De Sousa started with a dramatic deciding leg win over home hope, Nico Kurz seeing off the German 6-5 with an 87 average. But it was the drama of the piece with Kurz missing a match dart from 92 to snatch it in the end.
De Sousa then returned to pin double 10 last dart in hand from 58 to claim it 6-5 and move through.
Adam Smith-Neale was anything but scrappy with 'Big Dog' producing some superb ton-plus checkouts to deny Roman Benecky who has form for European Tour scalps after defeating Gary Anderson earlier this season.
But Smith-Neale let out emotion as he produced the final ton plus in all which featured four with a high of 164 sealing it with a 110 checkout 6-5.
This after he initially was seemingly out of sight at 5-2 hitting a 108 checkout to go one away before the Czech ace came back but it was a sigh of relief in the end as he moved through.
As did Gurney who again faced Dylan Slevin, a stablemate with the same management team. 'Superchin' has faced 'Oceans Slevin' four times this season despite the Irishman's fledgling Tour Card status.
But again it is a win for Gurney who won five consecutive legs to record a convincing win against Slevin in an important weekend for his World Cup of Darts hopes.
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SUPERCHIN SINKS SLEVIN!
It's another impressive display on the Euro Tour from Daryl Gurney, who reels off five consecutive legs to complete a convincing 6-3 win over Dylan Slevin!
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