Results Players Championship 9, Last 64: Anderson scrapes through, Van Gerwen smashes Johnson

The second round of the 9th Players Championship event is complete and a lot of the big names are still involved. These include Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross & Gary Anderson with all 3 having varying routes to the next round.

Van Gerwen smashed Darren Johnson in his victory in the PDC Players Championship 9. After seeing off Jamie Lewis he only dropped one leg in beating Darren Johnson and hit another ton plus average to remain as favorite.
Cross overcame Ross Smith 6-4 in a close game between the pair and Gary Anderson also came through a close tie with Jeffrey de Zwaan who he has defeated in a Players Championship final this year.
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Last 64
Michael van Gerwen 6 | 1 Darren Johnson
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 3 Kirk Shepherd
Simon Whitlock 6 | 2 Diogo Portela
Ron Meulenkamp 6 | 2 William O'Connor
Ian White 6 | 1 Alan Tabern
Aden Kirk 6 | 4 Jelle Klaasen
Jonny Clayton 6 | 4 Jose Justicia
Richard North 6 | 2 Christian Kist
Daryl Gurney 6 | 5 Cristo Reyes
Mark Webster 6 | 1 Ronnie Baxter
Michael Barnard 6 | 2 Ryan Meikle
Dawson Murschell 6 | 2 Stephen Bunting
Rob Cross 6 | 4 Ross Smith
Ryan Joyce 6 | 2 Vincent van der Voort
Gerwyn Price 6 | 2 Madars Razma
James Wade 6 | 5 Zoran Lerchbacher
Peter Wright 6 | 4 Josh Payne
Simon Stevenson 6 | 1 Robert Thornton
James Richardson 6 | 4 Gabriel Clemens
Adrian Lewis 6 | 2 Robert Marijanovic
Stephen Burton 6 | 5 Joe Cullen
Alan Norris 6| 2 Jarred Cole
Dave Chisnall 6 | 3 Joe Murnan
Jason Lowe 6 | 2 James Wilson
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 2 Prakash Jiwa
Keegan Brown 6 | 1 Matthew Edgar
Gary Anderson 6 | 5 Jeffrey de Zwaan
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 5 Kyle Anderson
Jan Dekker 6 | 5 Michael Smith
Steve West 6 | 1 Jeffrey de Graaf
Scott Taylor 6 | 1 Wayne Jones
Steve Beaton 6 | 2 Jamie Caven