The World Darts Championship is again underway at Alexandra Palace after the Christmas break, with Luke Humphries establishing an enormous conflict with Peter Wright within the fourth spherical.
Jonny Clayton beat Daryl Gurney 4-3 in one other thriller, whereas Gerwyn Worth edged out Joe Cullen in a dramatic sudden-death leg and Stephen Bunting eased previous Madars Razma of Latvia.
Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen take centre stage in a blockbuster night session on Saturday, following wins for twelfth seed Nathan Aspinall, Ricardo Pietreczko and Ryan Joyce.
High kind: Defending World Darts champion Luke Humphries made mild work of Nick Kenny in spherical three
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World Darts Championship schedule
(Seeds in brackets, all occasions GMT)
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Ryan Joyce 4-3 Ryan Searle (20)
Scott Williams 1-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
(12) Nathan Aspinall 4-0 Andrew Gilding (21)
(15) Chris Dobey vs Josh Rock (18)
(3) Michael van Gerwen vs Brendan Dolan (30)
(4) Luke Littler vs Ian White
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Jeffrey de Graaf vs Paolo Nebrida
Kevin Doets vs Krzysztof Ratajski (31)
(11) Dimitri Van den Bergh vs Callan Rydz
Ricky Evans vs Robert Owen
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Thursday, January 2 (7.30pm)
World Darts Championship outcomes
Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont
Keane Barry 3-0 Kim Huybrechts
(1) Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Wesley Plaisier 3-2 Ryusei Azemoto
Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Lourence Ilagan
Alan Soutar 1-3 Kai Gotthardt
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 James Wade (16)
Niels Zonneveld 1-3 Robert Owen
Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb
Cameron Menzies 3-1 Leonard Gates
(10) Gerwyn Worth 3-0 Keane Barry
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Lengthy
Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas
Luke Woodhouse 3-1 Mike De Decker
Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting
Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong
Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock
(17) Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier
Paolo Nebrida 3-2 Jim Williams
Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist
Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers
(12) Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Leonard Gates
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee
Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac
Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar
(27) Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen
Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz
Mensur Suljovic 2-3 Matt Campbell
Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer
(2) Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Alexander Merkx 3-0 vs Stephen Burton
Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen
Ian White bt Sandro Eric Sosing (walkover)
(8) Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt
Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto
Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan
William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin
(3) Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin
Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo
(30) Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee
(15) Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx
(13) Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce
(32) Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Nick Kenny
(4) Luke Littler 3-1 Ryan Meikle
(9) Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(20) Ryan Searle 3-0 Matt Campbell
(25) Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma
(23) Joe Cullen 3-0 Wessel Nijman
(29) Ritchie Edhouse 1-3 Ian White
(22) Martin Schindler 0-3 Callan Rydz
(19) Ross Smith 0-3 Paolo Nebrida
(14) Gary Anderson 0-3 Jeffrey de Graaf
(11) Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-0 Dylan Slevin
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(31) Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Alexis Toylo
(21) Andrew Gilding 3-1 Martin Lukeman
(18) Josh Rock 3-0 Rhys Griffin
(7) Jonny Clayton 3-2 Mickey Mansell
(28) Gian van Veen 1-3 Ricardo Pietreczko
(26) Daryl Gurney 3-2 Florian Hempel
(6) Dave Chisnall 2-3 Ricky Evans
(5) Rob Cross 1-3 Scott Williams
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(9) Damon Heta 3-4 Luke Woodhouse
(7) Jonny Clayton 4-3 Daryl Gurney (26)
(8) Stephen Bunting 4-1 Madars Razma
(10) Gerwyn Worth 4-3 Joe Cullen (23)
Jermaine Wattimena 2-4 Peter Wright (17)
(1) Luke Humphries 4-0 Nick Kenny
The way to watch the World Darts Championship
TV channel: The match shall be lined dwell in full on Sky Sports activities. Each the afternoon and night periods shall be proven on Sky Sports activities Darts, with many periods additionally on Sky Sports activities Principal Occasion.
Dwell stream: Sky Sports activities subscribers will even be capable of watch on a dwell stream on-line by the Sky Go app.
World Darts Championship newest odds
Odds through Betfair (topic to alter).
