PDC World Darts Championship 2020 preview and schedule: Sunday December 22, afternoon session

But enough about Dimitri van den Bergh. What else went on? Well, Daryl Gurney won with ease. Glen Durrant won with ease. Mensur Suljovic...lost, against a 25-year-old making a World Darts Championship debut. The name Fallon Sherrock will ring around the world of darts - and beyond - for quite a while.

For now, let's focus on six names which will be up in lights on Sunday afternoon. It's the start of the third round, and seven of the eight in attendance are seeded (after the early flurry of exits, seeds had mostly emerged unscathed before last night). Stephen Bunting chalked up some decent stats against Jose Justicia. The wider narrative arc, however, was of him falling asleep at crucial moments to end up in a fifth-set battle. He showed his class when it really mattered, but will feel that it never should've come to that.

He'll have to be switched on to see off Jonny Clayton, who ferreted his way into the World Darts Championship last 32 in fine style. Yes, Jan Dekker was completely off the boil. But part of that was Clayton repeatedly slamming the door in the Dutchman's face. On paper, Clayton and Bunting are the closest-matched pair as 16th and 17th seeds respectively. Clayton's second round average was two points superior, his finishing 12% better than the Bullet - those sort of stats can make all the difference if repeated. Big emphasis on 'if'.

Only three players averaged more than 100 across the first two rounds of play. Just one of them - Ian White - ended up losing. It's testament to how superb Darius Labanauskas was in upsetting the ninth seed. The Lithuanian, having collected the scalps of Matthew Edgar (twice), Raymond van Barneveld and White, now wants to continue trailblazing for his nation by being the first to progress to the Last 16.

Germany has provided a shedload more World Darts Championship competitors than Lithuania. But Max Hopp finds himself in the same boat as his opponent. The 24th seed can break new ground for his nation, ahead of Nico Kurz. But major question marks abound above the Maximiser's head, after an edgy victory over Benito van de Pas. Labanauskas would struggle to handle Hopp's A-game; Hopp's B-game seems nonexistent. It means he'll have to turn it on to avoid being the next surprise casualty.

If you're looking for standout matches, look no further. Two darting revelations in Nathan Aspinall and Krzysztof Ratajski collide in what promises to be an Ally Pally barnstormer.

That's not a guarantee, of course. For one, Ratajski hasn't thrown anything like his best darts on the iconic stage. Yet last time out, he knocked Zoran Lerchbacher out. Ratajski may have crept over the line, but that hardly matters now. A first World Darts Championship win relieves all the pressure, and we could see a revitalised Polish Eagle here.

Aspinall was involved in a seriously entertaining bout with Danny Baggish. The American waned at the right time for the Asp, but his best stuff came out when Baggish was laying on the pressure. It was the ideal second round tie in hindsight. Having been required to step up his game, Aspinall knows just a few minor tweaks will set him on his way here. Let's not get ahead of ourselves, but if they both turn up, we could have up to seven sets of premium tungsten.

Click here for more information on the PDC World Darts Championship, which takes place at the Alexandra Palace between December 13 and January 1.

Jonny Clayton vs Stephen Bunting
Max Hopp vs Darius Labanauskas
Nathan Aspinall vs Krzysztof Ratajski