Tyrone's Mickey Mansell bowed out of the World Darts Championship as he lost 3-1 to Ricky Evans at Alexandra Palace.
Mansell, ranked 59, who was appearing in the second round for the first time, won the opening set against the throw but Evans soon found his rhythm and reeled off six of the next seven legs to establish a 2-1 lead.
The Englishman, known as 'Rapid' and ranked 32 on the PDC's order of merit, wrapped up the game with a 3-1 win in the fourth set.
Mansell hit three 180s to Evans' six and hit five of 19 shots at double, while the Kettering thrower landed 10 of 20.
He will face world number one and tournament favourite Michael van Gerwen in the third round.
Daryl Gurney and Brendan Dolan are the two remaining Irish players at the event, which takes a break after today's sessions until 27 December.
𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝘼 𝙒𝘼𝙔 𝙏𝙊 𝙒𝙄𝙉 𝙄𝙏
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) December 23, 2020
Back-to-back ton-plus finishes seals Ricky Evans a 3-1 victory over Mickey Mansell!
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The afternoon session also saw victory for two-time winner Gary Anderson, who defeated Madars Razma 3-1, while Stephen Bunting won a last leg decider against Andy Boulton.
Mensur Suljovic also progressed to round three with a 3-1 win over Matthew Edgar.
