BRENDAN DOLAN cruised through to round two with a 3-0 victory over Yuanjun Liu.

WILLIAM O'CONNOR tasted victory on the Alexandra Palace stage for the first time with a 3-0 whitewash of Yordi Meeuwisse.

GERMAN debutant Gabriel Clemens enjoyed a dream Alexandra Palace debut as he ran out a 3-0 winner against Aden Kirk.

TONI ALCINAS sent world number three Peter Wright crashing out of the William Hill World Championship.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN began his William Hill World Darts Championship campaign with a 3-1 win over Alan Tabern on Saturday.

GARY ANDERSON began his bid for a third world title with a 3-1 win over Kevin Burness in the second round.

CHRIS DOBEY dropped just two legs in his comfortable 3-0 win over Boris Koltsov in round one.

DANNY NOPPERT reeled off nine successive legs to run out a convincing 3-0 winner over Royden Lam in round one.

THE 2018/19 William Hill World Championship begins on Thursday at Alexandra Palace, London.

ROB CROSS began the defence of his William Hill World Championship title with a 3-1 victory over Jeffrey de Zwaan.