Jonny Clayton began his bid for World Championship glory with a dominant 3-0 win over Danny van Trijp, racing to a straight sets success in just over 20 minutes on the Alexandra Palace oche.
The Welshman produced one of the performances of the tournament to dispatch the Challenge Tour star, averaging 99.6, landing five 180s and converting 50% of his attempts at double.
Following a subdued start, Clayton burst into life with a brace of 11-darters and a 78 combination in set two, before legs of 16, 14 and 16 darts saw the former Premier League winner ease through to round three.
“I needed to get out of the blocks and I think I did that,” said Clayton, who relinquished just three legs en route to victory.
“I am delighted with that. My form hasn’t been brilliant and I was a bit nervous tonight because I don’t know much about Danny.
“I want to be spoken about as one of the elite, but I need to prove what I can do, so hopefully I’m back on track,” added the Welshman, who plays Brendan Dolan in round three.
The Cazoo World Darts Championship is being broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK & Ireland, through the PDC’s worldwide broadcast partners including DAZN and Viaplay, and on PDCTV (excluding UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria & Switzerland based subscribers).
2022/23 Cazoo World Darts Championship
Friday December 23
Afternoon Session
4x Second Round
Brendan Dolan 3-1 Jimmy Hendriks (3-1, 3-0, 2-3, 3-0)
Chris Dobey 3-0 Martijn Kleermaker (3-2, 3-1, 3-2)
Ross Smith 3-1 Darius Labanauskas (3-2, 3-0, 2-3, 3-2)
Rob Cross 3-1 Scott Williams (2-3, 3-2, 3-2, 3-2)
Evening Session
4x Second Round
Martin Schindler 3-1 Martin Lukeman (3-2, 2-3, 3-1, 3-1)
Danny Noppert 3-1 David Cameron (3-1, 3-1, 2-3, 3-1)
Jonny Clayton 3-0 Danny van Trijp (3-1, 3-1, 3-1)
Joe Cullen 3-1 Ricky Evans (3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 3-1)
Tuesday December 27
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
3x Third Round
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Krzysztof Ratajski
Nathan Aspinall v Josh Rock
Jonny Clayton v Brendan Dolan
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x Third Round
Jim Williams v Gabriel Clemens
Gerwyn Price v Raymond van Barneveld
Peter Wright v Kim Huybrechts
—–ENDS—–
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