Cross was first out and produced a commanding victory over Justin Pipe who will know he needs an almost flawless week to qualify for the World Championship.
It wasn't to be as 'Voltage' eased past him 5-1 with a 94.61 average, two 180's and 35% on the doubles while Pipe struggled with 'The Force' hitting an 84 average and 1/5 on his doubles and he will now play Luke Humphries next in the group.
This is after Humphries lost out to Chisnall. The latter recovered from 3-1 down and survived two match darts in the deciding leg to see off 'Cool Hand Luke' in a 5-4 victory and put his first points on the board.
Neither player was rock solid on their doubles with Humphries hitting 4/15 while Chisnall was down at 5/22 but he got over the line and completed the comeback.
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Dave Chisnall survives two match darts as he clinches a deciding leg victory over Luke Humphries on D3!
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