James Wade, Michael Smith and Raymond van Barneveld open Players Championship 28 accounts

James Wade, Michael Smith and Raymond van Barneveld are through to the second round already at Players Championship 28 in Wigan after winning their opening matches at Robin Park.

Wade eased past Rhys Griffin in a 6-2 win for 'The Machine'. While Smith saw off Andy Boulton 6-5 with a 96 average to boot. Other winners included Ritchie Edhouse, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Andrew Gilding and Raymond van Barneveld.

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Van Barneveld took down Jules van Dongen with a 6-3 win averaging 95 in the process. Otherwise Joe Cullen and Callan Rydz are out early on in Wigan with defeats to a few of the main seeds.

The top 16 including Michael van Gerwen, Luke Littler and Luke Humphries now open up their accounts as the top 16 seeds.

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Players Championship 28 Results

Last 128

Danny Lauby (86.21) 6 | 5 (84.80) Alan Soutar

Raymond van Barneveld (95.84) 6 | 3 (89.91) Jules van Dongen

Stephen Burton (94.37) 6 | 3 (85.96) Arron Monk

Karel Sedlacek (82.75) 6 | 4 (84.82) Luke Woodhouse

Andrew Gilding (93.10) 6 | 4 (90.04) Richie Burnett

Dirk van Duijvenbode (98.27) 6 | 3 (93.24) Andy Baetens

Wessel Nijman (105.69) 6 | 4 (89.34) Darren Beveridge

Robert Grundy (95.10) 6 | 5 (86.96) Joe Cullen

Ryan Joyce (104.85) 6 | 1 (87.43) Martijn Dragt

Darryl Pilgrim (87.90) 6 | 3 (88.39) Tim Wolters

Krzysztof Ratajski (99.32) 6 | 3 (90.34) Callan Rydz

Ritchie Edhouse (90.10) 6 | 3 (86.35) Thibault Tricole

Wesley Plaisier (102.80) 6 | 2 (95.12) Matt Campbell

Brendan Dolan (82.79) 6 | 4 (93.81) Adam Warner

Benjamin Reus (88.35) 6 | 5 (93.34) Ricardo Pietreczko

Adam Hunt (94.24) 6 | 1 (83.51) Jeffrey De Zwaan

Gabriel Clemens (92.06) 6 | 4 (84.44) Robbie Knops

Michael Smith (96.73) 6 | 5 (92.77) Andy Boulton

Jermaine Wattimena (91.78) 6 | 5 (92.69) Graham Hall

James Wade (95.05) 6 | 2 (91.04) Rhys Griffin

Radek Szaganski (90.32) 6 | 3 (93.00) Madars Razma