LONDON -- After Luke Littler secured his safe passage to the World Darts Championship third round on Sunday, Luke Humphries stepped up to the oche and did the same by whitewashing Paul Lim.
Humphries proclaimed that he will win this year's tournament after losing to Littler in the final of the Grand Slam of Darts last month and he remains on course to do so.
Monday's afternoon session was headlined by perhaps the most dramatic game of this year's tournament so far as Ricky Evans outlasted James Wade in a fifth-set tiebreak.
Monday's matches and results:
Afternoon session
Darren Beveridge 1-3 Madars Razma
(31) Wessel Nijman 0-3 Gabriel Clemens
David Munyua 0-3 Kevin Doets
(7) James Wade 2-3 Ricky Evans
Evening session
(10) Gian van Veen 3-1 Alan Soutar
(15) Nathan Aspinall 3-0 Leonard Gates
(2) Luke Humphries 3-0 Paul Lim
Charlie Manby 3-0 Adam Sevada
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This year's World Darts Championship is the biggest yet. There is £1 million on offer to whoever lifts the Sid Waddell Trophy on Jan. 3.
Littler pocketed half that amount for beating three-time champion Michael van Gerwen in last year's final.
His path to a second consecutive title has been made easier after a much-anticipated quarterfinal clash with Gerwyn Price was take off the schedule following the Welshman's second-round defeat to Wesley Plasier.