Jelle Klaasen condemned Colin Lloyd to his third first round exit in four years at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship with a comfortable straight sets triumph.

Klaasen powered to an impressive victory on Monday by winning eight straight legs to romp to victory.

The Dutchman took the opening leg before Colchester-born Lloyd landed a maximum on his way to levelling – and hit another in the next only for Klaasen to reply in kind with a 180 of his own to edge in front.

Klaasen then took the fourth leg against the darts to grab the first set and a 1-0 lead.

Klaasen, who suffered a sudden-death first round defeat to fellow Dutchman Vincent van der Voort last year, won the opening leg of the second set against the darts with a 70 finish.

He then doubled his lead after Lloyd missed two darts at double top, and a 14-darter gave him set two and a commanding lead.

Klaasen – a victor against Lloyd in the recent European Championship – won the first two legs of set three in convincing fashion to punish Lloyd further, hitting a 13 darter in the second.

And the end was swift as Klaasen landed double eight.