Gilding produces incredible 118.33 average, Razma dumps out Anderson as first round concludes at Players Championship 18
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The first round is complete at Players Championship 18 with the Last 64 taking shape and for Andrew Gilding, he struck gold again with his form this year being sublime and that was on evidence as he averaged 118.33 in his opener.
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Gilding eased past Brett Claydon 6-1, while there was also victories for Madars Razma who saw off Gary Anderson 6-2 as well as the most recent ProTour winner, Scott Williams who saw off Ted Evetts.
Adrian Lewis is also through after dealing with Keane Barry in a superb tie 6-5 with the action continuing in Barnsley.
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Players Championship 18
Last 128
Luke Humphries 6 | 3 Jamie Clark
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 5 Jason Heaver
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 4 Jules van Dongen
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6 | 4 Stephen Burton
Martin Schindler 6 | 5 Ryan Joyce
Scott Mitchell 6 | 4 Jason Lowe
Steve West 6 | 3 Callan Rydz
Martijn Kleermaker 5 | 6 Ron Meulenkamp
Peter Wright 6 | 2 Ross Montgomery
Joe Murnan 6 | 4 Steve Lennon
Ian White 6 | 4 Brendan Dolan
William O'Connor 6 | 3 Danny Baggish
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 1 Connor Scutt
Ritchie Edhouse 6 | 4 Jim Williams
Chris Dobey 6 | 1 Glen Durrant
Devon Petersen 6 | 4 Steve Beaton
Scott Waites 6 | 3 Rob Cross
Danny van Trijp 6 | 3 Kevin Burness
Adrian Lewis 6 | 5 Keane Barry
Luc Peters 6 | 5 Radek Szaganski
Danny Noppert 6 | 4 Boris Krcmar
Mickey Mansell 6 | 4 Vladimir Andersen
Stephen Bunting 6 | 2 Lewy Williams
Karel Sedlacek 6 | 1 Alan Soutar
Damon Heta 6 | 2 Darius Labanauskas
Mike De Decker 6 | 3 Danny Jansen
Andrew Gilding 6 | 1 Brett Claydon
Berry van Peer 6 | 5 Vincent van der Voort
Jose de Sousa 6 | 3 Jeff Smith
Simon Whitlock 6 | 2 Eddie Lovely
James Wade 6 | 4 Niels Zonneveld
Matt Campbell 6 | 1 James Wilson
Gerwyn Price 6 | 1 Boris Koltsov
Cameron Menzies 6 | 5 Shaun Wilkinson
Jamie Hughes 6 | 2 Ricky Evans
John Henderson 6 | 2 Geert De Vos
Brian Raman 6 | 4 Jonny Clayton
Krzysztof Kciuk 6 | 0 Maik Kuivenhoven
Dave Chisnall 6 | 2 Jimmy Hendriks
Stu Wilson 6 | 4 Max Hopp
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 1 Jake Jones
Darren Webster 6 | 2 Luke Woodhouse
Madars Razma 6 | 2 Gary Anderson
Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 4 Adam Gawlas
Joe Cullen 6 | 1 Kevin Doets
Richie Burnett 6 | 3 Tony Martinez
Kim Huybrechts 6 | 5 John O'Shea
Scott Williams 6 | 2 Ted Evetts
Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 5 Michael Smith
Andy Boulton 6 | 4 David Evans
Ross Smith 6 | 4 Jack Main
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6 | 3 George Killington
Jon Worsley 6 | 2 Krzysztof Ratajski
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 4 Bradley Brooks
Daryl Gurney 6 | 4 Nathan Rafferty
Peter Hudson 6 | 4 William Borland
Ryan Searle 6 | 5 Josh Rock
Geert Nentjes 6 | 4 John Brown
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 0 Adam Hunt
Gordon Mathers 6 | 5 Keegan Brown
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6 | 5 Jose Justicia
Florian Hempel 6 | 0 Damian Mol
Martin Lukeman 6 | 4 Rusty Rodriguez
Ryan Meikle 6 | 3 Nick Fullwell
Last 64
Luke Humphries - | - Jermaine Wattimena
Rowby-John Rodriguez - | - Jeffrey De Zwaan
Martin Schindler - | - Scott Mitchell
Steve West - | - Ron Meulenkamp
Peter Wright - | - Joe Murnan
Ian White - | - William O'Connor
Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Ritchie Edhouse
Chris Dobey - | - Devon Petersen
Scott Waites - | - Danny van Trijp
Adrian Lewis - | - Luc Peters
Danny Noppert - | - Mickey Mansell
Stephen Bunting - | - Karel Sedlacek
Damon Heta - | - Mike De Decker
Andrew Gilding - | - Berry van Peer
Jose de Sousa - | - Simon Whitlock
James Wade - | - Matt Campbell
Cameron Menzies - | - Gerwyn Price
Jamie Hughes - | - John Henderson
Brian Raman - | - Krzysztof Kciuk
Dave Chisnall - | - Stu Wilson
Nathan Aspinall - | - Darren Webster
Madars Razma - | - Ricardo Pietreczko
Joe Cullen - | - Richie Burnett
Kim Huybrechts - | - Scott Williams
Raymond van Barneveld - | - Andy Boulton
Ross Smith - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde
Jon Worsley - | - Mensur Suljovic
Daryl Gurney - | - Peter Hudson
Ryan Searle - | - Geert Nentjes
Gabriel Clemens - | - Gordon Mathers
Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Florian Hempel
Martin Lukeman - | - Ryan Meikle

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