Humphries and Wright among first players through to Last 32 as first round concludes at Players Championship 27
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The first round is complete at Players Championship 27 with Luke Humphries and Peter Wright already through to the board final in Barnsley.
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Humphries whitewashed Geert Nentjes 6-0 with a 96 average, while for Wright, he averaged 102 in seeing off Danny Jansen in a 6-1 win.
Other victories for Joe Murnan, Ryan Joyce and Jermaine Wattimena who saw off Raymond van Barneveld in a 6-5 victory.
Currently in second round action include Gary Anderson, Jonny Clayton, Joe Cullen, Dave Chisnall and Dirk van Duijvenbode with results set to be confirmed.
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Players Championship 27
Last 128
Luke Humphries 6 | 1 Bradley Brooks
Geert Nentjes 6 | 2 Karel Sedlacek
Callan Rydz 6 | 2 Eddie Lovely
Steve Lennon 6 | 4 Connor Scutt
Martin Schindler 6 | 1 Jamie Clark
Richie Burnett 6 | 1 Brett Claydon
Adam Gawlas 6 | 5 Krzysztof Ratajski
Nathan Rafferty 6 | 5 Devon Petersen
Dave Chisnall 6 | 2 Andy Boulton
Alan Soutar 6 | 2 Kevin Doets
Madars Razma 6 | 4 John Michael
Simon Whitlock 6 | 4 Ross Smith
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 1 Darius Labanauskas
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 4 Jason Heaver
Steve Beaton 6 | 1 Gabriel Clemens
Mike De Decker 6 | 1 Jurjen van der Velde
Rob Cross 6 | 4 Jason Lowe
Danny Baggish 6 | 3 Jose Justicia
Brendan Dolan 6 | 1 Scott Mitchell
Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 2 Ross Montgomery
Jonny Clayton 6 | 5 Mervyn King
Darren Webster 6 | 3 Adam Hunt
George Killington 6 | 4 Daryl Gurney
John O'Shea 6 | 5 Ricky Evans
Joe Murnan 6 | 2 Michael Smith
William Borland 6 | 2 Jake Jones
Scott Waites 6 | 4 Rowby Rodriguez
Jimmy Hendriks 6 | 1 Jim McEwan
Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 4 Gerwyn Price
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 3 Ritchie Edhouse
Stephen Bunting 6 | 2 Damian Mol
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6 | 0 Glen Durrant
Shaun Wilkinson 6 | 1 Damon Heta
Peter Hudson 6 | 4 Rusty Rodriguez
Danny van Trijp 6 | 3 Scott Williams
Vincent van der Voort 6 | 4 Kevin Burness
Jose de Sousa 6 | 1 Tony Martinez
Keegan Brown 6 | 2 Kenny Neyens
Jamie Hughes 6 | 0 Andrew Gilding
James Wilson 6 | 3 Ian White
Peter Wright 6 | 1 Luc Peters
Danny Jansen 6 | 5 Geert De Vos
Martijn Kleermaker 6 | 2 Adrian Lewis
Gian van Veen 6 | 1 Maik Kuivenhoven
Danny Noppert 6 | 3 Radek Szaganski
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6 | 2 Nick Fullwell
Josh Rock 6 | 1 Steve West
Mickey Mansell 6 | 2 Christian Kist
Gary Anderson 6 | 4 Nathan Aspinall
Berry van Peer 6 | 4 Jeff Smith
James Wade 6 | 3 Cameron Menzies
Keane Barry 6 | 3 Ron Meulenkamp
William O'Connor 6 | 1 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Ted Evetts 6 | 5 Luke Woodhouse
Chris Dobey 6 | 4 Stephen Burton
John Henderson 6 | 4 David Evans
Joe Cullen 6 | 3 Jack Main
Wesley Plaisier 6 | 1 Max Hopp
Kim Huybrechts 6 | 4 Brian Raman
Ryan Meikle 6 | 2 Jim Williams
Ryan Joyce 6 | 5 Ryan Searle
Matt Campbell 6 | 3 Jules van Dongen
Martin Lukeman 6 | 0 Niels Zonneveld
Florian Hempel 6 | 4 Boris Krcmar
Last 64
Luke Humphries 6 | 0 Geert Nentjes
Callan Rydz - | - Steve Lennon
Martin Schindler - | - Richie Burnett
Adam Gawlas - | - Nathan Rafferty
Dave Chisnall - | - Alan Soutar
Madars Razma - | - Simon Whitlock
Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Mensur Suljovic
Steve Beaton - | - Mike De Decker
Rob Cross - | - Danny Baggish
Brendan Dolan - | - Ricardo Pietreczko
Jonny Clayton - | - Darren Webster
George Killington - | - John O'Shea
Joe Murnan - | - William Borland
Scott Waites - | - Jimmy Hendriks
Raymond van Barneveld - | - Jermaine Wattimena
Stephen Bunting - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde
Shaun Wilkinson - | - Peter Hudson
Danny van Trijp - | - Vincent van der Voort
Jose de Sousa - | - Keegan Brown
Jamie Hughes - | - James Wilson
Peter Wright 6 | 1 Danny Jansen
Martijn Kleermaker - | - Gian van Veen
Danny Noppert - | - Jeffrey De Zwaan
Josh Rock - | - Mickey Mansell
Gary Anderson - | - Berry van Peer
James Wade - | - Keane Barry
William O'Connor - | - Ted Evetts
Chris Dobey - | - John Henderson
Joe Cullen - | - Wesley Plaisier
Kim Huybrechts - | - Ryan Meikle
Ryan Joyce 6 | 3 Matt Campbell
Martin Lukeman - | - Florian Hempel

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