First round completed at Players Championship 13 with Van Barneveld, Beaton and Huybrechts boosting their Matchplay hopes

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