Michael van Gerwen made a shock early exit from the Winmau World Masters, as Gian van Veen and Gerwyn Value had been among the many gamers to make successful begins in Milton Keynes.
Van Gerwen is a five-time winner of the occasion however was the highest-ranked participant to be knocked out on the opening night time at Enviornment MK, the place he suffered a 3-1 exit to Australia’s Damon Heta.
The Dutchman solely managed an 88.36 common and struggled along with his ending in a disappointing show towards Heta, who took the opening set with a 124 end however misplaced the second regardless of Van Gerwen losing seven darts at double.
Heta claimed the third set with a 118 end and wrapped up victory with a 101 checkout, with Chris Dobey his subsequent opponent after the Englishman breezed previous Jermaine Wattimena in straight units.
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Winmau World Masters schedule and outcomes
Thursday January 29 (1900 GMT)
Spherical One x8
Finest of 5 units
Chris Dobey 3-0 Jermaine Wattimena
Gary Anderson 3-2 Niels Zonneveld
James Wade 3-2 Madars Razma
Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Shane McGuirk
Jonny Clayton 3-1 Wessel Nijman
Gerwyn Value 3-0 James Hurrell
Michael van Gerwen 1-3 Damon Heta
Gian van Veen 3-1 Ryan Joyce
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Friday January 30 (1900 GMT)
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Finest of 5 units
Martin Schindler v Luke Woodhouse
Ross Smith v Jimmy van Schie
Danny Noppert v Daryl Gurney
Ryan Searle v Rob Cross
Josh Rock v Connor Scutt
Luke Littler v Mike De Decker
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