Former world quantity two James Wade has been knocked out within the second spherical of the PDC World Darts Championship by Jermaine Wattimena.
Wade, a former Premier League, World Matchplay and World Grand Prix champion, misplaced 3-0 to Wattimena within the closing match of Monday’s afternoon session at Alexandra Palace.
Englishman Wade is the primary seeded participant to be eradicated from the competitors, receiving a bye to spherical two and getting into because the sixteenth seed.
Wattimena, 36, will face both two-time world champion Peter Wright or Wesley Plaisier within the third spherical.
The Dutchman was the primary participant to have performed in each days of this yr’s World Championship after beating Swiss debutant Stefan Bellmont 3-0 on Sunday night time.
Having misplaced the opening leg to Wade, Wattimena reeled off eight straight legs to win the primary two units and transfer inside one leg of a second-round victory.
Wade hit double 20 to keep away from a whitewash within the closing set, however Wattimena took benefit of Wade’s missed doubles to seal the win.
Wattimena averaged 99.17 within the match, with Wade on 97.01.
Monday’s night session consists of 2021 world champion Gerwyn Value taking over Irishman Keane Barry within the second spherical.
There might be dwell textual content commentary on the RAYNAE Sport web site and app from 18:45 GMT.
