Dave Chisnall quits the World Darts Championship after a dramatic final loss to Ricky Evans, while former world champion Rob Cross is also in Asia Knocked out in a great game at Alexandra Palace.

Chisnall won the first set in a chaotic match but needed to recover from 2-1 down to extend the epic clash into the final, with both players surviving match darts , entering overtime.

Evans hit 110 on his way back to the lead and saw Chisnall recover from a shocking misjudgment to hold serve with over a ton, with ‘Fast Ricky’ subsequently winning the match The final round allowed another seeded team to advance to the finals and exit early.

In an epic pre-Christmas match, Daryl Gurney faced off against Florian Hempel and world junior champion Gian van Veen in the final set, with the latter beaten by Riccardo Petre Tsko was eliminated, while Cross was defeated 3-1 by Scott Williams in the final match of the night.

Kroos’ early exit makes him the 14th seed to be eliminated in the round of 64 of this year’s tournament, the highest elimination at that stage in tournament history. Williams was eliminated in last year’s semi-finals by eventual champion Luke Humphries defeated – the last man to make it to the third round.

Incredible early Christmas classic

Evans brought some festive cheer in a Christmas-themed T-shirt and a Shakin Stevens catwalk, but Chisnall opened with 12 darts and held serve on the following seize the opportunity.

Chisnall responded to Evans’ stunning 126 and sealed the set with 15 darts, missing Big Fish’s attempt but wasting a set dart on D5 in the final leg of round two, Allowing “Fast Ricky” to break serve and tie the match.

Evans sealed the third set with 13 darts, but in the fourth set Chisnall crashed out with a sweep and “Chizzy” had to come back three times to take a gripping lead in the final set.

Both players missed match darts in the chaotic final stages, with Evans extending the match with a stunning 110-dart counterattack before finding control of 17-darts to remove a leg.

Chisnall survived an untimely false count to find Mad House on his next visit and took the fight to the 11th and final round, where Evans scored scored 52 points and sparked wild celebrations.

“I played against a world-class darts player there and I played pretty well,” Evans Tell Sky Sports. “Happy to say I won a match and played well – usually it’s boring! I wish I could beat Chizzy 3-0 because then my stock would be beating a little slower!”

Gurney survives scare as Cross improves

Another upset was on the horizon when Gurney took a set against Hempel. Hempel was on the verge of a decider in the second set, but the Northern Irishman broke with 15 darts to level the match at 156.

Hempel won the second set in straight sets and was only one round away from victory in the tense fourth set. Then Gurney evened the score with 13 consecutive darts and broke the German early in the final set.

Gurney saved a throw-in in the next game to earn a hard-fought victory that set him up to face seventh seed Jonny Clayton in the third round, while Kroos was disappointed in Another big name is out after losing to Williams.

Cross saved a pass in the final leg of the first set, before Williams saved the second set with 14 darts in another leg, and the match also featured when Cross made 130 at the start of the third set Maybe to the end.

Williams won the next three legs to take a set lead, taking advantage of some poor shooting from Kroos, before taking the win in the lower set and avenging a loss to the Englishman two years ago, in which he Taken 14 darts in the over. last Stand.

Elsewhere, van Veen missed eight darts to beat his opponent in a scrappy start and saw Pietrecko go all the way in the first set, though he responded with a superb 127, in The second set tied the game.

Pietrecko won the third set with a straight leg to score 122, then broke Van Veen with 16 darts and held serve in the following game to advance to the third round for the second consecutive year.

Clayton narrowly wins the last leg, Rock advances easily

Clayton seemed to be on his way to the finish line when he won six straight rounds, but Mickey Mansell forced his way into the decider and then fired stunning scores of 136 and 154 to be just one round away from victory .

The Welshman won the next two legs to extend the game, but both players missed match darts to take the game to penalties in the final leg, which he used to find a way over the line.

Elsewhere, Josh Rock eased to a 3-0 victory over Rhys Griffin, losing just two rounds to move into a draw with Chris Dobey in the last 32 , and the other two seeded players in Monday afternoon’s game also advanced successfully.

Polish No. 1 Krzysztof Ratajski defeated Alexis Toylo 3-1, with Andrew Gilding defeating him by the same scoreline With a win over Martin Lukeman, Ratajski now faces Kevin Doets, who shocked former world champion Michael Smith, while Gildin takes on Nathan Nathan Aspinall Aspinall).

When will the third round take place?

Darts will return after Christmas on December 27 with a doubleheader at Alexandra Palace over four consecutive days, with rounds three and four to be completed on December 30.

World number one Luke Humphries takes on Nick Kenny, reigning Premier League champion Luke Littler takes on Ian White, Michael van Gerwen takes on Brendan Dolan and former world champion Gwen Price entertained Joe Cullen.

They have New Year’s Eve off before playing two quarter-finals on New Year’s Day, with the semi-finals on January 2 and the final on Friday, January 3.

The full schedule for this year’s competition can be found here.

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