Raymond Van Barneveld made a successful return to the PDC World Championship because the Dutchman noticed off Lourence Ilagan within the first spherical on Monday.
Former world champion Van Barneveld was again in motion within the Alexandra Palace showpiece having retired following his first-round exit by the hands of Darin Younger in December 2019, introduced he had reversed the choice in September 2020 after which regained his PDC tour card in February.
The 54-year-old beat Filipino Ilagan 3-0 to arrange a second-round conflict with 2018 world champion Rob Cross
Van Barneveld informed Sky Sports activities: “It’s a privilege to be again. I miss it and I had one purpose, to be again right here. And right here it’s.
“My final sport was poor and I went house and thought the group deserves higher. I by no means thought I used to be getting again, as a result of I used to be accomplished with darts, after which circumstances…after which this.
“I knew Lourence is an effective participant. He performed wonderful within the first leg, he may have hit that after which the sport may have been all completely different. However the crowd was all the time behind me and perhaps due to that Lourence was perhaps an excessive amount of nervous, I don’t know.
“I didn’t play my A-game tonight, I can play significantly better, however I received and that’s the one factor that issues.”
Monday night additionally noticed James Wade file a 3-1 second-round victory over Maik Kuivenhoven, whereas Rusty-Jake Rodriguez and Luke Woodhouse superior from spherical one with 3-1 wins towards Ben Robb and James Wilson respectively.
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