Anderson himself survived a massive scare from Peter Hudson who should have had darts to beat the former double World Champion. As it is though he remains on course for potentially another Players Championship title.
Wright who received a bye in the first round defeated Zoran Lerchbacher 6-4 in his first game. Other players of note through to the Last 32 include Adrian Lewis and Gerwyn Price who will face each other.
Dave Chisnall is also through as is the Challenge Tour leader Michael Barnard. It is a good day also for Paul Nicholson who dumped Mensur Suljovic out.
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Players Championship 11
Last 64
Peter Wright 6 | 4 Zoran Lerchbacher
Ross Smith 6 | 4 Jason Lowe
Davy Van Baelen 6 | 5 Stephen Bunting
Adam Hunt 6 | 3 Steve Beaton
Dave Chisnall 6 | 2 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Steve Lennon 6 | 3 Vincent Kamphuis
Richie Burnett 6 | 4 Bradley Brooks
Ricky Evans 6 | 1 Keegan Brown
Paul Nicholson 6 | 3 Mensur Suljovic
Justin Pipe – | – Simon Stevenson
Simon Whitlock 6 | 3 Ritchie Edhouse
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 1 Steve Hine
Brendan Dolan 6 | 1 Joe Cullen
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 3 Robert Marijanovic
Michael Barnard 6 | 5 Mervyn King
James Wilson 6 | 5 Kevin Painter
Michael Smith 6 | 3 Lee Bryant
Christian Kist 6 | 4 Peter Jacques
Benito van de Pas 6 | 5 Martin Schindler
John Henderson 6 | 4 James Richardson
Stephen Burton 6 | 5 Ian White
Danny Noppert 6 | 4 Alan Norris
Darren Webster 6 | 1 Alan Tabern
Vincent van der Voort 6 | 4 Chris Dobey
Ryan Joyce 6 | 2 Ryan Harrington
Mickey Mansell 6 | 4 Jelle Klaasen
Gary Anderson 6 | 5 Peter Hudson
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 4 Tony Newell
Daryl Gurney 6 | 3 Wayne Jones
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6 | 3 Gary Eastwood
Gerwyn Price 6 | 4 Matthew Edgar
Adrian Lewis 6 | 2 Jan Dekker