Durrant kicked it off with a brilliant 6-1 victory over Daniel Larsson to set up a second round tie with Gerwyn Price tomorrow. This included a 110 average from 'Duzza' in his best performance on the European Tour to date. It also coincided with him using his new darts for the first time.
King came from 3-0 down in his tie against Steve West; he claimed a 6-5 victory in which West himself squandered five match darts in losing out. This also sees 'Simply' have his World Matchplay hopes shattered as a result and means yet another player is out of the race for Blackpool.
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Glen Durrant (110.12) 6-1 (91.72) Daniel Larsson
Mervyn King (91.07) 6-5 (92.78) Steve West
19:15 Vaclav Shieferdecker v William O’Connor
19:45 Krzysztof Ratajski v Ted Evetts
20:15 Chris Dobey v Sebastian Steyer
20:45 Ron Meulenkamp v Jan Hlavacek
21:15 Stephen Bunting v Robert Thornton
21:45 Jamie Hughes v Devon Petersen
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