Van Gerwen and Smith - two former winners of the event in Wolverhampton - have now joined them in missing out on a place in the last 16. Ryan Joyce was responsible for disposing of Van Gerwen, the recent World Grand Prix semi-finalist withstanding a comeback from his more illustrious opponent before taking out 80 to prevail by a 5-4 scoreline.

Michael van Gerwen fails to make it through to the Grand Slam of Darts last 16 but Luke Littler breezes through to the knockout stage.

Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith were knocked out of the Grand Slam of Darts; Luke Littler got eight darts into a nine-darter on his way to victory over Lourence Ilagan; watch the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton until November 17,