Two-time champion Anderson knocked out by De Graaf

Two-time champion Gary Anderson has been dumped retired of the PDC World Championship connected his 54th day by Jeffrey de Graaf.

The Scot, victor successful 2015 and 2016, mislaid 3-0 to the Swede successful the 2nd circular astatine Alexandra Palace successful London.

"Gary didn't truly amusement up arsenic helium usually does. I'm precise blessed with the win," said De Graaf, 34,

Anderson, the 14th seed, came into the tourney with the year's highest wide three-dart mean of 99.66.

He became the 11th effect to beryllium knocked retired from the 23 who person played truthful far, and the 5th to spell retired connected Sunday.

De Graaf volition conscionable Filipino qualifier Paolo Nebrida aft helium stunned England's Ross Smith, the 19th seed, successful consecutive sets.

Ritchie Edhouse, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Martin Schindler were the different seeds to autumn connected time eight.

England's Callan Rydz, who deed a grounds first-round mean of 107.06 connected Thursday, followed up with a 3-0 triumph implicit 23rd effect Schindler connected Sunday.

The German missed treble 12 for a nine-darter successful the archetypal acceptable – the 3rd subordinate to bash truthful successful 24 hours aft Luke Littler and Damon Heta – and ended up losing the leg.

England's Joe Cullen stormed retired of his post-match quality league and accused the media of not showing him respect aft his 3-0 triumph implicit Dutchman Wessel Nijman.

Nijman, who has antecedently served a prohibition for breaching betting and anti-corruption rules, had been billed arsenic favourite beforehand to bushed 23rd effect Cullen.

"Honestly, the media attraction that Wessel's got, again this is not a reflection connected him," Cullen said.

"He seems similar a fantastic kid, he's been caught up successful a fewer things beforehand, but he's served his clip and he's held his hands up, similar a batch haven't.

"I deliberation the mode I've been treated astir apt with the media and things similar that - I cognize you guys person nary power implicit the bookies - I've been shown nary respect, truthful I won't beryllium showing immoderate respect to immoderate of you guys tonight.

"I'm going to spell home. Cheers."

Ian 'Diamond' White bushed European champion and 29th effect Edhouse 3-1 and volition look teenage prima Littler successful the adjacent round.

White, calved successful the aforesaid Cheshire municipality arsenic the 17-year-old, acknowledged helium would request to up his crippled successful circular three.

Asked if helium knew who was waiting for him, White joked: "Yeah, Runcorn's fig two. I'm from Runcorn and I'm fig one."

Ryan Searle started Sunday afternoon's enactment disconnected with a 10-dart limb and went connected to bushed Matt Campbell 3-0, portion Latvian Madars Razma defeated 25th effect Van Duijvenbode 3-1.

Seventh effect Jonny Clayton and 2018 champion Rob Cross are among the players successful enactment connected Monday arsenic the 2nd circular concludes.

The 3rd circular volition commencement connected Friday aft a three-day interruption for Christmas.