Anderson eases past Waites, Gurney produces great escape as first round concludes at Players Championship 29
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The first round is complete at Players Championship 29 with Gary Anderson and Daryl Gurney among the late winners.
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Anderson eased past Scott Waites 6-1 taking out 110 for the match as 'Scotty 2 Hotty's likelihood of going to the World Championship qualifier increase with good runs needed in both tournaments for a ProTour spot.
While Gurney survived an astonishing 14 match darts as he came from 5-1 down to see off Damian Mol 6-5. A real great escape from 'Superchin'.
So far in the second round, it is well underway with wins for Gerwyn Price with a 107 average against Nathan Rafferty 6-2 and Steve Lennon 6-2 against Dimitri van den Bergh.
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Players Championship 29
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Jeffrey De Zwaan 6 | 5 Luke Humphries
Gary Anderson 6 | 1 Scott Waites
Scott Williams 6 | 4 Luc Peters
Luke Woodhouse 6 | 3 Steve Beaton
Josh Rock 6 | 0 Mensur Suljovic
John Henderson 6 | 4 Berry van Peer
Andrew Gilding 6 | 2 Shaun Wilkinson
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 5 Keegan Brown
Dave Chisnall 6 | 5 Joe Murnan
Mervyn King 6 | 4 Brett Claydon
Chris Dobey 6 | 3 George Killington
Florian Hempel 6 | 5 Ricky Evans
Joe Cullen 6 | 4 Jon Worsley
Darius Labanauskas 6 | 4 Darren Webster
Adrian Lewis 6 | 4 Jurjen van der Velde
Ritchie Edhouse 6 | 5 Jelle Klaasen
Peter Wright 6 | 3 Ross Smith
Adam Gawlas 6 | 2 Jeff Smith
William O'Connor 6 | 5 Callan Rydz
Gordon Mathers 6 | 1 Jimmy Hendriks
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6 | 1 Kenny Neyens
Steve Lennon 6 | 1 Radek Szaganski
Stephen Bunting 6 | 2 Maik Kuivenhoven
Mickey Mansell 6 | 5 Graham Usher
David Evans 6 | 3 Michael Smith
Richie Burnett 6 | 3 Simon Whitlock
Brendan Dolan 6 | 2 Jules van Dongen
Gian van Veen 6 | 4 Bradley Brooks
Ryan Searle 6 | 3 Ian White
Tony Martinez 6 | 3 Ted Evetts
Jason Heaver 6 | 4 Gabriel Clemens
Alan Soutar 6 | 4 Vincent van der Voort
Damon Heta 6 | 3 Geert Nentjes
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6 | 1 Andy Boulton
Jim Williams 6 | 4 William Borland
Devon Petersen 6 | 5 Eddie Lovely
Martin Schindler 6 | 4 Keane Barry
Peter Hudson 6 | 5 Kevin Burness
Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 3 John Brown
Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 3 Kevin Doets
Danny Baggish 6 | 3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Martijn Kleermaker 6 | 4 Glen Durrant
Rowby Rodriguez 6 | 3 Nick Fullwell
John O'Shea 6 | 3 Jacques Labre
Gerwyn Price 6 | 5 Steve West
Nathan Rafferty 6 | 0 Matt Campbell
Adam Hunt 6 | 2 Madars Razma
Connor Scutt 6 | 0 Jack Main
Rob Cross 6 | 1 Ricardo Pietreczko
Jamie Hughes 6 | 2 Jamie Clark
James Wade 6 | 3 James Wilson
Dan Read 6 | 2 Scott Mitchell
Jake Jones 6 | 5 Jose de Sousa
Danny Jansen 6 | 1 Niels Zonneveld
Ryan Meikle 6 | 5 Martin Lukeman
Karel Sedlacek 6 | 5 Ron Meulenkamp
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 2 Boris Krcmar
Cameron Menzies 6 | 4 Rusty Rodriguez
Kim Huybrechts 6 | 2 John Michael
Brian Raman 6 | 5 Stephen Burton
Mike De Decker 6 | 5 Jonny Clayton
Ryan Joyce 6 | 2 Ross Montgomery
Daryl Gurney 6 | 5 Damian Mol
Thibault Tricole 6 | 3 Max Hopp
Last 64
Jeffrey De Zwaan - | - Gary Anderson
Scott Williams - | - Luke Woodhouse
Josh Rock - | - John Henderson
Andrew Gilding - | - Jermaine Wattimena
Dave Chisnall - | - Mervyn King
Chris Dobey - | - Florian Hempel
Joe Cullen - | - Darius Labanauskas
Adrian Lewis - | - Ritchie Edhouse
Peter Wright - | - Adam Gawlas
William O'Connor - | - Gordon Mathers
Steve Lennon 6 | 2 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Stephen Bunting - | - Mickey Mansell
David Evans - | - Richie Burnett
Brendan Dolan - | - Gian van Veen
Ryan Searle - | - Tony Martinez
Jason Heaver - | - Alan Soutar
Damon Heta - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde
Jim Williams - | - Devon Petersen
Martin Schindler - | - Peter Hudson
Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Raymond van Barneveld
Danny Baggish - | - Martijn Kleermaker
Rowby Rodriguez - | - John O'Shea
Gerwyn Price 6 | 2 Nathan Rafferty
Adam Hunt - | - Connor Scutt
Rob Cross - | - Jamie Hughes
James Wade - | - Dan Read
Jake Jones - | - Danny Jansen
Ryan Meikle - | - Karel Sedlacek
Nathan Aspinall - | - Cameron Menzies
Kim Huybrechts - | - Brian Raman
Mike De Decker - | - Ryan Joyce
Daryl Gurney - | - Thibault Tricole

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