Opening night of PDC 2025 World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace
Defending champion Luke Humphries beats Thibault Tricole 3-0 in second round
First round - Keane Barry defeats Kim Huybrechts 3-1 to set up Monday evening encounter with Gerwyn Price
Jermaine Wattimena wins 3-0 against Stefan Bellmont and will face James Wade on Monday
Tricole beat Joe Comito 3-1
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Tricole 0-0 Comito (2-1)
Left on 68, Tricole has the chance to break Joe Comito's throw, but misses the double 16 finish.
Joe Comito misses the chance to hold throw and regain the advantage, going low on his second attempt at tops.
Tricole makes Comito pay and on double eight, takes a first set lead.
Tricole 0-0 Comito (1-1)
Better from "The French Touch" after a disappointing first leg for him.
A couple of good visits gives him four darts at double 16.
Tricole lands the second to level up.
First big strains of 'Don't take me home, please don't take me home, I just don't want to go to work' were belted out before a dart was thrown.
The crowd are up for this.
Image source, EPATricole 0-0 Comito (0-1)
Thibault Tricole would have certainly been the favourite on paper going into this match, but Joe Comito has shown early promise.
A few treble 20s, including a 140 with his second visit, gives him six darts at double 20.
Comito needs five of them to take it out to take an early lead.
Tricole v Comito
Joe Comito has the darts in hand and will begin the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship.
Game on!
Tricole v Comito
Both players make their way to the oche for this opening match.
Thibault Tricole is wearing the blue and orange of French football team FC Lorient. Tricole both supports them and has a partnership with the club.
Joe Comito is in his first match of this nature in his career and there is plenty of excitement from the man who has only ever played three televised matches.
Defending champion Luke Humphries awaits at the end of the night. No pressure...
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Tricole v Comito (19:15 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesBefore facing Joe Comito in the opening match of Sunday's schedule, Thibault Tricole told BBC Sport that while he does not know much about his opponent, his focus remains on his own game.
"To be honest, and with all due respect, not much," said Tricole on facing Comito.
"It's mainly because he plays in Australia. To find out more, I watched a video of his match against Michael Smith at the World Series. To get a feel for his behaviour and his rhythm.
"As for his game, you can't rely on it because one match is not the other. We'll have to wait and see. I need to concentrate on myself."
Tricole v Comito (19:15 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesSpeaking before the first match of the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, Thibault Tricole said he is proud to be the first Frenchman to ever compete in the competition, making his debut last year.
"I'm very proud to say that I'm the first and only Frenchman to take part," Tricole told BBC Sport.
"I hope that this is the start of the development of darts in France. In any case, this is the way forward.
"France is only interested in a sport if there are participants. But especially when there are champions. But that's not yet the case for me, I hope in the future."
Tricole v Comito (19:15 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesThe opening match of the night sees France's only ever representative at the World Darts Championship, Thiabult Tricole, take on the unheralded Australian Joe Comito.
Tricole, ranked 79th in the world, faces Comito in what is his second appearance at the competition. Last year, he reached the second round before being knocked out by former world champion Rob Cross.
Hoping to cause an upset early on is the unranked Comito, competing in his first ever PDC major event. The Australian, 43, qualified for the Alexandra Palace showpiece via the DartsPlayer Australia tour.
The prize for the winner of tonight's opener? A meeting with Luke Humphries in the second round, which also takes place this evening, scheduled for 22:15 GMT.
Littler v Meikle/Sherrock (Sat, 21:15 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesTeenager Luke Littler has certainly had a year to remember.
This time last year, the then 16-year-old was ranked 164th in the world and preparing for his first outing at a PDC World Darts Championship.
A year on, Littler is the bookmakers' favourite to win the title next month, having finished second in this competition at the start of this year.
Littler has risen 160 places in the PDC Order of Merit and since his last Alexandra Palace bow, has won the Premier League, World Series and Grand Slam titles.
Fans of his will have to wait to see his first match, however. He gets under way in the second round on Saturday, taking on the winner of the first round match between English duo Ryan Meikle and Fallon Sherrock.
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Humphries v Tricole/Comito (22:15 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesLuke Humphries lifted the 2024 World Darts Championship 347 days ago and in the 2025 edition, he begins his defence on the opening night.
His opponent is still unknown, with the winner of Sunday's opening match between Thibault Tricole and Joe Comito facing Humphries in tonight's final match.
Since winning this title, which moved "Cool Hand" to the top of the world rankings, he has stayed as world number one ever since, winning the World Matchplay and Players Championship finals.
In this competition, Humphries last suffered defeat on 30 December 2022, against Stephen Bunting in the fourth round.
We would like to send our condolences to Sky Sports pundit Wayne Mardle, whose wife Donna died earlier this week after a short illness.
Wayne is not part of the coverage tonight and the darts community will be thinking of him and all of Donna's family and friends.
Image source, Sky SportsAll times in GMT
There are four matches scheduled for the opening night at the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship.
The first three are all first round matches, with the last match of the evening seeing Luke Humphries getting his campaign under way in the second round.
Sunday's matches and approximate start times (all times GMT):
Thibault Tricole v Joe Comito - 19:15
Jermaine Wattimena v Stefan Bellmont - 20:15
Kim Huybrechts v Keane Barry - 21:15
Luke Humphries v Tricole/Comito - 22:15
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 2025 PDC World Darts Championship is here!
If you are a darts fan, the next few weeks really will be the most wonderful time of the year.
Over the next 19 days, the 96 best players in the world will be whittled down to just one.
In January, world number one Luke Humphries beat teenager Luke Litttler to claim the first of what could be a number of world titles for 'Cool Hand'.
He begins his title defence this evening as part of a four-match opening night schedule. Let's get straight into it.
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