The final day of the Darts World Championships before Christmas saw three players get the present they wanted and three others will be eating cold turkey. The first match of the night went the distance as Mark Walsh faced Kevin Painter. The opening went to a decider which Painter won before Walsh equalised with a 3-1 second set victory. Painter then took control by winning the third set 3-1 before taking the fourth without conceding. Painter should have won the match earlier as the following two sets went down to the deciding leg but Walsh dug deep to win both of them, forcing a seventh set decider. But Walsh's fight was all spent during the previous two sets and Painter secured the 3-0 set win to progress into the second round.
World Number three James Wade eased through to the third round at Jelle Klaasen's expense. Wade took the first set without conceding before winning the second set 3-1. The third set was Klaasen's best chance of pegging Wade back but The Machine won the deciding leg to be within one of victory. Wade then secured the fourth set 3-1 to make it 4-0 and waltz comfortably into round three.
The final match of the night saw Steve Farmer take on German qualifier Kevin Munch. Munch won the first set 3-0, making his tournament record two sets without conceding a single leg. But Farmer retaliated by winning the deciding leg in the second set. Munch retook the lead with a 3-2 win in the third before Farmer again took the deciding leg in the fourth set to make it 2-2. The game then turned as Farmer won the fifth set without conceding. The sixth set also went to the deciding leg which Farmer won to secure his place against Wade in the third round.
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