Mickey Mansell triumphed at Ally Pally to tee up Round 2 clash with Brendan Dolan

Mickey Mansell has set up an all-Ulster clash with Brendan Dolan in Round 2 after dispatching Zong Ziao Chen in his opener at the PDC World Championship in Alexandra Palace.

His Chinese opponent started day seven proceedings with a 180 from his first three darts and produced a superb 128 bullseye checkout in the next leg, but Mansell proved too strong and booked his place in round two.

The Dungannon-born Mansell won 3-0 and averaged 89.94 to set up a second-round meeting with Dolan on Friday.

Former champion Rob Cross secured his spot in the third round with an unconvincing 3-0 win over Thibault Tricole.

Cross had reached the final of the Grand Slam of Darts last month, but was not at his best against an opponent gripped by nerves.

Tricole missed 13 attempts at double during an error-strewn first set and, while he improved to go two legs up in the next set, Cross was able to fight back to show his class with an excellent 114 checkout to move 2-0 up.

It broke the resistance of French thrower and the eighth seed and 2018 winner Cross was able to breeze through the third set to ensure he will return after Christmas.

In the final round one clash of the Championships, debutant Berry van Peer caused an upset to knock out Englishman Luke Woodhouse 3-2.

Woodhouse landed six maximums but lost out to Dutchman Van Peer in a high-quality encounter.

Van Peer was making his first appearance at Alexandra Palace after coming back from struggles with dartitis and was able to regroup impressively after he missed two match darts at 2-1 up before he landed double 10 in the decider to become the last player into round two.

Number 32 seed Madars Razma was able to set up a third-round clash with defending champion Michael Smith after a 3-1 win over Mike