 No problems for top seed Martin Adams and other seeded players Mervyn King, Ted Hankey and Mike Veitch who all earned places in the second round with straight sets victories.Day Two "Sunday 7 January"
The second day produced a series of shocks as the bookmaker's pre-tournament favourite for the title, Michael van Gerwen lost to Gary Robson.The 17-year-old World Masters champion was 9/4 favourite for the title, but found himself trailing through most of the match.