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By Raz Mirza at Alexandra Palace & Ali Stafford
Final Up to date: 16/12/22 11:19pm
Beau Greaves’ PDC World Darts Championship debut resulted in defeat
There was no fairy story for teenage sensation Beau Greaves as she suffered a first-round exit to Eire’s Willie O’Connor on the World Darts Championship, whereas Michael Smith received 9 straight legs to progress in type.
Eight-time PDC Girls’s Sequence winner Greaves was aiming to hitch Fallon Sherrock in having overwhelmed their male counterpart on the dwelling of darts, however Eire’s O’Connor confirmed all his expertise to return by way of 3-0 though the scoreline didn’t replicate the efficiency of ‘Beau ‘n’ Arrow’.
Friday, December 16 – Night Outcomes
| Rowby-John Rodriguez | 2-3 | Lourence Ilagan (R1) |
| William O’Connor | 3-0 | Beau Greaves (R1) |
| Keegan Brown | 2-3 | Florian Hempel (R1) |
| Michael Smith | 3-0 | Nathan Rafferty (R2) |
Beau Greaves rocked Alexandra Palace along with her walk-on
Greaves opened proceedings with a nerveless 120, however ‘The Magpie’ responded by successful the subsequent two legs.
The 18-year-old was not deterred as she broke throw on D2 to ship the opening set to a decider by which the dogged O’Connor snatched in opposition to the darts on double 5 after Greaves wired one dart at double 16 for the set.
Greaves hit a 120 checkout within the first leg of her Ally Pally debut
The Doncaster thrower was making historical past because the youngest lady to compete within the 30-year historical past of the event and she or he instantly popped a mind-boggling 122 on double 7 to begin the second set earlier than pinning double 3 to increase her benefit.
However O’Connor, who reached the semi-finals of the UK Open earlier this 12 months, hit again to ship the set right into a decider by which the previous World Cup finalist nailed double 8 to edge nearer to victory.
The 18-year-old acquired the Ally Pally crowd on their toes with this mind-blowing 122 end
O’Connor was within the ascendancy by now and WDF champion Greaves was quickly blown away in a one-sided third set and left the stage shaking her head in disappointment.
O’Connor progressed after a 3-0 victory over Greaves
Two-time runner-up Smith eased into the third spherical of the event after beating Northern Irish star Nathan Rafferty 3-0.
Smith began his match in opposition to Rafferty with this fashionable 114 end
The Grand Slam of Darts champion made a commanding begin by the opening set with out reply, kicking off with an enormous 114 out.
Fourth-seeded Smith casually notched the second set with extra spectacular arrows and with the 22-year-old now completely deflated, ‘Bully Boy’ quickly accomplished a whitewash win with a spectacular 130 on the bullseye.
The St Helens thrower received his match in type with this spectacular 130
In an electrifying opening encounter of the evening between Rowby-John Rodriguez and Lourence Ilagan, the latter took out 64 to seal the primary set 3-1.
The 44-year-old from Manila – making his seventh look on the Worlds – moved one set away from a spot within the second spherical after slamming in an outstanding 116 checkout and a neat 60 out-shot.
Ilagan took out this 116 checkout throughout his encounter with Rodriguez.
However Rodriguez labored his means again to halve the deficit with 4 180s and a superb 80 end within the fourth leg and ‘Little John’ was quickly stage after sweeping by way of the fourth set to ship us right into a decider.
The match went the gap however it was Ilagan who dragged himself over the successful line after hitting double 18 to arrange a date with Dimitri Van den Bergh.
Former Handball star Florian Hempel received an epic encounter to ship Keegan Brown to Q-College in 2023, because the German closed out a hard-fought 3-2 victory.
Singer Lewis Capaldi was supported by Niall Horan as they graced the Alexandra Palace stage on Friday evening
Friday, December 16 – Afternoon Outcomes
| Alan Soutar | 3-0 | Mal Cuming (R1) |
| Boris Krcmar | 3-0 | Toru Suzuki (R1) |
| Adrian Lewis | 3-0 | Daniel Larsson (R1) |
| Kim Huybrechts | 3-0 | Grant Sampson (R2) |
Lewis makes assertion with spectacular victory
Adrian Lewis claimed a powerful victory in his event opener on Friday
Two-time world champion Adrian Lewis cruised into the second spherical with a straight-sets victory over Daniel Larsson, as Kim Huybrechts additionally progressed on Friday afternoon.
The 2011 and 2012 champion fired a powerful 19 treble 19s and posted a 93.57 common, with Lewis dropping simply three legs on his method to reserving a last-32 contest with Damon Heta.
Lewis wrapped up a scrappy opening set by taking out tops for a 13-dart leg and took out a 92 checkout on his method to doubling his lead, with the 37-year-old posting back-to-back maximums within the remaining leg of the third as he claimed a 3-0 victory in his event opener.
“I did not know what to anticipate actually,” Lewis informed Sky Sports activities. “I do know I’ve been practising nicely however I wasn’t 100 per cent sure what was going to occur up there tonight. Fortunate sufficient for me it has gone nicely.”
After a stable win over Daniel Larsson, Adrian Lewis stated that he is ‘up for the combat’ when he goes up in opposition to Damon Heta
Huybrechts will face defending champion Peter Wright after Christmas after a routine victory over South Africa’s Grant Sampson, with a low-80s common sufficient to recuperate from shedding the opening leg to breeze into the subsequent spherical.
Scotland’s Alan Soutar kicked off the afternoon session with a commanding 3-0 win over Australian Mal Cuming, establishing a second-round conflict with two-time Ally Pally quarter-finalist Daryl Gurney.
Alan Soutar claimed a 3-0 win over Mal Cuming however admits that he must carry out higher in opposition to Daryl Gurney on Saturday
Soutar landed 4 180s and transformed 124 and 119 finishes throughout a routine success, signing off with a 12-dart break of throw, as Cuming solely registered two legs on a troublesome event debut.
Croatian star Boris Krcmar got here by way of a low-scoring encounter in opposition to Toru Suzuki to beat the Japanese qualifier by the identical margin, securing him a gathering with two-time semi-finalist Nathan Aspinall in spherical two.
Boris Krcmar received the opening leg of his match with this sensible 112 checkout in opposition to Toru Suzuki
Saturday at Ally Pally
Belgian No 1 Van den Bergh and World Youth Champion Josh Rock headline the motion on Tremendous Saturday.
Saturday, December 17 – Fixtures (1230 GMT)
| Martin Lukeman | vs | Nobuhiro Yamamoto (R1) |
| Simon Whitlock | vs | Christian Perez (R1) |
| Adam Gawlas | vs | Richie Burnett (R1) |
| Daryl Gurney | vs | Alan Soutar (R2) |
Saturday, December 17 – Fixtures (1900 GMT)
| Ryan Meikle | vs | Lisa Ashton (R1) |
| Cameron Menzies | vs | Diogo Portela (R1) |
| Josh Rock | vs | Jose Justicia (R1) |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | vs | Lourence Ilagan (R2) |
Former finalist Simon Whitlock, ‘SuperChin’ Daryl Gurney and ‘The Lancashire Rose’ Lisa Ashton, who grew to become the primary lady to win a PDC Tour Card by way of Q-College in 2020, additionally characteristic.
Watch the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship – stay on Sky Sports activities Darts – from December 15 to January 3.
