Wesley Plaisier now just one leg from potentially being two sets ahead.

He finishes on 56 to hold his throw. Gerwyn Price is back on 218.

A 13-dart break of throw from Wesley Plaisier.

Clinical on doubles once again from Plaisier. He hits double 18 to take the first leg of this set.

Seeded players have not had the smoothest of times at the World Darts Championship so far. Gerwyn Price will be hoping he does not join them.

With Joe Cullen having been knocked out by Mensur Suljovic earlier, 11 players who were in the top 32 of the PDC's Order of Merit at the beginning of the tournament are already out.

Here are the seeded players who have exited:

• Chris Dobey (8)
• Ross Smith (12)
• Mike de Decker (18)
• Dave Chisnall (21)
• Dimitri van den Bergh (23)
• Ryan Joyce (24)
• Cameron Menzies (26)
• Ritchie Edhouse (27)
• Michael Smith (28)
• Dirk van Duijvenbode (29)
• Joe Cullen (32)

The Dutchman breaks Gerwyn Price's throw and wins the first set.

Price strays just inside as he looks to find tops. Wesley Plaisier immediately hits it.

It's been a close one so far.

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Throws being held from the start here.

Wesley Plaisier wins the third leg, pinning double 16 to go back ahead.

Excellent set-up play from Gerwyn Price before he levels.

Price throws a 168 to leave 40 and takes out tops at the first time of asking when he returns to the oche.

A lovely finish from Wesley Plaisier to hold his throw and win the first leg!

Price is left on tops, but it is Plaisier's turn to go first with 130 left.

A single 20 first, but he then finds the treble before hitting the bullseye.

2021 winner Gerwyn Price takes to the stage.

Will he book his spot in the third round this evening?

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Gerwyn Price was in confident mood after a comfortable first-round win over Adam Gawlas.

"I believe in my own talent and my own ability," said the Welshman, who was champion in 2021 and is this year's ninth seed.

"I just believe I'm going to win this tournament, I don't care what the obstacles are in front of me.

"I know it's going to be very tough, whoever I play, but I'm definitely coming through every game."

Price plays Dutchman Wesley Plaisier in tonight's second match.

Further down the line, there's the potential of a quarter-final encounter between Price and Luke Littler...

Up next, Wales' Gerwyn Price takes on Wesley Plaisier at around 20:10 GMT.

Is Luke Littler going to be the first player to retain the PDC World Championship title since Gary Anderson did so in 2016?

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That is a scoreline which does not tell the entire story of what happened in the match.

Every set went down to a deciding leg, but Martin Schindler won all three.

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We're into the second round now and the first certainly delivered drama.

We had 71-year-old Paul Lim becoming the tournament's oldest ever match winner and historic wins for players such as Kenyan David Munyua, Indian Nitin Kumar and Switzerland's Stefan Bellmont, who plays Damon Heta in tonight's final match.

Then there was Cameron Menzies apologising for punching a drinks table after being eliminated by rising English star Charlie Manby.

And those wasps, which have taken centre stage quite often at Alexandra Palace. Jurjen van der Velde resorted to bug spray to try to combat them - to little effect.

Martin Schindler is one set away from victory over Keane Barry.

The German 13th seed has been pushed hard by the Irishman but has edged clear.

Phil Taylor is the most successful player in the history of the PDC World Darts Championship, winning 14 of his 16 world titles between 1995 and 2013.

His previous two titles came before a group of leading players broke away from the British Darts Organisation to form their own governing body, now known as the PDC, in 1993.

The past five years have produced five different world champions, with English trio Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael Smith winning the past three.

Littler and Humphries will hope to join the exclusive club of players to have won multiple PDC world titles, with only six managing to achieve that feat so far.

John Part
Former PDC world champion on Sky Sports

I can absolutely see why he was frustrated.

You can cope, or you can't cope and he didn't cope.

It was just a really tough day at the office for Joe.

Wayne Mardle
Five-time world championship semi-finalist on Sky Sports

He was slow, but he wasn't cheating. Mensur has done this for decades.

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There was controversy following the afternoon session, with Joe Cullen saying that opponent Mensur Suljovic's slow style of play is akin to cheating after the 32nd seed was knocked out of the PDC World Darts Championship.

Austrian Suljovic denied using any specific tactics in his second-round success.

"I never ever do this as a provocation," said the 53-year-old. "I do it only for my game. Sorry Joe, I never do this - love you man."

England's Cullen won the first set, but became the 11th seed to crash out as he lost the following three, including throwing away a 2-1 lead in the fourth set.

Referring to the way that Suljovic slowed down play, Cullen said in a post on X: "If that's darts, I don't want no part of it."

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• Ryan Joyce 1-3 Krzysztof Ratajski
• Joe Cullen 1-3 Mensur Suljovic
• Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Max Hopp
• Rob Cross 3-1 Ian White

German number one Martin Schindler has won the first set against Keane Barry in the first game of this evening's session.

Here are the four matches that are on the way tonight:

• Martin Schindler v Keane Barry
• Gerwyn Price v Wesley Plaisier
• Luke Littler v David Davies
• Damon Heta v Stefan Bellmont