Jurjen van der Velde recorded the finest victory of his darts career by defeating world champion
Luke Humphries in the first round of
Players Championship 2.
Van der Velde came back from a 1-3 deficit to win 6-5 over Humphries. Another big-name casualty in the early stages has been former world champion,
Michael Smith. 'BullyBoy' went down in a deciding leg to the American, Danny Lauby Jr.
Winner of yesterday's Players Championship 1,
Luke Littler was again impressive in victory over Danny Noppert. The teen sensation sealing the win with a stunning 110 checkout.
Peter Wright also got off to a much-needed winning start with victory over Alan Soutar.
The poor start to the season continues for
Dave Chisnall however. After a shock defeat to Michele Turetta yesterday, 'Chizzy' has gone down 6-2 in the opening round to Oskar Lukasiak today.
Results Players Championship 2
Last 128
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 2 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Cameron Menzies 6 | 1 Lee Evans
Oskar Lukasiak 6 | 2 Dave Chisnall
Patrick Geeraets 6 | 4 Darren Beveridge
Peter Wright 6 | 3 Alan Soutar
James Hurrell 6 | 5 Ritchie Edhouse
Joe Cullen 6 | 3 Jules van Dongen
Michele Turetta 6 | 5 Owen Roelofs
James Wade 6 | 5 Ryan Meikle
Robert Owen 6 | 3 Jeffrey De Graaf
Danny Lauby 6 | 5 Michael Smith
Stephen Burton 6 | 4 Haupai Puha
Ryan Joyce 6 | 2 Thibault Tricole
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6 | 5 Christian Perez
Luke Littler 6 | 4 Danny Noppert
Radek Szaganski 6 | 5 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 2 Simon Whitlock
William O'Connor 6 | 5 Geert Nentjes
Karel Sedlacek 6 | 4 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Graham Hall 6 | 4 Aden Kirk
Gian van Veen 6 | 2 Adam Warner
Scott Williams 6 | 5 Robert Grundy
Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 5 Owen Bates
Berry van Peer 6 | 2 Richie Burnett
Mike De Decker 6 | 2 Martijn Dragt
Andy Baetens 6 | 1 Stefan Bellmont
Josh Rock 6 | 3 Keane Barry
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 0 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Daryl Gurney 6 | 3 Darryl Pilgrim
Wessel Nijman 6 | 2 Jim Williams
Gary Anderson 6 | 3 Daniel Klose
Adam Gawlas 6 | 3 Steve Beaton
Chris Dobey 6 | 1 Matthew Dennant
William Borland 6 | 5 Nathan Rafferty
Jurjen van der Velde 6 | 5 Luke Humphries
Ricky Evans 6 | 2 Jacques Labre
Florian Hempel 6 | 3 Martin Schindler
Steve Lennon 6 | 5 Chris Landman
Stephen Bunting 6 | 3 Josh Payne
Martin Lukeman 6 | 2 Lukas Wenig
Callan Rydz 6 | 1 Gabriel Clemens
Danny Jansen 6 | 3 Benjamin Drue Reus
Jonny Clayton 6 | 4 Robbie Knops
Leighton Bennett 6 | 2 Boris Krcmar
Jose De Sousa 6 | 5 Richard Veenstra
George Killington 6 | 1 Jamie Hughes
Ross Smith 6 | 5 Kim Huybrechts
Kevin Doets 6 | 4 Pascal Rupprecht
Arron Monk 6 | 5 Luke Woodhouse
Joshua Richardson 6 | 4 Vincent van der Voort
Damon Heta 6 | 2 Mickey Mansell
Adam Smith-Neale 6 | 1 Graham Usher
Andrew Gilding 6 | 5 Maik Kuivenhoven
Adam Hunt 6 | 0 Matt Campbell
Ryan Searle 6 | 3 Callum Goffin
Brett Claydon 6 | 3 Keegan Brown
Rhys Griffin 6 | 5 Brendan Dolan
Madars Razma 6 | 3 Ian White
Rob Cross 6 | 1 Mervyn King
Niels Zonneveld 6 | 3 Jelle Klaasen
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 3 Danny van Trijp
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 0 Nick Kenny
Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 4 Jitse Van der Wal
Paul Krohne 6 | 3 Dom Taylor
Last 64
Jermaine Wattimena - | - Cameron Menzies
Oskar Lukasiak - | - Patrick Geeraets
Peter Wright - | - James Hurrell
Joe Cullen - | - Michele Turetta
James Wade - | - Robert Owen
Danny Lauby - | - Stephen Burton
Ryan Joyce - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde
Luke Littler - | - Radek Szaganski
Raymond van Barneveld - | - William O'Connor
Karel Sedlacek - | - Graham Hall
Gian van Veen - | - Scott Williams
Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Berry van Peer
Andy Baetens - | - Mike Decker
Josh Rock - | - Mensur Suljovic
Daryl Gurney - | - Wessel Nijman
Gary Anderson - | - Adam Gawlas
Chris Dobey - | - William Borland
Jurjen van der Velde - | - Ricky Evans
Florian Hempel - | - Steve Lennon
Stephen Bunting - | - Martin Lukeman
Callan Rydz - | - Danny Jansen
Jonny Clayton - | - Leighton Bennett
Jose De Sousa - | - George Killington
Ross Smith - | - Kevin Doets
Arron Monk - | - Joshua Richardson
Damon Heta - | - Adam Smith-Neale
Andrew Gilding - | - Adam Hunt
Ryan Searle - | - Brett Claydon
Rhys Griffin - | - Madars Razma
Rob Cross - | - Niels Zonneveld
Nathan Aspinall - | - Rowby-John Rodriguez
Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Paul Krohne