TERRY Jenkins won 12 legs without reply and came within a whisker of a nine-darter during an impressive 4-0 victory in the William Hill World Darts Championship second round over Laurence Ryder.

Derby-born Australian Ryder shocked Justin Pipe in the first round but could simply not live with the Ledbury ace, who averaged 96.45 and hit seven 180s while only occasionally struggling on doubles.

The Bull, who took under half-an-hour to win the match, also hit a 164 out-shot but it was the fifth leg of the match that almost yielded a second nine-darter in two years for Jenkins, who hit a perfect leg in last year's event only to lose his first-round game to Per Laursen.

The Herefordshire star, 51, hit back-to-back 180s, another treble 20 and treble 19 in the 141 combination he needed for another perfect leg but was only just the wrong side of the wire on double 12 to agonisingly miss out on the achievement.

Ryder hit a single 180 and missed all six of his efforts at double as Jenkins secured a third-round tie against defending champion Michael van Gerwen tonight.

Jenkins started with a 180 in the first leg to take the early lead and started the second in exactly the same manner before hitting 59 to finish.

Then a 102 checkout in the third leg saw him capture a comfortable first set.

Another 180 at the start of the second got Jenkins off the mark before that sparkling leg almost brought about his second nine-darter in as many years.

He returned to win that leg and completed the second set by taking out 74.

Tops gave Jenkins a seventh leg on the spin with Ryder stranded on 10 after missing three double fives, and an 81 two-dart finish followed before a 180 set up a superb 164 finish for the third set.

The fourth set followed the same pattern with a 60 finish on tops putting Jenkins ahead, a 180 helping him to a 36 finish in the second and double 18 sealing the match in just 29 minutes of playing time.

"It was close wasn't it," Jenkins said of his nine-dart effort. "I looked at it first and thought it might have gone in, but it was close.

"After hitting a nine-darter here last year I really thought I could do it again, so I wasn't scared as I lined up the 141 — I was expecting to hit it."

Jenkins, the runner-up in the UK Open and European Championship this year, added of his clash with van Gerwen: "Michael's an awesome player and I'll have to play like I did today to stand a chance of beating Michael in the next round.

"But I've played well so I'll keep practising as normal and fingers crossed I can play that way again. I've been on the board an hour a day and that seems to be working just fine for me.

"I'll go into the game with no pressure on my shoulders at all. I won't be expected to win I suppose but I've beaten Michael before and I've got nothing to prove up there so I'll not be feeling the pressure at all."