Reigning PDC world champion Peter Wright knocked out by Kim Huybrechts

Peter Wright saw his hopes of retaining his PDC World Championship title end with defeat to Kim Huybrechts (Steven Paston/PA)

Peter Wright’s reign as PDC world champion came to a sorry end as Kim Huybrechts claimed the biggest win of his career at Alexandra Palace.

Wright wore a colourful Christmas shirt on the oche, but that was the only thing that sparkled from the Scot as Huybrechts cruised to a 4-1 victory and a last-16 date with fellow Belgian Dimitri van den Bergh.