Gerwyn Price pummels Lukas Wenig with 113 average as Michael van Gerwen and Luke Humphries through at Players Championship 8

The opening round is complete at Players Championship Eight with Gerwyn Price in particular starring in his opening round tie in Leicester with a 113 average as he pummelled Lukas Wenig 6-1.

In epic style from 'The Iceman', he took down legs of 14, 14, 13, 11, 16 and 12 to surge through to the second round not giving the German a chance in their contest. Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson and Luke Humphries were also among the victors.

Van Gerwen averaged 99 as he breezed past Jeffrey de Graaf 6-3, while for Anderson it was a 6-3 win over Haupai Puha. After mooted shoulder issues, 'The Flying Scotsman' averaged 101 to seal his opening win of the day. Birthday boy Stephen Bunting edged past Jitse van der Wel 6-4. There was also wins for Rob Cross as well as Josh Rock, Damon Heta and Jonny Clayton among others. Nathan Aspinall is already through to the third round after seeing off Andy Baetens with Last 64 action well underway.

Brendan Dolan 6 | 1 Matthew Dennant

Ryan Meikle 6 | 3 Jurjen van der Velde

Luke Humphries 6 | 3 Paul Krohne

Jeffrey De Zwaan 6 | 4 Jeffrey Sparidaans

Chris Dobey 6 | 3 Niels Zonneveld

Patrick Geeraets 6 | 5 Berry van Peer

Stephen Bunting 6 | 4 Jitse Van der Wal

Alan Soutar 6 | 3 Mervyn King

Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 2 Matt Campbell

Jelle Klaasen 6 | 5 Robbie Knops

Gary Anderson 6 | 3 Haupai Puha

Aden Kirk 6 | 2 Cameron Menzies

Martin Schindler 6 | 2 Callan Rydz

William O'Connor 6 | 5 Joshua Richardson

Ryan Searle 6 | 5 Leighton Bennett

Danny van Trijp 6 | 5 Josh Payne

Mike De Decker 6 | 4 Jose De Sousa

Dom Taylor 6 | 5 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Rob Cross 6 | 0 Geert Nentjes

Kim Huybrechts 6 | 3 Pascal Rupprecht

Michael Smith 6 | 3 Mario Vandenbogaerde

Stefan Bellmont 6 | 3 Chris Landman

Mensur Suljovic 6 | 5 Ricardo Pietreczko

Rhys Griffin 6 | 2 Tim Wolters

Luke Woodhouse 6 | 1 Michele Turetta

Darren Beveridge 6 | 1 Adam Gawlas

Josh Rock 6 | 3 Maik Kuivenhoven

Ian White 6 | 4 Richard Veenstra

Gian van Veen 6 | 4 Daniel Klose

Martin Lukeman 6 | 3 Andy Boulton

Lee Evans 6 | 5 Peter Wright

Madars Razma 6 | 2 Oskar Lukasiak

Nathan Aspinall 6 | 1 Steve Beaton

Andy Baetens 6 | 1 Jacques Labre

Thibault Tricole 6 | 2 Dave Chisnall

Radek Szaganski 6 | 5 William Borland

Owen Roelofs 6 | 5 Krzysztof Ratajski

Arron Monk 6 | 5 Graham Usher

Ross Smith 6 | 2 Boris Krcmar

Ricky Evans 6 | 3 Nick Kenny

Andrew Gilding 6 | 0 Owen Bates

Robert Grundy 6 | 5 Benjamin Drue Reus

Michael van Gerwen 6 | 3 Jeffrey De Graaf

Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 5 Steve Lennon

Ryan Joyce 6 | 3 Martijn Dragt

Ritchie Edhouse 6 | 2 Adam Hunt

Jonny Clayton 6 | 3 Simon Whitlock

Dylan Slevin 6 | 5 Gabriel Clemens

Luke Littler 6 | 4 Christian Perez

Nathan Rafferty 6 | 2 Vincent van der Voort

Damon Heta 6 | 5 Scott Williams

Kevin Doets 6 | 4 Brett Claydon

Daryl Gurney 6 | 5 Keane Barry

Jamie Hughes 6 | 5 Callum Goffin

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 2 James Hurrell

Karel Sedlacek 6 | 4 Jules van Dongen

Danny Lauby 6 | 5 James Wade

Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 2 Adam Warner

Gerwyn Price 6 | 1 Lukas Wenig

Graham Hall 6 | 3 Wessel Nijman

Stephen Burton 6 | 2 Joe Cullen

George Killington 6 | 2 Keegan Brown

Danny Noppert 6 | 3 Robert Owen

Jim Williams 6 | 1 Mickey Mansell