Within the afternoon session, Welsh quantity seven seed Jonny Clayton additionally wanted sudden demise to tug off a sensational final-set comeback towards Mickey Mansell in.
He was a leg away from defeat twice to his Northern Irish opponent, however got here from behind to win the ultimate set 6-5 in a sudden-death leg to win 3-2.
Clayton, who will play Gurney in spherical three, misplaced the opening set of the match, however fought again to guide 2-1, earlier than being pegged again once more by 51-year-old Mansell, who then missed match darts on double tops within the deciding set.
“I used to be very emotional. I’ve received to be trustworthy, that meant so much,” stated Clayton, who’s within the beneficial half of the draw following shock second-round exits for former world champions Michael Smith and Gary Anderson.
“I had probabilities earlier than and Mickey undoubtedly had probabilities earlier than. It wasn’t nice to play in, not the perfect – I would not want that on my worst enemy.
“There may be lots of weight off my shoulders after that. I do know there may be one other gear or two within the financial institution, however I will be trustworthy that meant so much to me, it’s a tester and can try to make me imagine once more.”
Clayton was 2-0 down within the fifth set after consecutive 136 and 154 checkouts from Mansell, however received three legs on the trot in 15, 12 and 10 darts to wrestle a 3-2 lead.
He missed three darts for the match, earlier than his unseeded opponent held and broke Clayton’s throw to guide 4-3.
Mansell missed a match dart at double 20, earlier than Clayton received on double 5 after two missed checkouts.
Elsewhere, Northern Eire’s Josh Rock booked his place within the third spherical towards England’s Chris Dobey with a 3-0 win over Wales’ Rhys Griffin.
Martin Lukeman, runner-up to Luke Littler on the Grand Slam of Darts final month, is out after a 3-1 loss to quantity 21 seed Andrew Gilding.
The ultimate day earlier than the Christmas break began with Poland’s quantity 31 seed Krzysztof Ratajski recording a 3-1 win over Alexis Toylo of the Philippines.
