Gerwyn Price vs Ricardo Pietreczko and Damon Heta vs James Wade among last 16 ties at Players Championship 29

The penultimate Pro Tour event of the year is entering the business end in Barnsley and among the standout last 16 ties at Players Championship 29 are Gerwyn Price vs Ricardo Pietreczko and Damon Heta vs James Wade.

Price, who came through a last-leg decider to see off Masters champion Chris Dobey will face one of the rising stars on the darting scene in Pietreczko. The German reaching this stage with a 6-4 victory over Richard Veenstra and averaging over 103 in the process.

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Fellow darting prodigy Gian van Veen is also still going, the Dutchman defeated Madars Razma 6-5 with a ton-plus average of his own and will face Ross Smith in the last 16. European Championship finalist James Wade continues his resurgence and but a tricky last 16 matchup with Damon Heta awaits 'The Machine'.

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Last 32

Dave Chisnall 6 | 3 Callan Rydz

Jamie Hughes 6 | 4 Connor Scutt

Maik Kuivenhoven 6 | 5 Ian White

Josh Payne 6 | 5 Gabriel Clemens

Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 2 Darius Labanauskas

Ryan Searle 6 | 3 Scott Waites

Rob Cross 6 | 2 Wesley Plaisier

Stephen Burton 6 | 4 Ron Meulenkamp

Gerwyn Price 6 | 5 Chris Dobey

Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 4 Richard Veenstra

Gian van Veen 6 | 5 Madars Razma

Ross Smith 6 | 5 Robert Owen

Damon Heta 6 | 5 Jeffrey De Zwaan

James Wade 6 | 4 Stephen Bunting

Ritchie Edhouse 6 | 1 Steve Beaton

Radek Szaganski 6 | 3 Jermaine Wattimena

Last 16

Dave Chisnall - | - Jamie Hughes

Maik Kuivenhoven - | - Josh Payne

Raymond van Barneveld - | - Ryan Searle

Rob Cross - | - Stephen Burton

Gerwyn Price - | - Ricardo Pietreczko

Gian van Veen - | - Ross Smith

Damon Heta - | - James Wade

Ritchie Edhouse - | - Radek Szaganski