Humphries out of Grand Slam of Darts in group stage

Defending champion and world number one Luke Humphries suffered a shock group-stage exit from the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton.

Humphries lost his second match 5-3 to fellow Englishman James Wade, after his day one defeat by Austrian Rowby-John Rodriguez.

World champion Humphries checked out a 130 to take a 3-2 lead, but Wade held his nerve to win the next three sets.

Rodriguez and Wade will face each other in the final match of Group A to decide who will join Mickey Mansell in the next round.

Former world champion Michael Smith was beaten 5-1 by Jermaine Wattimena, who ensured his qualification with two wins from two.

Smith beat Mensur Suljovic on day one, meaning he can still qualify with a win over Mike de Decker on Monday.

Peter Wright is also winless after he was beaten by Leonard Gates in the afternoon session, while Rob Cross lost 5-3 to Martin Lukeman.

Dave Chisnall and Stephen Bunting lost to Ross Smith and Gian van Veen respectively and the Netherlands' Noa-Lynn van Leuven was eliminated by Ryan Joyce.

Ireland's Keane Barry responded to his 5-0 thrashing by Luke Littler one day one, beating Lourence Ilagan 5-3 to keep himself in contention of qualifying.

Littler faces Belgian Dimitri van den Bergh in an evening session that also features three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen taking on Gary Anderson.

The group stages continue on Monday, while the last-16 rounds begin on Wednesday followed by the semi-finals and finals on Sunday, 17 November.