The first round of Players Championship 13 has now been completed and a number of players on the periphery of World Matchplay qualification have secured big wins to boost their hopes of qualifying for the Winter Gardens.
Raymond van Barneveld reached the next round after a difficult 6-3 victory over Ronny Huybrechts. Steve Beaton edged out Boris Krcmar in a last leg decider to go through. Whilst Kim Huybrechts prevailed on the stream board in a 6-4 win over Bradley Brooks.
In total, nine Dutchmen have qualified for the second round of the thirteenth Players Championship tournament of the season in Hildesheim. Alongside Dirk van Duijvenbode, Danny Noppert and van Barneveld, Jurjen van der Velde beat Krzysztof Kciuk 6-4, while Kevin Doets beat Simon Whitlock (6-3). Christian Kist was too strong for Scott Mitchell (6-3), and Geert Nentjes won the Dutch clash with Owen Roelofs (6-2). Roy van de Griendt recorded a 6-4 win over Daniel Klose, while Niels Zonneveld ensured the elimination of Cam Crabtree (6-4).
Some of the big names to fall at the first hurdle include Stephen Bunting, Ian White, Brendan Dolan and Rob Cross who was defeated by Christan Perez.
Players Championship 13
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Dave Chisnall 6 | 5 Owen Bates
Conan Whitehead 6 | 2 Lukas Wenig
Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 2 Shaun Wilkinson
Jurjen van der Velde 6 | 4 Krzysztof Kciuk
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 4 Dragutin Horvat
Tony Martinez 6 | 4 Jules van Dongen
Adam Warner 6 | 4 Stephen Bunting
Danny Lauby 6 | 4 Adam Gawlas
Danny Noppert 6 | 2 Jose Justicia
Joe Murnan 6 | 2 Ricky Evans
James Wade 6 | 1 Brian Raman
Darius Labanauskas 6 | 3 Jelle Klaasen
Michael Smith 6 | 4 Richard Veenstra
Andy Boulton 6 | 4 Ryan Meikle
Kim Huybrechts 6 | 4 Bradley Brooks
Keegan Brown 6 | 2 Damian Mol
Christian Perez 6 | 5 Rob Cross
Jamie Hughes 6 | 5 Lewis Williams
Luke Woodhouse 6 | 2 Ian White
Nick Kenny 6 | 1 Vladimir Andersen
Andrew Gilding 6 | 2 Robert Owen
Karel Sedlacek 6 | 1 Matt Campbell
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 3 Brendan Dolan
Alan Soutar 6 | 1 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Josh Rock 6 | 5 Josh Payne
Callum Goffin 6 | 4 John O'Shea
Kevin Doets 6 | 3 Simon Whitlock
George Killington 6 | 5 Martin Lukeman
Connor Scutt 6 | 1 Ross Smith
Keane Barry 6 | 4 Florian Hempel
Mike De Decker 6 | 3 Jeff Smith
Mickey Mansell 6 | 3 Kevin Burness
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 2 Steve Lennon
Lee Evans 6 | 5 Martijn Kleermaker
William O'Connor 6 | 5 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Nathan Rafferty 6 | 5 Robbie Knops
Jose De Sousa 6 | 2 Danny Jansen
Adam Smith-Neale 6 | 5 Ritchie Edhouse
Chris Dobey 6 | 4 Cameron Menzies
Christian Kist 6 | 3 Scott Mitchell
Peter Wright 6 | 3 Pascal Rupprecht
Stephen Burton 6 | 2 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 3 Ronny Huybrechts
Robert Grundy 6 | 3 Danny van Trijp
Martin Schindler 6 | 4 Jimmy Hendriks
Scott Williams 6 | 0 Arron Monk
Gary Anderson 6 | 3 Maik Kuivenhoven
Geert Nentjes 6 | 2 Owen Roelofs
Damon Heta 6 | 1 Dylan Slevin
Richie Burnett 6 | 5 Callan Rydz
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6 | 5 Jermaine Wattimena
Dom Taylor 6 | 5 Stefan Bellmont
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6 | 5 Luc Peters
Roy van de Griendt 6 | 4 Daniel Klose
Daryl Gurney 6 | 3 Devon Petersen
Niels Zonneveld 6 | 4 Cam Crabtree
Gerwyn Price 6 | 1 Mensur Suljovic
Mervyn King 6 | 0 Ross Montgomery
Madars Razma 6 | 4 Chris Landman
Radek Szaganski 6 | 3 Graham Hall
Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 3 Vincent van der Voort
Thibault Tricole 6 | 5 Gian van Veen
Steve Beaton 6 | 5 Boris Krcmar
Scott Waites 6 | 0 Ted Evetts
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Dave Chisnall 6 | 2 Conan Whitehead
Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Jurjen van der Velde
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 1 Tony Martinez
Adam Warner - | - Danny Lauby
Danny Noppert 6 | 5 Joe Murnan
James Wade - | - Darius Labanauskas
Michael Smith 6 | 4 Andy Boulton
Kim Huybrechts - | - Keegan Brown
Christian Perez - | - Jamie Hughes
Luke Woodhouse - | - Nick Kenny
Karel Sedlacek 6 | 5 Andrew Gilding
Rowby-John Rodriguez - | - Alan Soutar
Josh Rock 6 | 5 Callum Goffin
Kevin Doets - | - George Killington
Connor Scutt 6 | 0 Keane Barry
Mike De Decker - | - Mickey Mansell
Lee Evans 6 | 5 Dirk van Duijvenbode
William O'Connor - | - Nathan Rafferty
Adam Smith-Neale 6 | 3 Jose De Sousa
Chris Dobey - | - Christian Kist
Stephen Burton 6 | 0 Peter Wright
Raymond van Barneveld - | - Robert Grundy
Scott Williams 6 | 5 Martin Schindler
Gary Anderson - | - Geert Nentjes
Damon Heta 6 | 2 Richie Burnett
Mario Vandenbogaerde - | - Dom Taylor
Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Roy van de Griendt
Daryl Gurney - | - Niels Zonneveld
Gerwyn Price 6 | 1 Mervyn King
Madars Razma - | - Radek Szaganski
Thibault Tricole 6 | 0 Krzysztof Ratajski
Steve Beaton - | - Scott Waites