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.

TED EVETTS secured his first Alexandra Palace victory with a 3-0 triumph over Simon Stevenson in round one.

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

JAMIE LEWIS held off a fightback from Cody Harris to move into the third round of the William Hill World Darts Championship.

KEVIN BURNESS sealed a straight sets victory against Paul Nicholson on his William Hill World Championship debut.

ALAN TABERN fended off a fightback by Australia's Raymond Smith to set-up second round clash with Michael Van Gerwen at the William Hill World Championship.

MICHAEL BARNARD survived a gutsy fightback and six missed match darts by Jose De Souza before winning a last-leg decider.

TWO-TIME William Hill World Darts Champion Gary Anderson got his 2018/19 campaign off to a solid start at Alexandra Palace on Friday.