After Wade's premature departure from the World Championships yesterday, fellow contender Gary Anderson must have been feeling the pressure. However he didn't seem to show it against Dennis Priestly as he raced to a 3-0 with a stunning 111 average, Priestly wasn't doing much wrong as he was average just below a hundred but still bizarrely found himself. It started off with a 144 then a 140 checkout in the opening two legs. But then Anderson hit a dull spell and Priestly managed to fight back and make it 3-2 with the sixth set at 2-2. Anderson just pulled his game back up to a 103 average to win the game 4-2 to progress into the third round.
His opponent will be Andy 'Pieman' Smith who earned a surprise victory against Mervyn King. Smith's unbelievable three figure finishing was a key factor in the win and gave him the first set. King fought Smith all the way and it went into the final seventh set. At 2-1 King had a chance to win the fourth set to create a tie-break situation but nerves got the better of him and Smith just held out to take that all important leg to win 4-3.
The opening game of the afternoon was a case of missed doubles between Colin Osbourne and Jamie Caven. It was Osbourne who started slowly but Caven was the culprit of missing the doubles and it allowed Osbourne to steal the first set. That played on Caven's mind and he routinely missed doubles in the following vital legs to allow Osbourne a straight sets victory to progress into the last sixteen.
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