Luke Humphries turned on the model to beat Nathan Aspinall 2-0 and attain the second spherical of the World Grand Prix in Leicester.

Premier League champion Humphries edged a detailed first set 3-2, regardless of Aspinall recovering from a gradual begin to win the second leg with a ‘large fish’ end of two treble 20s adopted by a bullseye.

Aspinall struggled to start out with doubles – a requirement of the double-in double-out format – as fellow Englishman Humphries took benefit and launched into the second set with a brutal 156 end.

Humphries recovered from a wobble to see out the second set 3-0 and arrange a second-round assembly with Poland’s Krzysztof Ratajski, who beat Germany’s Martin Schindler 2-0.

“It was an enormous sport. Nathan is a unbelievable participant,” Humphries advised Sky Sports activities.

“He struggled to get in a couple of instances and he let me in with that 156, which was an enormous shot there to take the sport in the direction of myself.

“My scoring was a bit unusual, they only did not wish to drop in.

“Hopefully on Wednesday I can come again and be higher.”

England’s Stephen Bunting – who lately gained the Swiss Darts Trophy for his sixth title of the season – beat Germany’s Niko Springer 2-0, and fifth seed James Wade fell to a shock 2-0 defeat to Joe Cullen in an all-English contest.

The primary spherical continues on Tuesday as Peter Wright takes on 2024 Grand Prix champion Mike de Decker, Luke Littler faces Gian van Veen and Michael van Gerwen performs Dirk van Duijvenbode.

Monday’s outcomes:

Luke Humphries 2-0 Nathan Aspinall

Gary Anderson 2-1 Raymond van Barneveld

Rob Cross 2-1 Wessel Nijman

Krzysztof Ratajski 2-0 Martin Schindler

Cameron Menzies 2-0 Chris Dobey

Joe Cullen 2-0 James Wade

Danny Noppert 2-1 Jermaine Wattimena

Stephen Bunting 2-0 Niko Springer

Tuesday’s matches:

Damon Heta v Luke Woodhouse

Ross Smith v Daryl Gurney

Jonny Clayton v Andrew Gilding

Gerwyn Value v Ryan Searle

Luke Littler v Gian van Veen

Michael van Gerwen v Dirk van Duijvenbode

Peter Wright v Mike de Decker

Josh Rock v Ryan Joyce