England’s Callan Rydz averaged 107.06 to e-book his place within the second spherical, earlier than Gabriel Clemens was knocked out by Wales’ Robert Owen on Thursday afternoon.
Rydz beat Croatian Romeo Grbavac 3-0, recording the match’s highest common first-round match common in its present 96-player format.
It was the competitors’s twenty sixth highest match common general and comfortably one of the best to this point on the 2025 occasion.
The earlier file was held by teenager Luke Littler, who scored 106.12 at this stage final yr.
Rydz, from Bedlington in Northumberland, meets Germany’s Martin Schindler within the second spherical on Sunday night.
The afternoon session concluded with Germany’s twenty seventh seed Clemens being crushed by Owen, who’s ranked 50 locations beneath him.
Owen recorded a 3-1 victory, his second in a matter of days, to succeed in the third spherical, which begins on 27 December.
Hong Kong’s Lok Yin Lee got here from a set all the way down to beat Chris Landman 3-1 after successful 9 straight legs.
Lee will face Northern Eire’s Brendan Dolan in spherical two on Saturday afternoon.
In the meantime, 2024 Grand Slam of Darts runner-up Martin Lukeman got here from a set all the way down to beat Indian qualifier Nitin Kumar 3-1.
Lukeman meets twenty first seed Andrew Gilding on Monday afternoon for a spot within the final 32.
