Tale of two oches for last year's finalists

Last year's World Darts Grand Prix finalists Roland Scholten and Alan Warriner enjoyed contrasting nights in Dublin.

Scholten, who lost out to Warriner last year, dropped just one leg on his way to a morale-boosting win over 'Diamond' Dave Askew.

Warriner, though, was the victim of the biggest shock of the tournament so far - beaten by qualifier Ritchie Buckle.

Warriner looked to be cruising to victory when he won the opening set, but Buckle responded by taking the second 3-1.

Both players shared the first four legs of the deciding set before Buckle took the initiative in the last leg.

It was too late for Warriner when the 42-year-old nailed double eight with his second attempt to book a second-round clash with Andy Jenkins.

Buckle said: "I'm over the moon - I'm still shaking like a leaf. I've had a little rum and coke to try and calm myself down. It still has not sunk in yet that I've just defeated the champion. It is certainly the biggest win of my career so far."

Scholten will play Alex Roy in the next round. Roy recovered from a slow start to book his place in the second round at the expense of qualifier Mark Robinson.

Robinson held his nerve in the first set to finish on double 16 for a three legs to two success, but Roy hit back and registered three 180s in the second set to level the match at 1-1.

'The Ace of Hearts' quickly established a 2-0 advantage in the deciding set before nailing double four to clinch victory.

Colin Lloyd also fired a warning to his rivals, with a superb 2-0 victory over Jamie Harvey. The man who reached the semi-finals of both the world championship and world matchplay this year was able to lift his game when he needed to against a gutsy opponent.

Lloyd said: "I'm always full of confidence and I'd like to think I'm one of the players to beat in this tournament."

Andy Jenkins, who crashed out at the first hurdle 12 months ago to Alan Warriner, eased through with a 2-0 win over Scottish qualifier Hugh Allison.