After eight intriguing games yesterday, the second half of the draw played their first round matches today and the big names already began to fall. With 180s galore, more champions than you could shake a stick at and plenty of shocks, here's the round-up for Friday:
Michael Van Gerwen 6-5 Andy Smith: The 23-year old Dutchman almost threw away a 5-2 lead against Smith. Van Gerwen began the match with an 84-checkout on the bull and then a 111-finish. Smith played his part in the 180-filled contest and arguably didn't deserve to be 5-2 behind. The Pie Man did fight his way back to 5-5 before Van Gerwen finally did the job to squeeze into the second round.
Richie Burnett 6-3 Co Stompe: The Welshman kicked the match off with a 130-checkout before taking a 3-1 lead. Stompe did find an 88-checkout on the bull to pull it back to 3-3. Burnett managed to stave off the Dutchman's attack to complete his victory.
Dave Chisnall 6-3 Gino Vos: Chisnall faced a tougher than expected and if Vos hadn't missed quite so many doubles, Chizzy could have been in real trouble. Vos did take a 2-0 lead before missed darts allowed Chisnall to find his way back to lead 3-2. Vos did managed to level the game before Chisnall regained his composure to see off the plucky Dutchman.
Simon Whitlock 6-2 Mark Walsh: Australia's finest kicked off his campaign with a convincing win over Walsh. Walsh did take the opening leg before a 110-checkout put Whitlock 3-1 ahead. After dropping another leg, Whitlock saw off Walsh in emphatic style winning the match 6-2.
James Wade 3-6 Colin Lloyd: Jaws takes his fifth straight victory over Wade and his second victory in three years in this event and round. A 101-checkout started a run of three legs to give Lloyd a 4-1 lead. Wade did post a Shanghai 120-checkout to make it 5-3 but then missed a host of doubles, allowing Lloyd to take out the world number three.
Adrian Lewis 0-6 Ian White: The world champion crashes out in the first round in arguably the worst game since becoming one of the world's best. Three missed darts in the first leg started the charge for White who soon led 4-0 when Lewis missed a further three darts to make it 3-1. There were two more missed doubles in the sixth leg before White completed, excuse the pun, the whitewash over the world champion.
Terry Jenkins 1-6 Raymond Van Barneveld: Barney sent out a message in his opening round match against the seventh seed, Jenkins. The Dutchman recorded 100% on the doubles with an average of 113, three points better than anyone so far this tournament. Jenkins did make it 2-1 before Barney continued his assault to take the 6-1 victory.
Kim Huybrechts 6-4 Vincent Van Der Voort: The Belgian continues his fantastic year with passage into the second round. There wasn't a lot to choose from between the pair and the first six legs went with throw after Van Der Voort had a bounce out to take a 4-2 lead. The next three legs were all breaks of throw before Huybrechts held to win 6-4.
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