World Grand Prix champion Mike de Decker suffered a shock early exit from the World Darts Championship, losing to Luke Woodhouse in the second round.
World Grand Prix champion Mike de Decker suffered a shock early exit from the World Darts Championship after being beaten by Luke Woodhouse at the Alexandra Palace. De Decker becomes the second seeded player in as many days to crash out of the Worlds, following on from James Wade on Monday, with the Belgian beaten 3-1 his second-round encounter.
Woodhouse wrapped up the opening set in straight legs and broke his opponent with a scrappy 21-darter on his way to winning the second, only for De Decker to charge back into the contest by winning four consecutive legs. Momentum moved back in Woodhouse’s favour when he won back-to-back legs, breaking De Decker with a 15-darter, before holding throw in the next to set up a last-32 clash against Damon Heta or Connor Scutt after Christmas. Kevin Doets had to battle back from a set down to claim a 3-1 victory over Noa-Lynn Van Leuven, who fired six maximums in an impressive debut that saw her become the first transgender player to compete at the World Championship. The turning point of the contest came when Doets edged a scrappy 33-dart leg in the second set, where Van Leuven – who posted two 120 finishes – missed multiple chances to break ahead, before he closed out victory to book a rematch with last year’s opponent Michael Smith. James Hurrell will face Michael van Gerwen in the next round after dropping just one leg in his straight-sets thrashing of Jim Long, while Ryan Joyce will play Danny Noppert after claiming a 3-1 win Darius Labanauskas
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