The quarter-finalists of
Players Championship 29 in Barnsley are now known. Reaching the last eight in some style was the Australian number one,
Damon Heta.
The former World Cup of Darts winner averaged an incredible 116.12 to see off the recent European Championship finalist James Wade 6-3. Heta's reward? A quarter-final tie with one of the revelations of recent
Pro Tour events, Radek Szaganski.
Among the ties elsewhere,
Gerwyn Price defeated Ricardo Pietreczko 6-4,
Ryan Searle saw off a brave fightback from Raymond van Barneveld to prevail in a last leg decider,
Rob Cross was a dominant winner over Stephen Burton and
Gian van Veen sneaked past Ross Smith 6-5.
Ryan Searle 6 | 5 Raymond van Barneveld