World Grand Prix champion Mike de Decker suffered a astonishment conclusion to Luke Woodhouse successful nan 2nd information of nan PDC World Championship.
Belgium's De Decker, nan 24th seed, was considered an extracurricular contender for nan title, but was beaten 3-1 by nan English world number 35.
Earlier Kevin Doets survived a first-round scare to triumph 3-1 against Noa-Lynn van Leuven, whose quality meant she was nan first transgender subordinate to compete successful nan tournament.
Woodhouse, 36, averaged 88.38 and deed 9 of his 22 attempts astatine doubles to return nan triumph astatine Alexandra Palace successful London.
"The capacity wasn't very bully but nan triumph is incredible. I felt really bully to commencement with, I started disconnected really well, past I went 2 sets up and I started to deliberation astir it a small bit," he told Sky Sports.
"He didn't play anyplace adjacent wherever he tin do truthful I'll return nan triumph each time long."
Woodhouse will play Australian Damon Heta aliases England's Connor Scutt successful nan 3rd round.
De Decker is nan 2nd seed to exit pursuing 16th seed James Wade's nonaccomplishment to Jermaine Wattimena connected Monday.
Doets will look 2023 champion Michael Smith adjacent aft beating his Dutch compatriot Van Leuven.
"It was very tough, particularly astatine nan beginning. She played amended than I did astatine nan beginning. It was really hard," Doets said aft coming from a group behind.
Van Leuven showed nary nerves arsenic she took nan opening set, including a 120 checkout.
But she mislaid nan 2nd group aft missing respective chances astatine double pinch nan scores astatine 1-1, earlier Doets yet sealed an bonzer limb connected double 1 aft 33 darts.
It proved a turning constituent arsenic Doets took charge, though Van Leuven deed six 180s successful all, including 2 successful nan 4th limb of nan 2nd group earlier missing treble 20 erstwhile connected a imaginable nine-darter.
Doets averaged 88.13 to his opponent's 87.02 arsenic he sealed his spot successful nan 2nd round.
Assessing nan marathon leg, Doets told Sky Sports: "Every World Championship, location is simply a limb for illustration that. I was unfortunate to person it today. It was tough. That limb and each azygous limb I was fighting, fighting, fighting."
Van Leuven was 1 of 2 qualifiers for nan World Championship from nan Women's Series, alongside Fallon Sherrock.
The Dutch subordinate became nan first transgender female to return portion successful a televised PDC tourney erstwhile she mislaid 5-0 to Michael van Gerwen astatine nan Grand Slam of Darts past month.
Van Leuven has said she transitioned astir 10 years ago. She had played darts from nan property of 12 but took a break from nan crippled earlier returning astir 4 years ago, and joined nan Women's Series successful 2022.
Darts Regulation Authority rules let transgender players successful women's events provided their testosterone levels are beneath a definite mark, though immoderate societal media users person been captious of her taking 1 of nan female qualification spots.
PDC president Barry Hearn has supported nan guidelines, telling BBC Sport: "If location are nary evident diversion advantages, I don't spot why they shouldn't compete successful these sports connected level terms."
Van Leuven has called for group to "respect each other" but said she received decease threats aft Dutch players Anca Zijlstra and Aileen de Graf discontinue nan Netherlands women's squad earlier this twelvemonth because they did not want to play alongside her.
First round
James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long
Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas
Second round
Mike de Decker 1-3 Luke Woodhouse
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