Josh Rock into PDC World Championship third round, Jonny Clayton wins last-leg decider

Josh Rock has progressed done to the PDC World Championship 3rd circular with triumph implicit Rhys Griffin.

With his Welsh hostile having impressed during the archetypal round, the 18th effect was alert that helium could ill-afford a below-par show if helium wanted to breeze done successful style.

Although helium averaged conscionable successful excess of 87, Rock allowed Griffin to triumph conscionable 2 legs from 10 treble opportunities passim the contest.

The Northern Irishman improved arsenic the lucifer progressed, averaging 98 successful the 3rd arsenic helium acceptable up a showdown with Chris Dobey.

What other happened connected Monday afternoon?

Seventh effect Jonny Clayton battled backmost from trailing 2-0 successful the deciding acceptable of his lucifer with Mickey Mansell to prevail successful a sudden-death leg.

Mansell's outstanding finishing had kept him successful the lucifer with 136 and 154 checkouts peculiar highlights, but Clayton averaged 8 points much than his hostile and deserves his spot successful the adjacent round.

Former UK Open champion Andrew Gilding earned his spot successful the past 32 with a hard-fought 3-1 triumph implicit caller Grand Slam of Darts finalist Martin Lukeman.

Once Lukeman had raced to the 2nd acceptable to level the match, it appeared that it would beryllium one-way traffic, but 21st effect Gilding roared backmost with 5 successive legs to determination 1 mode from the match.

Despite squandering 5 lucifer darts, Gilding's six 180s yet enactment himself successful a beardown presumption and helium got implicit the enactment with a 92.65 mean to acceptable up a gathering with Nathan Aspinall.

In the archetypal lucifer of the day, Poland's Krzysztof Ratajski overcame the awkward benignant of Alexis Toylo to prevail by a 3-1 scoreline, averaging 95.32 successful the process.

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