Humphries, Evans and Stevenson first through to second round at German Darts Championship

The second European Tour event of the season has begun with Simon Stevenson, Luke Humphries and Ricky Evans all through.

Stevenson started proceedings with a polished victory over Dave Prins where he averaged around the 96 mark. He finished it all off with a 117 checkout as the Mirror Man marked a good return to the European Tour. Humphries was excellent in the second game averaging 100 in seeing off Martin Atkins who was making his second appearance this year on the European Tour. He will next face off against Darren Webster and going off current form, it could lead to a strong weekend for ‘Cool Hand’. Evans was probably most impressive though seeing off Robert Thornton 6-4 and coming back from 4-1 down to do so. This included finishes of 167 and 132 for the Kettering ace. for more information about the PDC European Tour, including the format, calendar and the prize fund breakdown. Afternoon session schedule (13:00 local time, 12:00 GMT) Dave Prins (88.33) 2-6 (96.29) Simon Stevenson Martin Atkins (Leeds) (90.95) 2-6 (100.71) Luke Humphries Ricky Evans (88.65) 6-4 (93.1) Robert Thornton Jyhan Artut v Boris Koltsov Mike de Decker v Andrew Gilding Kevin Knopf v Scott Taylor Ron Meulenkamp v Kim Viljanen Josh Payne v Andy Boulton