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.
Players Championship 8
Last 128
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