Wednesday marked the start of the 22nd
Players Championship tournament of the season and after the first 16 matches, various big name players have impressed.
Raymond van Barneveld and
Gary Anderson rolled back the years in opening round wins. Van Barneveld managed a 6-5 win over Jamie Hughes, and Anderson recorded a hard fought 6-5 victory over Adam Gawlas.
The likes of
Andrew Gilding,
Chris Dobey,
Daryl Gurney and
Jose De Sousa have all also emerged victorious in their respective round 1 ties with Niels Zonneveld, Andy Boulton, Mervyn King and Damian Mol.
Kim Huybrechts, Dimitri van den Bergh and Mike de Decker also joined the last 64. Huybrechts did so with a 6-5 win over Stephen Burton. Van den Bergh sidelined Robert Owen 6-1 and De Decker eliminated Daniel Klose 6-5.
Jim Williams impressed with a 114 average win over Steve Beaton (6-1).