Results: Danny Noppert 2-3 Justin Hood, Gary Anderson 3-1 Connor Scutt, Michael van Gerwen 3-1 William O'Connor, Josh Rock 3-0 Joe Comito
Sixth seed Noppert beaten by world number 86 Hood in classic match which went to sudden-death leg
Two-time champion Anderson averages more than 105 in impressive victory
Three-time winner Van Gerwen and 11th seed Rock comfortably through to round three
Third round to begin on 27 December after three-day break
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Thank you for joining us this evening, and for the first 13 days of action at these PDC World Championships. Been fun, hasn't it?
We will return on 27 December with live text coverage of matches from round three all the way through to the final.
Until then, if you are celebrating, have a very merry Christmas and we'll see you soon.
Phil Cartwright
BBC Sport
Image source, Getty ImagesWorld number 86 Justin Hood beat sixth seed Danny Noppert in an Alexandra Palace classic as three more seeds exited the PDC World Championship on the final day of competition before the Christmas break.
Hood won a sudden-death leg of a high-quality match to progress to the last 32, having missed a dart at the bull to win in straight sets.
Seventeen of the 32 seeds have been knocked out in the opening two rounds of the tournament, with Noppert the highest-ranked player to fall so far.
Also beaten on Tuesday were two-time former champion Peter Wright, who lost in straight sets to German debutant Arno Merk, and Northern Ireland's Daryl Gurney, who came out on the wrong side of a deciding set with England's Callan Rydz.
Merk's reward is a third-round match with three-time champion Michael van Gerwen, who beat William O'Connor 3-1, while Rydz will next face 11th seed Josh Rock - the man who partnered Gurney to World Cup glory in June.
Luke Littler remains favourite off the back of winning six major finals in 2025.
Luke Humphries, Littler's predecessor as both world champion and world number one, faced Littler in three finals this year and is the current world number two.
World number three Michael van Gerwen is also in the mix, looking to avenge last year's final defeat and add to his three world titles, with his most recent coming in 2019.
Young players looking for a big run at the World Championship include Josh Rock and Gian van Veen, whose respective form has seen them both enter the world's top 12 in recent times.
Matches take place between 27-29 December
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All matches second round
Rock 3-0 Comito (3-1)
Comito needs 100, but Rock has a shot at 116 first.
The set up is good, but the match dart at tops is too high.
Comito however misses D20 himself, leaving Rock with three more arrows to win it...
Single 20, single 10, and finally double five. Game over.
Rock 2-0 Comito (2-1)
Josh Rock is one leg from victory, and sets off with 140.
Joe Comito can't collect the trebles he needs, and Rock is first to a finish...
Rock 2-0 Comito (2-1)
Josh Rock will aim to shake that disappointing leg off and hold his throw here.
Comito is lurking as Rock sets up a ton finish, but the man from Northern Ireland is unflustered.
Rock 2-0 Comito (1-1)
Image source, PA MediaJoe Comito needs to win this leg if he wants to push this match firmly into Australian time.
But Josh Rock crashes in his fourth 180 of the match to set up a 62 finish.
Single 10, single 12... tops eludes him again!
Comito needs 110 to counter attack, and finds it. Well done that man.
Rock 2-0 Comito (1-0)
Josh Rock was able to have a smile about that single one himself - although he isn't smiling when he misses two at tops in his subsequent visit.
Joe Comito is too far back to punish him though, and Rock hits D20 when he returns to the oche.
Rock 2-0 Comito (0-0)
No, Rock lands his seventh dart in single one.
Lol.
Rock 2-0 Comito (0-0)
Josh Rock wants to get home to bed - he starts set three with a maximum.
Then another!
Could this be the first nine-darter at the 2026 Worlds?
Maz Farookhi
BBC commentator on Radio 5 Live Breakfast
Gian van Veen looked so good after losing his first set against Alan Soutar. He is definitely making a case for it not necessarily being a Littler v Humphries final in a few weeks' time.
Result: Van Veen 3-1 Soutar
Josh Rock is one of the young stars aiming for World Championship glory and another of them was in fine form last night.
European Championship winner and reigning World Youth champion Gian van Veen put in a statement performance to underline his title credentials against Scotland's Alan Soutar.
Van Veen averaged almost 105 across the first two sets but almost found himself 2-0 behind, with Soutar missing a dart at double eight for a two-set lead.
The Dutchman, 23, took advantage of that slip to level the match and won the next six legs as well, ending with a match average of 108.28 - the best of any player so far at the World Championship.
Latvia's Madars Razma will be Van Veen's next opponent, having also beaten a Scot, Darren Beveridge, earlier on Monday.
Image source, Getty ImagesRock 2-0 Comito (3-0)
Joe Comito is struggling to cope with Josh Rock, who slams in an 11-darter to take the second set to nil.
We could be heading for a finish imminently.
Image source, PA MediaRock 1-0 Comito (2-0)
"Please don't take me home, I just don't want to go to work," chant the Ally Pally crowd.
Humph, some of us have to work on Christmas Eve Eve, guys.
Finally, we get the first 180 of the match! Josh Rock buries a maximum.
Rock 1-0 Comito (2-0)
It's a late finish tonight, and Josh Rock would love to get out of here sharpish.
He puts himself on a 48 finish, with Comito behind on 78.
Single eight for tops... missed!
What can the Australian do? Not enough as he strays into single one, and Rock makes the most of that let-off.
Rock 1-0 Comito (1-0)
John Part
Former PDC world champion on Sky Sports
Josh has got to pick it up because Comito has been playing really well, and Josh cannot underperform and expect to cruise to victory here.
He's going to have to elevate and get close to his best if he's going to reel off straight sets here.
Rock 1-0 Comito (1-0)
The Ally Pally crowd indulge in a tuneful rendition of Angels as the second leg gets under way.
Joe Comito throws first, and sets up a 160 finish - but Rock will have three at D18 if he doesn't convert.
Comito can't make the big finish, so an early break chance for Rock...
Taken with no bother.
Maz Farookhi
BBC commentator on Radio 5 Live Breakfast
Image source, PA MediaNo slip ups last night for the world number two and 2024 world champion.
It was all smiles on stage for Luke Humphries against his nearly 72-year-old opponent, who beat him on this same stage five years ago. Humphries gave very little away.