2021 World Champion Gerwyn Price suffered a shock defeat to Dutchman Wesley Plaisier in the second round of the PDC World Darts Championship.

Plaisier stunned ninth seed and former World Champion Price with a whitewash win, romping home 3-0.

The Dutchman took the opening set before storming to the second, hitting six of his ten double attempts in the process to leave Price staring down the barrel of defeat.

Plaicier, who has never gone beyond round two at the World Championship, then survived two set darts from Price in the deciding leg of the third set, before pinning double ten to produce one of the biggest shocks of the tournament so far.

“This is by far my biggest win ever,” said Plaisier, who will face Krzysztof Ratajski in round three.

“I couldn’t imagine beating him, especially not 3-0. I was hoping I could give him a good match and take one or two sets.

“I had a lot of nerves throwing for the match, I was shaking. In the end, he missed two darts and I was able to take it.

“The best wins are when you don’t expect them. I’m over the moon, that’s the only thing I can say.”

Littler breezes past Davies

Luke Littler ensured he did not suffer the same fate as Price, after delivering another whitewash triumph against Welshman David Davies to continue his title defence.

The world number one began in uncharacteristically slow fashion, averaging under 90 in the opening set and surviving five set darts from Davies before cleaning up a set-deciding leg.

However, Littler then returned to his trademark level, taking out a 145 checkout and eventually boosting his average to over 97 in taking the next two sets to complete the win.

“It’s always a good feeling to win and to win 3-0 is that much sweeter,” said Littler, who will face Mensur Suljovic in round three.

“I saw him walk off and thought he was out of his stride – I had to punish him and get that first set won.”

“I watched all of the Gezzy game, he didn’t play well and Wesley did. I could have met him in the quarter-finals, but you can only beat what’s in front of you.

“I’ve always watched darts and Mensur has been on tour for quite some years – he messaged me before the tournament and said see you in round three!”

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