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Fifteenth seed Chris Dobey booked his place in the third round with a 3-1 win over Alexander Merkx.

Englishman Dobey concluded an afternoon session which started with a trio of 3-0 scorelines. Northern Ireland's Brendan Dolan beat Lok Yin Lee to set up a meeting with Michael van Gerwen after Christmas.

In the final two first-round matches of the 2025 competition, Wales' Rhys Griffin beat Karel Sedlacek of the Czech Republic before Asia number one Alexis Toylo was victorious over Richard Veenstra.

First round

Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin

Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo

Second round

Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee

Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx

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Yes, he's back!

Welcome to a star-studded Saturday night from the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.

It is day seven of the tournament and after a wait of almost a full week, the tournament favourite is in action - Luke Littler, the most Googled athlete in the UK this year.

The teenager faces Ryan Meikle - one four matches on the schedule this evening.

As well as that, the 2007 PDC world champion Raymond van Barneveld gets his campaign under way.

Australia's Damon Heta, the number nine seed, is also in action.

Let's start the night by going through the four matches that have already happened today and look ahead at what is to come this evening.