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That's it after an entertaining first night of this year's PDC World Championship!

Darius Labanauskas provided stubborn opposition for Luke Littler, but the defending champion is safely through to the second round.

Read all about the opening night's action at Alexandra Palace in Phil Cartwright's excellent day one report.

The action continues tomorrow with 2018 world champion Rob Cross and 10th seed Gian van Veen - who is being tipped to make a big run this year - among those beginning their tournaments.

Night one is done - and there's plenty more fun to be had before the champion is crown on 3rd January!

And here is what we have to enjoy tomorrow...

First round (Best of five sets)

Afternoon session (12:30)

• Niels Zonneveld v Haupai Puha
• Ian White v Mervyn King
• Ryan Searle (20) v Chris Landman
• Rob Cross (17) v Cor Dekker

Evening session (19:00)

• Ross Smith (12) v Andreas Harrysson
• Ricky Evans v Man Lok Leung
• Gian van Veen (10) v Cristo Reyes
• Damon Heta (16) v Steve Lennon

That's almost it from us for but here is a reminder of what we've seen tonight...

• Kim Huybrechts 1-3 Arno Merk
• Michael Smith (28) 3-0 Lisa Ashton
• Luke Littler (1) 3-0 Darius Labanauskas
• Madars Razma 3-1 Jamai van den Herik

Madars Razma hits tops to progress and, finally, there is a little smile from the Latvian.

By far the best set of the match with both players finally showing what they're capable of.

Razma ends with an average of 89.07, while Jamai van den Herik drags his average into the 80s as well, 81.33, on his Ally Pally debut.

Hard work for Razma but he gets there in the end.

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Michael Smith spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live after his 3-0 win over Lisa Ashton, who had the backing from the majority of the Alexandra Palace crowd during their first-round match:

"That first set was nerve-racking. As soon as I walked out, the crowd was on me straight away. I expected it but I thought if I go 1-0 down, it was going to get worse and worse.

"I tried to force things that weren't there, but when I took that first set, it was happy days. I started to settle in then and nearly threw it away in the last set, but we'll take the win.

"Driving up, I said to my dad and my manager in the car that I felt sick - the butterflies were kicking in, but once I opened that door, the smiles kicked in, I was happy and glad to be back."

This has just been a very odd match. It's certainly not been a classic.

Madars Razma won't care too much should he win, though, and the Latvian is now a set away from doing so.

He takes this third set 3-1, looks distinctly unimpressed with himself but with Jamai van den Herik's average still in the 70s, Razma has to be favourite to wrap this match up.

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A scrappy second set as Madars Razma's level drops off and Jamai van den Herik takes advantage.

The Dutch debutant is still only averaging 78 but he has had his moments and was clinical in the last leg of this one.

There have been flashes of what Van den Herik can do but Razma will feel he has let the 22-year-old back in.

Great question, Martin.

The benchmark for a great performance is generally considered to be a three-dart average of 100. While it will take a bit of time for us to look up specific statistics, it definitely feels like the frequency with which Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and the modern-day elite hit averages of more than 100 is definitely greater than any other era.

I think the main difference now is the depth of talent in the sport - for example, Phil Taylor was certainly able to do it regularly during his dominant years, but very few others could do so consistently.

Nowadays, several top players are consistently bashing in 100-plus averages.

Might be one for us to look at in a bit more detail later in the tournament...

A strange first set in which Madars Razma was far and away the better player against a very nervous Jamai van den Herik.

The Latvian wins through in the end but was still pushed all the way in the deciding leg.

Razma is averaging 99.85 to Van den Herik's 78.58 but the latter snatched his chances to win a couple of legs.

The debutant will need to up it in the second set, though.

BBC Radio 5 Live

You can listen back to BBC Radio 5 Live's PDC World Championship preview, which was broadcast live earlier tonight, on BBC Sounds.

A couple of people have got in touch to ask about live radio commentary - unfortunately we do not have broadcast rights for live TV or radio coverage, but BBC Radio 5 Live will provide regular reports on the action and interviews with players throughout the event.

On the website and app, we'll have daily round-ups and also live text coverage of the biggest matches as the tournament progresses.

One more match to bring you on opening night as Latvia's Madars Razma and takes on Dutch debutant Jamai van den Herik.

It'll be Razma to throw first...

Matthew Edgar
Former PDC professional, speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live

I don't think Luke has had time to process anything [during his rapid rise in the past two years]. It's been a whirlwind and he doesn't really have time to reflect.

By him being so busy, it's actually an asset. He talks about doing all these different things and that's probably a good thing, because you don't have that time to sit back and go: "What's happened to me here?"

It probably feels so normal that he's not quite aware of what he's achieved.

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Let's have a quick look at the stats at the end of that match.

Luke Littler finishes with an average of 101.54, Darius Labanauskas wasn't too far behind on 95.25.

The Nuke had seven 180s to his opponent's three but it was Littler's finishing that was most impressive.

He was 64.3% on the outer ring. If he keeps that up then it is hard to see anyone stopping him.

Luke Littler, speaking to Sky Sports: "Definitely wasn't easy. Looking at the stats, it didn't feel like that but happy with the win.

"There's a bit of nerves but once you get up here, win a leg, then win the set, it settles you dart.

"As long as you win the sets, that's all that matters.

"I think everyone in the tournament just wants to get the first round done, it's definitely the hardest round.

"Back for a third time, first game done and now I get 10 days off."

John Part
Former PDC world champion on Sky Sports

Littler will know he was in a game, but he'll also know he handled it very well.

The defending champion races into the second round!

Just about the perfect evening for Luke Littler as he is pushed just enough to count this as a real test but still comes through without dropping a set.

Darius Labanauskas gave it his all but Littler was just too good. He usually is.

Luke Littler is almost there after back-to-back ton-plus finishes!

It's the old Shanghai finish - 120 taken out with a single, treble and double 20.

Fantastic stuff and he's on the brink of booking his place in the second round.