England’s Callan Rydz averaged 107.06 to book his place in the second round of the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship with a 3-0 victory over Croatian Romeo Grbavac.
The 26-year-old’s scoring was the highest first-round average in the competition’s current 96-player format – beating teenager Luke Littler’s mark of 106.12 last year.
It was the tournament’s 26th highest match average overall and comfortably the best so far at the 2025 event.
Rydz, from Bedlington in Northumberland, meets Germany’s Martin Schindler in the second round on Sunday evening.
Grbavac averaged 97.92, but only won two out of a possible 11 legs in the match.
In the opening match of Thursday’s afternoon session, Hong Kong’s Lok Yin Lee came from a set down to beat Chris Landman 3-1 after winning nine straight legs.
Lee will face on Northern Ireland’s Brendan Dolan in the second round on Saturday afternoon.
