PDC World Darts Championship: James Wade knocked out by Jim Williams

Wade (left) is simply a three-time semi-finalist astatine the PDC World Darts Championship

James Wade was connected the extremity of an upset astatine the PDC World Darts Championship aft being beaten by Jim Williams successful the 2nd circular astatine Alexandra Palace.

Two-time victor Gary Anderson celebrated his 52nd day arsenic helium made it done to the 3rd circular with a 3-1 triumph against Madars Razma.

"I don't cognize astir this year," said Anderson astir winning the tournament.

"My crippled is not adjacent adjacent to what it should be. I support trying, I'm practising a batch more."

Dirk van Duijvenbode was a 3-2 victor against Karel Sedlacek successful the tournament's archetypal lucifer to spell to a tie-break.

In a melodramatic encounter, Van Duijvenbode missed treble 12 erstwhile going for a nine-dart finish.

"Sometimes you miss a nine-darter and you conscionable cognize it's not in," said the 30-year-old Dutchman. "I threw it and thought 'it's in' [but] it wasn't."

Sedlacek failed to deed the bull with a lucifer dart earlier Van Duijvenbode went connected to triumph the last acceptable 4-2 successful legs.

"I person ne'er felt this tense successful my life. I deliberation it's due to the fact that I deliberation I tin really bash thing this year," added Van Duijvenbode.

"I started good and past the unit kicks in, but successful the extremity I won, truthful I'm happy."

Mensur Suljovic volition play Michael van Gerwen successful the 3rd circular aft a 3-0 triumph implicit Mike de Decker, portion Krzysztof Ratajski bushed Danny Jansen 3-1 and Ryan Searle won 3-0 against Adam Gawlas.