2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship - Day Five latest

Paddy Power World Darts Championship

The 2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship continues on Thursday, as 2022/23 World Champion Michael Smith opens his title challenge against Kevin Doets.

Day Five of the £2.5m event will see six first-round ties take place at Alexandra Palace, with Smith and Gabriel Clemens in second round action against Doets and Robert Owen respectively.

Grand Slam of Darts runner-up Martin Lukeman and former World Championship quarter-finalist Callan Rydz will feature in the afternoon session, with last year's semi-finalist Scott Williams kicking off his campaign against German debutant Niko Springer in the evening session.

The Paddy Power World Darts Championship is being broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK, through the PDC's worldwide broadcast partners including DAZN and Viaplay, and on PDCTV (excluding UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria & Switzerland based subscribers).

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2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship
Thursday December 19
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Lok Yin Lee 3-1 Chris Landman (2-3, 3-0, 3-0, 3-0) (R1)
Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac (3-0, 3-1, 3-1) (R1)
Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar (2-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1) (R1)
Robert Owen 3-1 Gabriel Clemens (3-2, 3-0, 1-3, 3-1) (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Nick Kenny v Stowe Buntz (R1)
Mensur Suljovic v Matt Campbell (R1)
Scott Williams v Niko Springer (R1)
Michael Smith v Kevin Doets (R2)

Best of five sets (no tie-breaks in round one matches)