Cross safely through to Last 16 with victory over King to finalise line-up in Minehead

Cross did so with a sublime 143 checkout in a performance that will send out a message to the rest of the field that he is still to beat.
He began the match by opening up a 4-1 lead over King with a brilliant 138 checkout underlining his dominance.
Missed doubles costed King throughout and this showed as Cross was able to extend his lead soon after to 5-2.
He stretched out to 7-3 in front which is when potentially some problems could have arose with getting over the line.
Despite a superb 126 checkout followed by an 11 darter on double 16 by King, Cross went up a gear once more and got the job done.
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James Wade (91.5) 10-7 (95.7) Max Hopp
Michael Smith (98.3) 10-9 (97.5) Daryl Gurney
Mensur Suljovic (97.5) 9-10 (97.4) Dimitri Van den Bergh
Mervyn King (93.8) 5-10 (97.1) Rob Cross

Madars Razma (92.1) 2-10 (97.8) Nathan Aspinall
Simon Whitlock (88.3) 10-8 (87.8) Gabriel Clemens
Jamie Lewis (88.3) 7-10 (98.5) Josh Payne
Jamie Hughes (97.7) 7-10 (101.4) Gerwyn Price

Steve Beaton (96.6) 10-8 (92.9) Keegan Brown
Krzysztof Ratajski (99.3) 10-7 (93.7) Jonny Clayton
Simon Stevenson (90.4) 10-6 (84.2) Kim Huybrechts
Jermaine Wattimena (93.7) 10-8 (91.8) Luke Woodhouse

Mickey Mansell (91.7) 8-10 (98.7) Steve Lennon
Dave Chisnall (96.1) 10-5 (90.8) Martin Schindler
Ross Smith (95.9) 10-5 (91.5) Steve West
Richard North (83.0) 7-10 (84.0) Cristo Reyes