Van den Bergh and Van der Voort ease through, Beaton edges out Van Barneveld on his European Tour return

Also Steve Beaton halted Raymond van Barneveld on his European Tour return as he edged him out in a 6-4 win. Barney has been brilliant in the past week but against a tough opponent in Beaton, it did not continue. Van den Bergh saw off Ritchie Edhouse in a 6-1 victory. He hit four 180’s en route with a 94.7 average along the way. Van der Voort also like alluded to cruised through with a 6-2 win against a potentially tough test in Wayne Jones. He averaged 90 as ‘The Dutch Destroyer’ continued his good form as of late. Evening Session (1915 local time, 1815 GMT) Matthew Edgar (86.07) 5-6 (86.85) Krzysztof Ratajski Jeffrey de Zwaan (91.01) 6-1 (84.92) Josh Payne Kim Huybrechts (87.03) 6-5 (87.42) Nico Kurz Jason Wilson (77.84) 1-6 (85.97) Mervyn King Michael Rosenauer (87.14) 4-6 (94.41) Glen Durrant Ritchie Edhouse (85.3) 1-6 (94.72) Dimitri Van den Bergh Steve Beaton (89.42) 6-4 (91.46) Raymond van Barneveld Wayne Jones (84.55) 2-6 (90.94) Vincent van der Voort