Luke Littler beats David Davies 3-0 in second round of PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace, London
Defending champion Littler won title aged 17 in January
Former champion Gerwyn Price suffers shock 3-0 loss to Wesley Plaisier
Second-round matches are best of five sets, each set is best of five legs
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Littler 0-0 Davies (1-0)
Littler does not check out tops in three darts, leaving David Davies with a chance to take advantage on 89.
He doesn't manage it, though, and Littler deals with double 10 in two darts.
Littler 0-0 Davies (0-0)
Luke Littler throws first. Here we go.
Image source, PA MediaLuke Littler has reached the final in his only two previous appearances at the PDC World Championship. He lost the 2024 final to Luke Humphries, then beat Michael van Gerwen to win the title last time around.
As defending champion and world number one, he is much-fancied to go all the way again.
If he is to lift the title for a second time on 3 January, here are some potential names he could face along the way:
Third round: Mensur Suljovic
Fourth round: Damon Heta (16) or Rob Cross (17)
Quarter-final: Wesley Plaisier
Semi-final: Stephen Bunting (4) or Jonny Clayton (5)
Final: Luke Humphries (2) or Michael van Gerwen (3)
Price 0-2 Plaisier
Price: No one is beating me this year. Next round: Loses 3-0 to some random. Price-less
Russ, Southend
Biggest shock at the tournament so far. The Iceman has been defrosted.
Billy, Swindon
Littler v Davies
Glen Durrant
Former Premier League champion on Sky Sports
If Davies were to win, it would probably be the greatest ever upset we have seen on that stage.
There’s just something special when Luke Littler is in town. It’s almost like when Phil Taylor arrived in his pomp.
Image source, PA MediaLuke Littler began this year by lifting the world title and went on to win a further five major titles in 2025; the UK Open, World Matchplay, World Grand Prix, Grand Slam and Players Championship Finals.
His Grand Slam victory in Wolverhampton in November also took him to the top of the world rankings for the first time.
He also turned 18, was made an MBE and passed his driving test.
Image source, PA MediaWelshman David Davies combines his career as an NHS area manager with following his sporting dreams on the oche.
The 40-year-old, who delivered a straight-set win over Mario Vandenbogaerde on his PDC World Championship debut, needed to book some extra time off work for tonight's second-round match against defending champion Luke Littler.
"I've got minimal annual leave left - but I'm sure if I take unpaid leave the £25,000 will come in handy!" Davies said after his first-round victory.
Up next is the world number one, with Luke Littler taking on David Davies at about 21:05 GMT.
Price 0-3 Plaisier
A 95.83 average and 40% checkout rate from Gerwyn Price. Those are usually great numbers.
Wesley Plaisier averaged slightly less - but hit 56.25% of his doubles.
Price 0-3 Plaisier (2-3)
Wesley Plaisier after shock 3-0 win over Gerwyn Price: "I can't believe it, I'm so over the moon. It's my biggest victory ever. I don't know how I did it."
Gerwyn Price joins a lengthy list of seeded players who have already exited before the end of the second round. 12 are now out - 37.5% of those who were seeded.
Here are the ones who have exited:
John Part
Former PDC world champion on Sky Sports
Price had the higher average but it doesn't really matter.
Price 0-3 Plaisier (2-3)
Oh! Wesley Plaisier misses his double. He needs to take out 58. He gets the 18, then misses tops.
Gerwyn Price only has 53 to check out. Price finds the 13 but can't find double 20.
Plaisier comes back to the oche and pins double 10. The Dutchman, who has never made it past the second round before, knocks out the ninth seed.
Price 0-2 Plaisier (2-2)
Gerwyn Price makes it 2-2 in the third set, with a 93 finish. He is averaging more than 111 in this set so far.
John Part
Former PDC world champion on Sky Sports
This would have to be in the conversation for biggest shock of the tournament so far.
Price 0-2 Plaisier (1-2)
Wesley Plaisier has not let his standards dip.
He pins double eight to win the third leg in 13 darts.
Gerwyn Price must win the next two legs to avoid an exit.
Price 0-2 Plaisier (1-1)
Much, much better from Gerwyn Price. An 11-darter to hold his throw, including two maximums.
Price 0-2 Plaisier (0-1)
Wesley Plaisier has played well. Gerwyn Price hasn't.
Plaisier wins the first leg of the third set, a 14-dart hold of throw.
Price 0-2 Plaisier (1-3)
Gerwyn Price misses tops as he nearly checks out 117.
Wesley Plaisier checks out 67 with a treble 17, single eight and double four.
Price is a title hopeful. At the moment, he needs to turn this around to avoid a second-round exit.
Price 0-1 Plaisier (1-2)
The scoring slows near the end of this leg but Gerwyn Price manages to pull a leg back.
He needs to check out 40, he goes over first time, then strays inside, before managing to hit double 10.
A big celebration from Price. He knows the importance of winning a leg here.