Whitlock broke Wright's throw in the sixth leg with a 13-dart leg and managed to hold this lead throughout the game. 'The Wizard' led 4-2 after six legs and then stormed into a 8-4 lead. Wright claimed two more legs, before Whitlock finished the game with a 14-dart leg in the 16th leg.
The last second round matches of the
Grand Slam of Darts will be played on Thursday night. Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson and James Wade are amongst the names to come into action.
The prize fund breakdown for this tournament can be found
here.
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Wednesday November 14 (1900 GMT) Stephen Bunting (88.14) 6-10 (90.16) Dimitri Van den Bergh
Gerwyn Price (93.37) 10-5 (84.10) Josh Payne
Rob Cross (92.23) 7-10 (93.63) Mensur Suljovic
Peter Wright (93.86) 6-10 (94.95)
Simon WhitlockJonny Clayton v Krzysztof Ratajski James Wade v Michael Unterbuchner Gary Anderson v Wesley Harms Michael Smith v Michael van Gerwen