Luke Littler took just 10 minutes to get to the second round of Winmau World Masters on a night during which Jonny Clayton was amazed, Michael Van Gerwen presented a new appearance and Chris Doby, Dave Chisnall and Gary Anderson were hit.
Kinging World Champion PDC Littler only threw one leg as he swept the 2023 WDF world champion Andy Baeetens 3-0 to create a last-16 conflict with James Wade on Saturday after the latter defeated Mike De Decker 3-2 in a Hard game of the evening.
Littler was wonderful in his double at the beginning of his conflict with Baeetens, hitting his first four attempts before he finished with a success rate of six of nine on the outside ring.
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The next Luke Littler? Canadian 12 -year -old Colton Dunn showed his incredible potential with Milan Brinkman’s hit in the Las Vegas youth final.
Nathan Aspinall also impressed, with six doubles eight and a huge 161 finish in Taurus, while scanning Andrew Gilding 3-0 to secure a clash with the conqueror Cameron Menzies of Chisnall, who defeated his 3-1 opponent.
But the show of the night came from Clayton, who on average 112.77 on the road to defeat Martin Schindler 3-1 in a high quality case, winning a victory for Wales after the Nation’s Ruby Union’s side was Trized 43-0 from France in six nations.
Clayton impresses as van den Bergh Beats Anderson
Clayton will take over Ryan Searle in the next round after heavy metal Saw off World No 10 Chris Doby 3-1, breaking Hollywood twice in the fourth set after the first nine legs of the match everyone had gone to the player first.
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Michael Van Gerwen threw his usual green shirt for his opening race at The World Masters. (Credit: ITV Sport)
Van Gerwen, meanwhile, was retrieved from missing a range of darts to win the second set against the qualifying Bradley Brooks, taking the next two on Triumph 3-1 – while wearing a black and golden shirt as opposed to the his ordinary green.
The Dutchman, beaten by Littler in the final of the World Championship a few weeks ago, wore a different top to mark five years with his sponsor.
Van Gerwen will take over Dimitri van den Bergh after the last one recovered from the loss of the first set to Anderson – in which he threw his score on the original leg – to win six feet in the row and prevail 3-1.
Van den Bergh unfolded four 14-darters in the pull before closing the match with a 13-Darter.
Results worldwide Masters on Friday
- James Wade 3-2 Mike the Decker
- Dave Chisnall 1-3 Cameron Menzies
- Jonny clayton 3-1 Martin Schindler
- Nathan Aspinall 3-0 Andrew Gilding
- Chris Doby 1-3 Ryan Searle
- Luke 3-0 Andy Baetens
- Michael van Gerwen 3-1 Bradley Brooks
- Gary Anderson 1-3 Dimitri van den Bergh
The last-16 Saturday lights (better than seven sets)
Afternoon session (from 12.45pm)
- William O’Connor vs. Danny Noppert
- Damon Heta vs Gerwyn Price
- Stephen Bunting vs. Peter Wright
- Luke Humphries vs Josh Rock
Evening session (from 19:00)
- Luke Littler vs James Wade
- Jonny Clayton vs. Ryan Searle
- Michael van Gerwen vs Dimitri van den Bergh
- Cameron Menzies vs. Nathan Aspinall
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