World number one Luke Littler began his UK Open Darts Championship title defence with a comfortable 10–3 win over Damon Heta in Minehead. Littler also hit a 170 ‘Big Fish’ checkout during the match.
Elsewhere, Michael van Gerwen came from behind to beat Nathan Aspinall 10–8, while world number two Luke Humphries defeated Luke Woodhouse 10–3.
Rob Cross knocked out Gian van Veen, and Danny Noppert hit a nine-darter in his win over Dimitri Van den Bergh.
