Whitlock impressive in seeing off dangerous debutant Hempel, Dolan edges out Bunting

Simon Whitlock and Brendan Dolan are the first players through to the final day of action at the Dutch Darts Masters in Zwolle.

Whitlock was facing off against impressive debutant Florian Hempel and dispelled the challenge of the German with a 103.5 average with a high checkout of 130. This compared to a 93 average from his opponent allowed him to move through in a 6-3 victory.
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Dolan on the other hand booked his place in the Last 16 with an impressive performance of his own by defeating Stephen Bunting 6-4. This included a 97 average and 6/8 on the doubles from 'The History Maker' as he continues his good spell of form as of late.
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Schedule of Play
Saturday May 25
Second Round
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 GMT)

Stephen Bunting (95.43) 4-6 (97.2) Brendan Dolan Simon Whitlock (103.51) 6-3 (93.48) Florian Hempel Jermaine Wattimena v Danny Noppert Ricky Evans v Danny van Trijp Jonny Clayton v Dennis Nilsson Gerwyn Price v Krzysztof Ratajski Darren Webster v Rowby-John Rodriguez