After second seed Michael Smith fell to Kevin Doets in a five-set thriller, James Wade misplaced in straight units to Jermaine Wattimena and Danny Noppert misplaced to Ryan Joyce, no14 seed Anderson misplaced 3-0 to Jeffrey de Graaf.
Anderson was many individuals’s exterior tip to achieve the ultimate, however now the draw has actually opened up after 11 of the 23 seeds fell on the first hurdle.
Profitable begin: Defending champion Luke Humphries beat Thibault Tricole 3-0 in his opening match
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World Darts Championship schedule and newest outcomes
(Seeds in brackets, all instances GMT)
Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont
Keane Barry 3-0 Kim Huybrechts
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Wesley Plaisier 3-2 Ryusei Azemoto
Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Lourence Ilagan
Alan Soutar 1-3 Kai Gotthardt
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 James Wade (16)
Niels Zonneveld 1-3 Robert Owen
Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb
Cameron Menzies 3-1 Leonard Gates
(10) Gerwyn Worth 3-0 Keane Barry
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Lengthy
Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas
Luke Woodhouse 3-1 Mike De Decker
Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting
Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong
Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock
(17) Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier
Paolo Nebrida 3-2 Jim Williams
Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist
Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers
(12) Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Leonard Gates
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee
Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac
Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar
(27) Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen
Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz
Mensur Suljovic 2-3 Matt Campbell
Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer
(2) Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Alexander Merkx 3-0 vs Stephen Burton
Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen
Ian White bt Sandro Eric Sosing (walkover)
(8) Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt
Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto
Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan
William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin
(3) Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin
Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo
(30) Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee
(15) Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx
(13) Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce
(32) Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Nick Kenny
(9) Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(20) Ryan Searle 3-0 Matt Campbell
(25) Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma
(23) Joe Cullen 3-0 Wessel Nijman
(29) Ritchie Edhouse 1-3 Ian White
(22) Martin Schindler 0-3 Callan Rydz
(19) Ross Smith 0-3 Paolo Nebrida
(11) Dimitri Van den Bergh v Dylan Slevin
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(31) Krzysztof Ratajski v Alexis Toylo
(21) Andrew Gilding v Martin Lukeman
(18) Josh Rock v Rhys Griffin
(7) Jonny Clayton v Mickey Mansell
(28) Gian van Veen v Ricardo Pietreczko
(26) Daryl Gurney v Florian Hempel
(5) Rob Cross v Scott Williams
(6) Dave Chisnall v Ricky Evans
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Third Spherical (x1), Fourth Spherical (x2)
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Thursday, January 2 (7.30pm)
How can I watch the World Darts Championship?
TV channel: The event will probably be lined dwell in full on Sky Sports activities. Each the afternoon and night periods will probably be proven on Sky Sports activities Darts, with many periods additionally on Sky Sports activities Important Occasion.
Stay stream: Sky Sports activities subscribers will be capable of watch the sport by means of the Sky Go app.
World Darts Championship newest odds
Odds by way of Betfair. Topic to vary
