Eccles who had the experience over Lewis. But Lewis proved to be no match for Eccles as he comfortably won 3-0.
The biggest drama of the night came from the match between Colin Lloyd and Andree Welge. Lloyd was the favourite and took a 2-0 lead but the German fought back to level the score at 2-2. With Lloyd obviously disappointed with letting his lead slip, he let his anger get the better of him and punched the dart board, cutting his knuckles on his throwing arm. Whether it put Welge off or not only he knows, but Lloyd won the final set to progress into the second round. Mark Hylton will be his second round opponent.
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