Luke Littler, Luke Humphries & Gary Anderson all safely through to second round of Players Championship 24

The first round has concluded at Players Championship 24 in Wigan. Although there has been casualties, the likes of Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Gary Anderson are all safely through to the second round.

Littler looked solid in his opener, averaging 96.95 in a 6-3 victory over Lee Cocks. Humphries meanwhile, looked even better, averaging 100.44 in victory over Adam Warner by the same score line. For Anderson, it was a 6-2 success, with a 104.22 against Jules van Dongen.

Elsewhere, the likes of Raymond van Barneveld, Andrew Gilding, Dimitri van den Bergh, Ryan Searle, Nathan Aspinall, Joe Cullen, Rob Cross, Stephen Bunting and Jonny Clayton all also secured progression to the last 64.

A total of 125,000 pounds in prize money is distributed at each Players Championship tournament. The winner of the event will receive a check for 15,000 pounds.

Niels Zonneveld - | - Connor Scutt

Arron Monk - | - Dom Taylor

Ritchie Edhouse - | - Richard Veenstra

Raymond van Barneveld - | - Karel Sedlacek

Rowby-John Rodriguez - | - Dimitri Van den Bergh

Gary Anderson - | - Jamie Hughes

Andrew Gilding - | - Jitse Van der Wal

Luke Humphries - | - Adam Hunt

Wessel Nijman - | - Mervyn King

Ryan Searle - | - Jimmy van Schie

Ryan Joyce - | - Matthew Dennant

Nathan Aspinall - | - Jose de Sousa

Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Ian White

Damon Heta - | - Krzysztof Ratajski

Joe Cullen - | - Nathan Rafferty

Rob Cross - | - Boris Krcmar

Madars Razma - | - Mensur Suljovic

Ross Smith - | - Joshua Richardson

Ted Evetts - | - Kim Huybrechts

Jonny Clayton - | - Andy Baetens

Jermaine Wattimena - | - William Borland

Stephen Bunting - | - Stephen Burton

Christian Kist - | - Adam Gawlas

Danny Noppert - | - Ricky Evans

Martin Lukeman - | - Callum Goffin

Luke Littler - | - Nick Kenny

Mike De Decker - | - Darryl Pilgrim

Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Jeffrey De Zwaan

Graham Usher - | - Alexander Merkx

Martijn Dragt - | - Kevin Doets

Darren Beveridge - | - Thibault Tricole

Gian van Veen - | - Lukas Wenig

Niels Zonneveld (102.47) 6 | 3 (95.38) Scott Williams

Connor Scutt (100.47) 6 | 5 (92.34) Brett Claydon

Arron Monk (94.74) 6 | 5 (95.55) Dave Chisnall

Dom Taylor (95.52) 6 | 2 (79.81) Rene Eidams

Ritchie Edhouse (90.12) 6 | 4 (92.25) Stefaan Henderyck

Richard Veenstra (108.05) 6 | 3 (90.24) George Killington

Raymond van Barneveld (93.88) 6 | 2 (86.60) Josh Payne

Karel Sedlacek (101.31) 6 | 2 (94.87) Vincent van der Voort

Rowby-John Rodriguez (91.53) 6 | 5 (89.44) Luke Woodhouse

Dimitri Van den Bergh (83.75) 6 | 4 (90.78) Tim Wolters

