Anderson eases past Waites, Gurney produces great escape as first round concludes at Players Championship 29

The first round is complete at Players Championship 29 with Gary Anderson and Daryl Gurney among the late winners.

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

Last 128

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