Results first round Players Championship 5: Cross falls at first hurdle

Rob Cross' 19-game unbeaten run in the first round of Players Championships was ended as he suffered a shock 6-5 exit at the hands of Luke Woodhouse.

Cross found himself 5-2 up against Woodhouse, but lost four legs on the spin as he crashed out of the first round of a Players Championship for the first time since April last year. Two-time world champion Michael van Gerwen did survive his first round as he held off Ricky Evans 6-5 in a high quality encounter that saw 'MvG' hit finishes of 129, 170 and 143 at crucial times.
Scottish duo Peter Wright and Gary Anderson comfortably booked their places in the second round, while fellow Premier League star Gerwyn Price lost out to Mickey Mansell. Other seeds to tumble included Kim Huybrechts, Alan Norris and Mervyn King.
Elsewhere, Steve Beaton got the better of Mark Webster 6-3 in a battle between two Lakeside champions. Terry Jenkins and John Part rolled back the years with first round victories.
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Results first round Players Championship 5

Michael van Gerwen 6 | 5 Ricky Evans
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6 | 5 Adam Hunt
Keegan Brown 6 | 1 Eddie Dootson
Tytus Kanik 6 | 4 Tony Newell
Stephen Bunting 6 | 1 Gary Eastwood
Paul Nicholson 6 | 0 Kevin Burness
Kyle Anderson 6 | 3 Robert Owen
Jimmy Hendriks 6 | 5 Maik Langendorf
Gary Anderson 6 | 1 Paul Rowley
Davy Van Baelen 6 | 4 Arron Monk
Michael Barnard 6 | 2 Richard North
Robert Marijanovic 6 | 2 Aden Kirk
Max Hopp 6 | 4 Kim Huybrechts
Jeffrey de Graaf 6 | 1 Jan Dekker
Cameron Menzies 6 | 2 Cristo Reyes
Peter Hudson 6 | 5 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 0 Ross Twell
Mark Wilson 6 | 5 Kevin Painter
Ronny Huybrechts 6 | 1 Robert Thornton
Christian Kist 6 | 3 Dawson Murschell
Jelle Klaasen 6 | 4 Joe Murnan
Kirk Shepherd 6 | 4 George Killington
Terry Jenkins 6 | 4 Benito van de Pas
John Part 6 | 3 Mick McGowan
Daryl Gurney 6 | 1 Jamie Caven
Simon Stevenson 6 | 1 Jamie Bain
James Wade 6 | 3 Ritchie Edhouse
John Goldie 6 | 1 James Richardson
Simon Whitlock 6 | 3 Madars Razma
Steve Lennon 6 | 1 Terry Temple
Steve Beaton 6 | 3 Mark Webster
Wayne Jones 6 | 5 Luke Humphries
Peter Wright 6 | 2 Josh Payne
Brendan Dolan 6 | 4 Ross Smith
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 2 Jason Cullen
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6 | 1 Martin Schindler
Darren Webster 6 | 5 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Ryan Joyce 6 | 2 Ben Burton
John Henderson 6 | 3 Scott Taylor
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 1 Chris Quantock
Dave Chisnall 6 | 1 Diogo Portela
Simon Preston 6 | 2 Jamie Lewis
James Wilson 6 | 2 Jose Justicia
Chris Dobey 6 | 0 Bradley Brooks
Ian White 6 | 5 Mario Robbe
Stephen Burton 6 | 0 Ryan Harrington
Steve West 6 | 2 Alan Norris
Jarred Cole 6 | 1 Sven Groen
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 2 Joe Cullen
Matthew Edgar 6 | 3 Prakash Jiwa
Peter Jacques 6 | 4 Vincent van der Voort
Richie Burnett 6 | 4 Danny Noppert
Mickey Mansell 6 | 3 Gerwyn Price
William O'Connor 6 | 3 Toni Alcinas
Adrian Lewis 6 | 3 Martin Atkins (Wigan)
Jim Brown 6 | 3 Martin Lukeman
Luke Woodhouse 6 | 5 Rob Cross
Alan Tabern 6 | 1 Robbie Green
Justin Pipe 6 | 3 Andrew Gilding
Vincent Kamphuis 6 | 3 Ryan Meikle
Ryan Searle 6 | 2 Mervyn King
Mark Dudbridge 6 | 5 Darren Johnson
Jonny Clayton 6 | 1 Steve Hine
Ron Meulenkamp 6 | 4 Zoran Lerchbacher