James Wade sent packing at Ally Pally as Mensur Suljovic stuns world No 2

By Sportsmail Reporter Updated: 08:44 EST, 29 December 2010

World No 2 James Wade crashed out of the PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace at the hands of unheralded Austrian Mensur Suljovic on Tuesday night.

Wade, one of the pre-tournament favourites, was stunned 4-2 by the 47th-ranked player in the final game of a dramatic day in London.

Having lost the first set, Wade was thrown out of his stride by Suljovic's methodical style and soon found himself 2-1 behind.

Suljovic missed two shots at double six to move 3-1 ahead, allowing Wade back in at 2-2, but he took the fifth set despite missing seven doubles in an earlier attempt to clinch it.

Wade was now desperate, but his game fell away, leaving Suljovic to wrap up the win.

'I feel like never before in my life,' he said afterwards. 'I'm so pleased and over the moon. This is the best moment of my career. I don't have the words.'

Earlier in the evening, Simon Whitlock was in blistering form as he crushed Denis Ovens 4-0.

The Australian, who reached the final in 2009, had a checkout of 136 and was in ruthless form on the doubles as Ovens won just two legs.

'I started a bit slow but knew I was going to play well because over the last 10 days I've been putting a lot of time in on the board,' Whitlock said.

'I've been working hard for this. We're all working hard and all want the same thing.'

In the night's other game, Wes Newton hammered Brendan Dolan, the conqueror of Kevin Painter, 4-0.

Earlier in the day, Mark Walsh beat Alan Tabern 4-3 in a thrilling duel that lasted almost two hours.

Tabern, who had trailed 2-0 and 3-2, fought back to give himself six darts to win the match but was unable to take his chance and was punished by Walsh, who will now meet Terry Jenkins.

Jenkins' path to a meeting with Walsh was relatively smooth as he beat Steve Brown 4-1.

The other game of the afternoon session saw Vincent Van Der Voort secure a last-16 berth for the first time in his career as he beat Wayne Jones 4-2.