Carl Wilkinson sailed into the next round of the PDC Home Tour with three impressive victories in Group 13 on Wednesday night.
The world number 89, who was 5/1 outsider to progress at the start of the night, finished off a perfect night's work with a 5-2 triumph over Steve Beaton, who bagged two points along with both Callan Rydz and Matt Edgar.
Beaton started the 13th night of the lockdown tournament with a scrappy but comfortable 5-1 victory over Rydz but Wilkinson soon showed his form, averaging 101.6 in a 5-0 whitewash of Edgar.
Wilkinson saw off Rydz 5-3 and found himself clear at the top of the table ahead of the final matches after former BDO world champion Beaton suffered a shock 5-1 defeat against Edgar.
Bedlington's Rydz beat Edgar 5-2 to get his first win on the board and end Edgar's hopes of topping the table, leaving Beaton needing to win 5-1 or better to deny Wilkinson the group on leg difference.
Wilkinson finished with a bullseye in a 12-dart finish to take the first leg before Beaton levelled. But the experienced 56-year-old missed double 16 and eight to allow Wilkinson to seal the group before going on to complete the job.
Wilkinson joked: "I'm delighted that I have made three angry men."
Beaton added: "He killed me on the first leg. I gave it a go, I was fighting a battle.
"My worst game was against Matt Edgar and I have got to live with that for the rest of my life, losing to Matt Edgar! It was all good fun, I enjoyed it and Carl played brilliant."
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PDC Home Tour Darts: Wednesday results and Thursday Fixtures
Play begins at 1930 BST each night
Best of nine legs
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GROUP 13 - Wednesday April 29
- Steve Beaton 5-1 Callan Rydz
- Matthew Edgar 0-5 Carl Wilkinson
- Callan Rydz 3-5 Carl Wilkinson
- Steve Beaton 1-5 Matthew Edgar
- Matthew Edgar 2-5 Callan Rydz
- Carl Wilkinson 5-2 Steve Beaton
GROUP STANDINGS
- Carl Wilkinson (Q) P 3 W 3 L 0 Leg Diff +10 Pts 6
- Steve Beaton P 3 W 1 L 2 Leg Diff -3 Pts 2
- Callan Rydz P 3 W 1 L 2 Leg Diff -3 Pts 3
- Matthew Edgar P 3 W 1 L 2 Leg Diff -4 Pts 2
GROUP 14 - Thursday April 30
- Chris Dobey v Ciaran Teehan
- Ron Meulenkamp v Kai Fan Leung
- Ciaran Teehan v Kai Fan Leung
- Chris Dobey v Ron Meulenjamp
- Ron Meulenkamp v Ciaran Teehan
- Kai Fan Leung v Chris Dobey
GROUP STANDINGS
- Chris Dobey P 0 W 0 L 0 Leg Diff +0 Pts 0
- Ciaran Teehan P 0 W 0 L 0 Leg Diff +0 Pts 0
- Ron Meulenkamp P 0 W 0 L 0 Leg Diff +0 Pts 0
- Kai Fan Leung P 0 W 0 L 0 Leg Diff +0 Pts 0
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