Two-time world champion Gary Anderson crashed out of the World Darts Championship after a shock defeat to Jeffrey De Graaf at Alexandra Palace.
Anderson struggled through a one-sided tournament against his unseeded opponent, winning just one leg and converting just three of 20 attempts at doubles en route to a straight loss to De Graf.
De Graaf cruised through the first two sets without dropping a leg and broke Anderson again in the next, completing a famous win to set up a third round meeting with Paolo Nebrida after Christmas.
Gary Anderson became the latest high-profile player to be kicked out of the World Darts Championship
Anderson's forgotten birthday was the first time he lost his opening game in 16 World Championship games, on a night that also saw the likes of Ross Smith and Martin Schindler knocked out.
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Cullen cuts media duties shortly after passing through
In the afternoon session, Joe Cullen He walked out of his post-match press conference after cruising through to the third round with a straight-sets win over Dutchman Wessel Nijman.
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Joe Cullen says the media have shown him “no respect” after Wessel Nijman was tipped as the favorite at the World Darts Championship
Cullen had won just three of his last 12 matches before this year's Worlds, but produced one of his performances of the year, shooting an average of 98.18 to set up a meeting with the former world champion Gerwyn Price after Christmas.
The Rockstar felt humiliated in the run-up to the competition, telling reporters: “I wasn't shown any respect, so I don't respect anybody you tonight I'm going to go home.”
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Cullen gives a powerful interview to Sky Sports Darts after his big win over Nijman
Ryan Searle opened proceedings with an impressive 3-0 win against Matt Campbell while Dirk van Duijvenbode was the last seed to make an early exit after Latvia Madar Razma he came from a set down to secure a 3-1 win.
John White also caused an upset after sending off European Championship winner Ritchie Edhouse as a 3-1 win for 'Diamond' saw him go on to play favorites Luke Littler before competition in the third round.
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John White says he is ready to upset 'Runcorn's No two' Luke Littler in round three
“He (Littler) is number 2 at Runcorn – I'm from Runcorn and I'm number 1!” said Geal. “You want to cause trouble. I'm all for it. Luke Littler has done everything for this sport right now.”
What's coming up on the ninth day?
The eight matches in the second round will finally take place on Monday, with Jonny Clayton heading the afternoon session against Mickey Mansell and former junior world champion Josh Rock against Rhys Griffin.
Krzysztof Ratajski takes on Alexis Toylo in the opening match of the day and former UK Open champion Andrew Gilding opens his competition against Martin Lukeman, while Dave Chisnall and former world champion Rob Cross both involved in the evening session.
Chisnall will play Ricky Evans and Cross against Scott Williams, following on from Gian van Veen going up against Ricardo Pietreczko and Daryl Gurney playing Florian Hempel.
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