'The Polish Eagle' soared through the opening set with a 3-2 deciding leg victory with a 91 checkout sealing it as he averaged 106 to begin the tie.
Joyce watched as Ratajski broke and then held in the final two legs to seal the second set and go towards the finishing line as he was still averaging around the 106 mark.
He found double 20 to lead in the third set and moved towards the brink before concluding it with a 15 darter with Joyce sat on 64.
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Krzysztof Ratajski beats Ryan Joyce in straight sets to book his place in the Third Round...
100 average for the Polish Eagle too!