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Luke Littler and Luke Humphries Germany eased their way into the second round of the European Championship with a comprehensive win.
World champion Littler claims 6-1 victory over Dutchman raymond van barneveldThe 58-year-old finished with an average of 98.97 to eliminate the five-time world champion.
Littler, who faces james wade After this, if he wins the tournament in Dortmund he will become the world number one player for the first time in his career.
“It may have seemed comfortable, but it wasn’t,” the 18-year-old told the PDC website. “Raymond and I both struggled in the first few stages, but I pushed through and got the job done.
“I’m looking forward to tomorrow now. My record against James is very good and it should be a good fight.
“I know the world number one spot is close, but I have to take it game by game and focus on James first.”
Humphreys was even more emphatic as he defeated Poland’s Krzysztof Ratajski 6–0, the world number one, with an average of 109.98 and 161 checkouts.
“I’m really happy with that performance,” he said. “My scoring was strong from the start and I think that was really important.
“If I start well, I’m always a much more dangerous player and I think the first few stages set the tone. I didn’t really let Krzysztof down tonight, and that’s what you need to do against a player who is so strong.”
Wade is 6-1 winner against Mike De Decker, Cameron Menzies beats fellow Scot gary anderson 6–3 and home hope Riccardo Pietrzko won 6–4 over Northern Ireland’s Josh Rock.