 Terry Jenkins and Adrian Lewis had narrow 4–3 victories over former world champion Steve Beaton and last year's semi-finalist Wayne Jones respectively, while Chris Mason avenged his defeat from last year by John Part, beating the two-time World Champion 4–2.Other matches included Dutch youngster Rico Vonck beating Canadian Brian Cyr 4–2 to set up a third round match with fellow countryman Barneveld, and the final match of the evening that went on until over midnight resulted in Darren Webster beating Adrian Gray 4–1 in a fairly lackluster match.Play resumed after the Christmas break on Boxing Day evening with four second-round matches.