Gary Anderson (104.22) 6 | 2 (84.39) Jules van Dongen

Jamie Hughes (94.93) 6 | 3 (86.37) Mario Vandenbogaerde

Andrew Gilding (105.19) 6 | 2 (87.22) Jeffrey Sparidaans

Jitse Van der Wal (90.04) 6 | 4 (81.10) Benjamin Reus

Luke Humphries (100.44) 6 | 3 (95.26) Adam Warner

Adam Hunt (95.88) 6 | 3 (93.12) Richie Burnett

Wessel Nijman (103.00) 6 | 1 (85.82) Radek Szaganski

Mervyn King (91.17) 6 | 5 (84.41) Keane Barry

Ryan Searle (91.89) 6 | 4 (90.39) Cam Crabtree

Jimmy van Schie (100.03) 6 | 5 (93.33) Florian Hempel

Ryan Joyce (96.39) 6 | 5 (90.61) Owen Bates

Matthew Dennant (92.00) 6 | 5 (87.09) Dominik Gruellich

Nathan Aspinall (98.79) 6 | 5 (100.47) Daryl Gurney

Jose De Sousa (94.64) 6 | 5 (93.60) Mickey Mansell

Dirk van Duijvenbode (108.23) 6 | 3 (108.55) Andy Boulton

Ian White (85.45) 6 | 5 (89.88) Chris Landman

Damon Heta (92.29) 6 | 2 (92.54) Graham Hall

Krzysztof Ratajski (101.74) 6 | 3 (88.67) Robbie Knops

Joe Cullen (93.22) 6 | 5 (90.17) Daniel Klose

Nathan Rafferty (89.14) 6 | 2 (88.35) Justin Hood

Rob Cross (97.67) 6 | 4 (99.15) Dylan Slevin

Boris Krcmar (96.92) 6 | 3 (92.82) Rhys Griffin

Madars Razma (93.55) 6 | 4 (88.79) Jamie Atkins

Mensur Suljovic (92.08) 6 | 3 (88.49) Patrick Geeraets

Ross Smith (102.09) 6 | 1 (74.85) Danny van Trijp

Joshua Richardson (91.88) 6 | 2 (86.32) Simon Whitlock

Ted Evetts (97.73) 6 | 2 (95.09) Michael Smith

Kim Huybrechts (100.29) 6 | 5 (94.73) Jeffrey De Graaf

Jonny Clayton (97.91) 6 | 5 (93.38) Steve Beaton

Andy Baetens (88.85) 6 | 3 (80.71) Jelle Klaasen

Jermaine Wattimena (93.53) 6 | 2 (84.35) Berry van Peer

William Borland (91.61) 6 | 5 (91.27) William O'Connor

Stephen Bunting (98.35) 6 | 2 (84.62) Danny Jansen

Stephen Burton (92.05) 6 | 1 (82.68) Steve Lennon

Christian Kist (92.46) 6 | 2 (87.17) Brendan Dolan

Adam Gawlas (93.35) 6 | 5 (92.42) Keegan Brown

Danny Noppert (94.74) 6 | 3 (88.76) James Hurrell

Ricky Evans (95.26) 6 | 3 (89.46) Danny Lauby

Martin Lukeman (104.86) 6 | 0 (90.00) Wesley Plaisier

Callum Goffin (94.58) 6 | 4 (89.85) Lee Evans

Luke Littler (96.95) 6 | 3 (89.47) Lee Cocks

Nick Kenny (88.35) 6 | 5 (86.43) Robert Grundy

Mike De Decker (93.82) 6 | 3 (89.55) Christian Perez

Darryl Pilgrim (86.51) 6 | 3 (84.81) John Henderson

Ricardo Pietreczko (96.50) 6 | 2 (76.62) Owen Roelofs

Jeffrey De Zwaan (83.84) 6 | 4 (83.82) Robert Owen

Graham Usher (88.44) 6 | 2 (78.11) Alan Soutar

Alexander Merkx (91.97) 6 | 5 (88.51) Matt Campbell

Martijn Dragt (96.32) 6 | 4 (94.85) Josh Rock

Kevin Doets (92.29) 6 | 2 (83.83) Stefan Bellmont

Darren Beveridge (92.94) 6 | 4 (91.94) Gabriel Clemens

Thibault Tricole (96.38) 6 | 4 (96.37) Maik Kuivenhoven

Gian van Veen (88.01) 6 | 1 (75.85) Geert Nentjes

Lukas Wenig (91.09) 6 | 0 (79.16) Ryan Meikle