Ireland's Keane Barry is into the third round of the UK Open after a dominant 6-1 victory over Geert Nentjes, while Lisa Ashton made history with her win over Aaron Beeney.
50-year-old Ashton downed Beeney 6-2 to become the first female to win at this tournament since Dena Hedman 16 years ago.
Ashton, who is the first woman to hold a PDC Tour card, did it in style as her staggering average of 100.3 is a new world record for a woman in a televised match.
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) March 5, 2021
Lisa Ashton sets a 100.3 average in her victory over Aaron Beeney, setting a new World Record for the highest average on TV for a female player!
The standards go up and up ⬆️ pic.twitter.com/APyUHDFZzF
She plays Darius Labanauskas in the third round.
On his return to televised professional darts, Raymond van Barneveld is out. Alan Soutar clinched a 6-3 win over the former UK Open Champion.
There was more drama away from the oche after Steve Brown was made to forfeit his second-round match against Scott Waites in bizarre circumstances.
Brown claims there was no space to sit down in the practice room so he made his way back to his hotel room at the other end of the complex in Milton Keynes to relax before his match.
He started watching other matches on television and lost track of time, before seeing Waites warming up on stage on his screen.
A mad dash across the venue was in vain as he was timed out and thrown out of the competition.
