Darius Labanauskas reached the Quarter-Finals of last year's PDC World Darts Championship and 'Lucky D' is successfully through his opening tie against Chinese qualifier Chengan Liu.
Labanauskas won through in a straight sets victory over Liu who was making his first appearance in 15 years. But it was the Lithuanian with a 96 average and three 180's and 50% on the doubles who won through.
He wrapped up the opening set with relative ease 3-1 and his scoring prowess was proving too good for Liu as he had a nine point difference on his average and this showed as he once again claimed the second set 3-1.
This was completed with a 68 checkout for a 14-darter as his average was up at 93.7 and his doubling was proving successful as well with 67%.
The final set saw Labanauskas dominate once more as he claimed it in a clean sweep to set up a tie with Simon Whitlock.
2021 PDC World Darts Championship schedule
Friday December 18
Afternoon Session (12:00 GMT)
Mickey Mansell (93.94) 3-0 (79.72) Haupai Puha (R1) (3-0, 3-0, 3-0)
Darius Labanauskas (96.07) 3-0 (79.57) Chengan Liu (R1) (3-1, 3-1, 3-0)
Wayne Jones v Ciaran Teehan (R1)
Jamie Hughes v Adam Hunt (R2)
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