Wolfie crushes Aussie debutant Fleet in 28-minute blitz

Former champ Martin Adams cruised into the second round dismantling Aussie steelworker Tony Fleet in a speedy 28 minutes without dropping a leg.

Adams, the 2007 title winner booked his second round spot without dropping a leg as the Canberra man suffered an embarrassing debut on the Lakeside stage, producing a disappointing 21.78 average

Although he has dominated the darts scene in the southern hemisphere during the past 12 months - including victories in the Pacific Masters and the Australian Grand Masters – he failed to reproduce that form in his debut appearance.

It was a humiliating opening leg for Fleety as he dropped darts on the floor and despite throwing 27 darts still required 155.

Adams was also affected and failed to hammer home the advantage, requiring more than25 darts to claim the first leg.

The England skipper then settled into the scoring groove completing a first round rout.

Despite missing some doubles in the second he sailed through 3-0 including a 13 darter and then blasted in a 177 and a maximum to take the next set 3-0, which he completed on double 10.

Afterwards triumphant Adams admitted: “That first leg was a totally new experience for me, I just wondered what was going on. I have never seen nerves affect anyone like this before.

“I think the emotion that you go through when you walk up on stage here hit him like a brick wall. You have to learn quickly how to deal with this pressure. He is such a nice fella but I just had to ignore what was going on and play darts.

Bitterly disappointed Fleet declared : “I have waited 20 years to get here and I have embarrassed myself.”