Luke Littleler only needed 10 minutes to walk in the second round of the Winmau World Masters at a night when Jonny Clayton dazzled, Michael Van Gerwen showed a new look and Chris Dobey, Dave Chisnall and Gary Anderson have been beaten.
The defending world champion of the PDC, Littler, dropped only one leg while he was swept away the world champion of WDF 2023 Andy Baetens 3-0 to set up a last confrontation with James Wade on Saturday after The latter beat Mike of Decker 3-2 in a hard opening hard game of the evening.
Littleler was superb on his doubles at the start of his confrontation with Baetens, hitting his first four attempts before ending with a success rate of six out of nine on the outside ring.
Nathan Aspinall also impressed, pinning six doubles out of eight and a formidable 161 finish on the bull while sweeping Andrew Gilding 3-0 to guarantee a confrontation with the conqueror of Chisnall Cameron Menzies, who beat his opponent out of the doors 3-1 .
But the performance of the evening came from Clayton, who obtained an average of 112.77 on average to defeat Martin Schindler 3-1 in a high quality case, winning a victory for Wales after the Ruby Union team of the country was beaten 43-0 by France in the six nations.
Clayton impresses while Van Den Bergh beats Anderson
Clayton will face Ryan Searle in the next round after the heavy metal saw the world n ° 10 Chris Dobey 3-1, breaking Hollywood twice in the fourth set after the first nine legs of the match had all gone to the player throwing First.
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Michael Van Gerwen abandoned his usual green shirt for his opening match at the World Masters. (Credit: ITV Sport)
Van Gerwen, on the other hand, recovered from a superabundance of darts to win the second set against the qualifier Bradley Brooks taking the following two to triumph 3-1 – while wearing a black and gold shirt as opposed to his customary green.
The Dutchman, beaten by Littleler in the world championship final a few weeks ago, wore a different color top to score five years with his sponsor.
Van Gerwen will face Dimitri van den Bergh then after the latter rebounded to lose the first set in Anderson – in which he put his score in the opening leg – to win six legs in a row and take him 3-1 .
Van Den Bergh disturbed four 14-Darters on the trot before closing the match with a 13-Darter.
Friday world masters results
- James Wade 3-2 Mike de Decker
- Dave Chisnall 1-3 Cameron Menzies
- Jonny Clayton 3-1 Martin Schindler
- Nathan Aspinall 3-0 Andrew Gilding
- Chris Dobey 1-3 Ryan Searle
- Luke Littler 3-0 Andy Baetens
- Michael Van Gerwen 3-1 Bradley Brooks
- Gary Anderson 1-3 Dimitri van den Bergh
Last matches on Saturday (best seven sets)
Afternoon session (from 12:45 p.m.)
- William O’Connor vs Danny Noppert
- Damon heta vs Gerwyn Price
- Stephen Bunting vs Peter Wright
- Luke Humphries against Josh Rock
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
- Luke Littles against James Wade
- Jonny Clayton vs Ryan Searle
- Michael van Gerwen vs Dimitri van den Bergh
- Cameron Menzies vs Nathan Aspinall
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