The Irishman received a bye earlier, after Rob Cross had to pull out from the tournament in the Netherlands. Lennon threw back-to-back 26-scores in the legdecider, however Richardson was not able to take profit of that. Lennon then took the win with a 69 finish on double 18.
Mensur Suljovic overcame Simon Whitlock as the Austrian won the last four legs of their encouter. 'The Gentle' will meet Lennon on Sunday evening in the quarterfinals.
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Afternoon Session (1pm local time, 12pm BST)
Steve Lennon (87.17) 6-5 (83.00) James Richardson
Mensur Suljovic (94.11) 6-3 (91.78) Simon Whitlock
Jermaine Wattimena v Kim Huybrechts
Peter Wright v Gerwyn Price
Stephen Bunting v Krzysztof Ratajski
Daryl Gurney v Mervyn King
Cameron Menzies v Kyle Anderson
Michael van Gerwen v Darren Webster