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Luke Littler: World champion cruises through to World Masters second round

World champion Luke Littler cruised through to the second round of the PDC World Masters with a commanding straight-set win over Andy Baetens in Milton Keynes. Competing on home soil for the first time since becoming darts' youngest world champion, teenager Littler completed an efficient 3-0 victory to set up a second round meeting with James Wade. Littler, 18, averaged 104.33 and lost only one leg in a statement opener as he outclassed his opponent in just 10 minutes. Also on Friday, World Championship runner-up Michael van Gerwen defeated Bradley Brooks 3-1 and will meet Dimitri van den Bergh next. Belgian Van den Bergh beat Scottish 14th seed Gary Anderson 3-1 to progress to the tournament's last 16, which takes place on Saturday. Wade, the 15th seed, will go into his match against Littler on the back of a 3-2 win over Mike de Decker. Elsewhere, Cameron Menzies upset sixth seed Dave Chisnall 3-1 to set up a meeting with Nathan Aspinall, who averaged 103.77 in beating Andrew Gilding 3-0. Ryan Searle overcame 10th seed Chris Dobey 3-1 to set up a meeting with Jonny Clayton, who hit a remarkable 112.77 average in a 3-1 victory over Martin Schindler.

Luke Humphries v Josh Rock Damon Heta v Gerwyn Price William O'Connor v Danny Noppert Stephen Bunting v Peter Wright Luke Littler v James Wade Jonny Clayton v Ryan Searle Michael van Gerwen v Dimitri van den Bergh

Cameron Menzies v Nathan Aspinall

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