Two-time world champion Gary Anderson crashed out of the World Darts Championship after a shock second-round loss to Jeffrey De Graaf at Alexandra Palace.
Anderson struggled during the one-sided contest against his unseeded opponent, winning just one leg and converting just three of 20 double attempts on his way to a straight sets loss to De Graaf.
De Graaf went through the first two sets without dropping a leg and broke Anderson again in the next, sealing a famous victory and setting up a third-round meeting with Paolo Nebride after Christmas.
Gary Anderson has become the latest high-profile player to drop out of the World Darts Championship
Anderson's birthday to forget was the first time he had lost his first match in 16 World Championship appearances, on a night that also saw second seeds Ross Smith and Martin Schindler knocked out.
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Cullen takes a break from media duties after he cruises
In the afternoon session, Joe Cullen stormed out of his post-match press conference after advancing to the third round with a straight sets victory over Dutchman Wessel Nijman.
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Joe Cullen says he was 'disrespected' by the media after Wessel Nijman became favorite in their World Darts clash
Cullen won just three of his last 12 matches ahead of this year's World Cup but produced one of his performances of the year, firing an average of 98.18 to set up a meeting with former world champion Gerwyn Price after Christmas.
Rockstar felt he had been disrespected in the build-up to the tournament, telling reporters, “I didn't show any respect, so I'm not going to share any respect with any of you tonight. I'm going home.”
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Cullen gives a brief interview to Sky Sports Darts after posting a dominant win over Nijman
Ryan Searle opened proceedings with an impressive 3-0 win against Matt Campbell, while Dirk van Duijvenbode became the last seed to go out early after the Latvian Madar Razma came from the set to win 3-1.
Ian White also caused an upset after knocking out reigning European Championship winner Ritchie Edhouse, a 3-1 win for 'Diamond', seeing him progress to play pre-tournament favorite Luke Littler in the third round.
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Ian White says he is ready to upset 'Runcorn's No two' Luke Littler in round three
“He (Littler) is Runcorn No. 2 – I'm from Runcorn and I'm No. 1!” White said. “You want to cause an upset. I'm all for it. Luke Littler has done everything for the sport at this point.”
What comes on the ninth day?
The final eight matches of the second round take place on Monday, with Jonny Clayton leading the afternoon session against Mickey Mansell and former world youth champion Josh Rock against Rhys Griffin.
Krzysztof Ratajski meets Alexis Toyl in the opening match of the day, former UK Open champion Andrew Gilding opens his tournament against Martin Lukeman, while Dave Chisnall and former world champion Rob Cross are involved in the evening session.
Chisnall plays Ricky Evans and Cross plays Scott Williams, after which Gian van Veen will play Ricardo Pietreczko and Daryl Gurney who plays Florian Hempel.
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