Clayton continues brilliance with 108 average as Smith, Wright and Humphries also move through to Last 32 at Players Championship 17
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The first round is complete at Players Championship 17 and board finals are beginning to take shape with many of the big names already through.
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Among them is Jonny Clayton who is returning to action in style after his Premier League disappointment. After producing an incredible 111 average in his opener, he went just under 110 in his second round seeing off Jimmy Hendriks 6-2 with a 108.79 effort.
Also through include top seed Luke Humphries who is on a collision course with Steve Beaton, while Michael Smith, Peter Wright and Rob Cross are also into the latter stages.
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Luke Humphries 6 | 1 Matt Campbell
Connor Scutt 6 | 2 Jack Main
Steve Beaton 6 | 0 Mensur Suljovic
Berry van Peer 6 | 3 Kenny Neyens
Brendan Dolan 6 | 5 Steve Lennon
Kevin Doets 6 | 0 Boris Krcmar
James Wade 6 | 2 George Killington
Mike De Decker 6 | 0 Eddie Lovely
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 5 Darius Labanauskas
Maik Kuivenhoven 6 | 5 Jose Justicia
Scott Mitchell 6 | 3 Madars Razma
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 5 Luke Woodhouse
Peter Hudson 6 | 4 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Nathan Rafferty 6 | 2 Adam Gawlas
Vincent van der Voort 6 | 2 Martijn Kleermaker
Jim Williams 6 | 1 Jermaine Wattimena
Peter Wright 6 | 5 Bradley Brooks
Jeremy van der Winkel 6 | 4 Adam Hunt
Mervyn King 6 | 1 Max Hopp
John O'Shea 6 | 2 Gordon Mathers
Martin Schindler 6 | 5 Niels Zonneveld
Ted Evetts 6 | 1 Pete Burgoyne
Ross Smith 6 | 4 Ricardo Pietreczko
Brian Raman 6 | 5 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Damon Heta 6 | 2 Steve West
Andy Boulton 6 | 5 Jamie Hughes
Josh Rock 6 | 2 Keane Barry
Mickey Mansell 6 | 3 Graham Usher
Radek Szaganski 6 | 4 Krzysztof Ratajski
Luc Peters 6 | 5 Brett Claydon
Kim Huybrechts 6 | 2 Kevin Burness
Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 1 Richie Burnett
Michael Smith 6 | 4 Nathan Girvan
Lukas Wenig 6 | 5 Alan Soutar
Simon Whitlock 6 | 3 Stefan Bellmont
Matthew Edgar 6 | 0 Karel Sedlacek
Stephen Bunting 6 | 4 Ian White
Thibault Tricole 6 | 4 Jelle Klaasen
Chris Dobey 6 | 2 Devon Petersen
Shaun Wilkinson 6 | 4 Ron Meulenkamp
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 0 Robert Owen
John Michael 6 | 5 Zoran Lerchbacher
Joe Murnan 6 | 3 Andrew Gilding
James Wilson 6 | 1 Scott Marsh
Danny Noppert 6 | 0 Stu Wilson
Geert Nentjes 6 | 3 Tony Martinez
Martin Lukeman 6 | 3 Vladimir Andersen
Damian Mol 6 | 2 Glen Durrant
Rob Cross 6 | 2 Ross Montgomery
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6 | 1 Geert De Vos
Ritchie Edhouse 6 | 3 Scott Waites
Ryan Meikle 6 | 5 Jules van Dongen
Jason Heaver 6 | 1 Dave Chisnall
William O'Connor 6 | 3 Danny Jansen
Daryl Gurney 6 | 2 William Borland
Stephen Burton 6 | 3 Michael Unterbuchner
Jose de Sousa 6 | 3 Jeff Smith
John Henderson 6 | 2 David Evans
Danny van Trijp 6 | 2 Ricky Evans
Keegan Brown 6 | 2 Lewy Williams
Jonny Clayton 6 | 0 Florian Hempel
Jimmy Hendriks 6 | 5 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Danny Baggish 6 | 4 Gabriel Clemens
Scott Williams 6 | 3 Gary Blades
Last 64
Luke Humphries 6 | 1 Connor Scutt
Steve Beaton - | - Berry van Peer
Brendan Dolan 6 | 2 Kevin Doets
James Wade - | - Mike De Decker
Nathan Aspinall - | - Maik Kuivenhoven
Scott Mitchell - | - Rowby-John Rodriguez
Peter Hudson - | - Nathan Rafferty
Vincent van der Voort - | - Jim Williams
Peter Wright - | - Jeremy van der Winkel
Mervyn King - | - John O'Shea
Martin Schindler - | - Ted Evetts
Ross Smith - | - Brian Raman
Damon Heta - | - Andy Boulton
Josh Rock - | - Mickey Mansell
Radek Szaganski - | - Luc Peters
Kim Huybrechts - | - Raymond van Barneveld
Michael Smith 6 | 1 Lukas Wenig
Simon Whitlock - | - Matthew Edgar
Stephen Bunting - | - Thibault Tricole
Chris Dobey - | - Shaun Wilkinson
Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - John Michael
Joe Murnan - | - James Wilson
Danny Noppert - | - Geert Nentjes
Martin Lukeman - | - Damian Mol
Rob Cross - | - Jeffrey De Zwaan
Ritchie Edhouse - | - Ryan Meikle
William O'Connor 6 | 1 Jason Heaver
Daryl Gurney - | - Stephen Burton
Jose de Sousa - | - John Henderson
Danny van Trijp - | - Keegan Brown
Jonny Clayton 6 | 2 Jimmy Hendriks
Danny Baggish - | - Scott Williams

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