Stephen Bunting, Gary Anderson and Simon Whitlock lit up the European Darts Grand Prix with superb second round victories at the Glaspalast in Sindelfingen on Saturday.
Bunting's bid to claim a first PDC European Tour title continued in fine fashion as he enjoyed a 6-3 win over world No 5 Peter Wright.
The Lakeside champion raced into a 3-0 lead before Wright pulled back to 4-3, but Bunting posted a sensational 170 checkout to halt his opponent's fightback, before hitting his third 11-dart leg of the game as he sealed victory.
Bunting now meets Vincent van der Voort in Sunday afternoon's third round, after the Dutchman claimed a narrow 6-5 win over Ricky Evans.
No 1 seed Gary Anderson began his bid to win a sixth ranking title of the year in impressive fashion, averaging 105.15 as he defeated Ryan De Vreede 6-3, despite the youngster hitting four 180s in reply.
Anderson now faces his protege Michael Smith in the third round, after the former world youth champion hit six maximums in his 6-2 victory over Kevin McDine on Saturday.
Simon Whitlock thrilled his vocal support in the Glaspalast crowd with a 6-4 win over Matt Clark, as the Australian secured victory with a 138 checkout.
Whitlock now meets Kim Huybrechts in the third round, with the Belgian taking out 148 during his 6-2 win over Germany's Michael Rosenauer.
Adrian Lewis opened up his game with Steve Hine with seven perfect darts but had to come from 2-1 down against the qualifier before running out a 6-3 winner, as he progresses to face Steve Beaton on Sunday.
Beaton - a winner in Sindelfingen last September - took out 124 on the bull to win the deciding leg of his contest against Shaun Narain.
June's Gibraltar Darts Trophy winner James Wade swept past Justin Pipe 6-2 as he moves through to take on Dave Chisnall, who was a 6-1 winner against German teenager Max Hopp.
Robert Thornton also dropped just one leg as he defeated Australia's emerging star Kyle Anderson 6-1, setting up a third round game with Jamie Caven, who hit six doubles from as many attempts against Andy Hamilton but needed to take out 116 to win the deciding leg of a tight battle.
Austria's emerging star Rowby-John Rodriguez sealed a 6-3 win over Ian White with a 100 checkout as he progressed to face Mervyn King, who enjoyed a 6-4 win over Andrew Gilding - who hit five 180s and a 138 checkout in defeat.
No 2 seed Brendan Dolan was knocked out 6-4 by Darren Webster, who now meets Terry Jenkins in the last 16 after the eight-time major finalist came from 2-0 down to defeat Joe Cullen by the same scoreline.