PDC World Darts Championship: Adrian Lewis beats Magnus Caris to reach second round

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Lewis will next play fellow Englishman Joe Cullen, who beat 21-year-old Australian Corey Cadby 3-1

William Hill World Darts Championship

Venue: Alexandra Palace, London Dates: 15 December to 2 January

BBC coverage: Daily reports and results plus live text commentary on the final

Adrian Lewis eased into the PDC World Darts Championship second round with a 3-0 victory over Swedish qualifier Magnus Caris.

Fifth seed Lewis, the 2011 and 2012 champion, will next play fellow Englishman Joe Cullen, who beat 21-year-old Australian Corey Cadby 3-1.

Earlier, number 22 seed Mervyn King came from two sets down to beat fellow Englishman Steve West 3-2.

King plays 11th seed Michael Smith in round two.

Cadby, this year's PDC World Youth Championship winner, had earlier beaten China's Sun Qiang 2-0 in a preliminary match to set up the first-round tie with Cullen.

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