Dobey dumped out by Gilding as Bunting progresses

With a 3-1 defeat to Andrew Gilding, world number eight Chris Dobey was left in shock after a shock second-round exit of the PDC World Championship.

At Alexandra Palace, Gilding, 55, came out of a fight and won with a 99.01 overall, which is his career best tournament record.

Dave Chisnall, Michael Smith, and Dirk van Duijvenbode were the only players with seeded players who made it to the second round on Saturday.

After losing the opening set, Gilding only had three more three legs remaining before setting up a third-round meeting with either Luke Woodhouse or Max Hopp after Christmas.

“I feel incredible. You can only improve from there, Gilding told Sky Sports, “I felt really bad in practice, which is usually a good sign.”

“I wanted a nine-darter first, and the second one was a win, so I got the second one.”

In the same match, Nitin Kumar, the tournament’s first-ever player from India, defeated world number four Stephen Bunting in straight sets.

Bunting impressed with his 118, 107, and 132 checkouts, while Kumar won just two legs and averaged 75.18, while Bunting impressed with his 53% success rate on doubles and a 94.11 average.

James Hurrell, who defeated world number 29 Van Duijvenbode 3-2 in a previous encounter, will face “The Bullet.”

The 28th-seeded, 2023 world champion Smith lost to Netherlands’ Niels Zonneveld 3-1 to end the contest.

Smith will face world number five Jonny Clayton in the third round after defeating Zonneveld, who had already advanced by just shy of 98 in the final two sets.

Ricardo Pietreczko, a former semi-finalist from Germany, defeated former semi-finalist Chisnall 3-2.

World No. 21 Chisnall scored 11 180s to none from Pietreczko, who had gone from 2-0 down to tie the match with Sweden’s Andreas Harrysson, who had won the match.

Chisnall had nine maximums after going 2-0 up, but Pietreczko reclaimed the lead with a 143 checkout and three straight legs before moving on.

Ryan Searle, the 20th seed, defeated Brendan Dolan in the second round of this year with a blistering 3-0 victory.

Dolan, who had previously reached quarter-finals, was knocked out by Searle on nine of his 14 doubles attempts, an average of 98.67.

With a comfortable 3-0 victory over Motomu Sakai, his fellow tournament debutant, Harrysson moved up to third place.

Afternoon tea

Brendan Dolan wins 3-0 with Ryan Searle

Motomu Sakai defeats Andreas Harrysson 3-1

James Hurrell 2-3 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Ricardo Pietreczko and Dave Chisnall 2-3

evening program

Niels Zonneveld 1 / 3 Michael Smith

Andrew Gilding 1-3 Chris Dobey

Nitin Kumar 3-0 Stephen Bunting

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Afternoon tea (12:30)

evening program (19:00)