World Darts Championship: Fallon Sherrock beats Ricky Evans as Raymond van Barneveld advances | Darts news

Watch the 2023 PDC World Championship – live on Sky Sports Darts. We’ll be back on Wednesday with a double session at 12.30pm and 7pm with Callan Rydzi vs Josh Rock and Michael van Gerwen.

Fallon Sherrock exited the first round of the World Darts Championship

Five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld rolled back the years to make a winning start to his 30th World Darts Championship match as Fallon Sherrock crashed out in the first round at Alexandra Palace.

“The Queen of the Palace” won the opening set and was the better of the scoring against her opponent, although she had to make up for a string of missed opportunities when she fell at the first hurdle for the second consecutive year.

Sherrock fired a 180 in his first leg and broke Evans twice – including on 14 darts – en route to a 17-dart lead in the opening set, then won a fourth straight leg to leave his playing partner struggling. .

Evans responded with a 122 cash to win a tight second set final leg decider before winning a nerve-wracking third set as Sherrock wasted several putts and then fell on his next visit.

With 76, Sherrock took an early break on the fourth and held the roll on his next visit, but Evans responded with 16 darts and then capitalized on his partner’s missed dart to see off D8 and move in. victory leg.

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Ricky Evans defeated Fallon Sherrock to secure his place in the second round of the World Series of Darts.

Evans then took advantage of a slow start in Sherrock’s must-win leg to leave him in front of the throw and the 32-year-old signed off in style as he won 107 in 15 darts.

“I knew it was going to be hard, but I didn’t expect it to be this hard!” Evans told Sky Sports. “She’s good! People cheer because there’s a woman playing there, but they don’t respect how good she really is at darts. She was the better player in that game! I got through it and I’m so happy I won. – I’m blown away.”

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Ricky Evans says he has “nothing to lose” after enduring a grueling first-round clash with Fallon Sherrock at the World Darts Championships.

Van Barneveld bounced back from losing his opening set to beat Suffolk star Ryan Meikle 3-1 in the final match of the evening, which will see the Dutchman book a third-round clash with world number one Gerwyn Price.

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What else happened on the sixth day?

Debut Jimmy Hendrix bounced back from an opening set loss Jamie Hughes 3-1 in a low-scoring encounter and earn a draw against Brendan Dolan in the next round.

Hughes had a tough opening as the pair missed 33 double attempts before Hendriks produced a miserable second – where both struggled with averages in the mid-70s – to win with a 72 in 15 darts.

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Jimmy Hendriks takes the second leg of the first set against Jamie Hughes after missing 13 darts!

Hendriks won an improved third set in the final leg decider and broke Hughes in the fourth with back-to-back darts to take the tops to 104, and a win in the next leg completed the gritty victory.

Jim Williams fought back from a twice-dispatched defeat Sebastian Bialecki in a five-set thriller and set up a second-round meeting with four-time World Cup semi-finalist James Wade.

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Jim Williams and Sebastian Bialecki delighted the Alexandra Palace crowd in their first round match at the World Darts Championships.

Bialecki won the opening game in straight sets after her partner lost eight darts in the double, but Williams recovered from the Pole’s 11 darts in the second set to take the next two legs to level on 13 and 15 darts. match.

Williams shot a super 154 but lost the third set when Bialecki cashed 136 in the final leg decider, although the Welshman won the fourth in straight sets and nailed a stunning 130 through the top ten at the start of the fifth set to finish hard. fought to win.

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Jim Williams gets out with a brilliant 154 to keep the third innings alive.

Wednesday at Ally Pally

The first round is coming to an end, and the last two spots for the second round have been confirmed Michael van Gerwen headlining the night’s action, he will attempt to lift the Sid Waddell Trophy for the first time since 2019

Michael van Gerwen begins his quest for a fourth world title at Alexandra Palace

Van Gerwen has celebrated victories in the Premier League, World Matchplay, World Grand Prix and Players Championship finals in recent months and is now determined to end a superb season in sensational style as he begins his title campaign. Lewy Williams.

Mervyn King take Danny Baggish and Gabriel Clemens has been split into a tie William O’ConnorMeanwhile Stephen Bunting rule against Wednesday’s suit Leonard Gates.

John O’Shea face Darius Labanauskas and Martin Tailor taking Xicheng Han to complete the first round schedule earlier in the day Josh Rock has been given a tough task against last year’s quarter-finalist Callum Rydz and a former semi-finalist Dave Chisnall plays Andrew Gilding.

Watch the 2023 PDC World Championship – live on Sky Sports Darts – from January 3 until the final.