Nine-dart hero Van Gerwen defeats Lewis in thrilling tie, Dobey storms to whitewash win over Wilson

Michael van Gerwen and Chris Dobey are among those through to the third round as the line-up is close to being confirmed at the Players Championship Finals.

Van Gerwen defeated Adrian Lewis once again in a match that was an epic and included the first nine-dart finish in over a year as he won in another last-leg decider over 'Jackpot'.

It could be a pivotal win for Van Gerwen; with shocks aplenty occurring all around Minehead. He could be in the clear potentially to head towards another title win as a result.

Also on the main stage, Dobey stormed to a 6-0 whitewash of James Wilson as the latter could not recapture his form from the opening day.

'Hollywood' as a result hit a 95 average and 6/9 doubles in a polished display as he did what he needed to do against 'Jammie Dodger'.

On Stage Two, William O'Connor pulled off an impressive 6-3 win over third seed Krzysztof Ratajski with a 96 average as he continued his relatively good form as of late.

Also Glen Durrant came through a closely ran tie with Max Hopp with him surviving two match darts in the deciding leg hitting double one to seal a 6-5 victory. The action comes towards it's conclusion with two more games on both stages.

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Players Championship Finals 2019 schedule

Day Two, afternoon session

Main Stage
Gerwyn Price (94.93) 6-0 (88.17) Keegan Brown
James Wade (96.72) 6-1 (87.21) Ricky Evans
Mensur Suljovic (95.17) 6-5 (92.38) Danny Noppert
Luke Woodhouse (92.27) 3-6 (89.33) Gabriel Clemens
Adrian Lewis (95.5) 5-6 (96.4) Michael van Gerwen
James Wilson (81.71) 0-6 (94.93) Chris Dobey
Raymond van Barneveld v Joe Cullen
Jamie Hughes v Rob Cross

Stage Two
Simon Whitlock (91.3) 3-6 (96.04) John Henderson
Ryan Meikle (86.97) 6-5 (95.84) Darius Labanauskas
Jose De Sousa (102.76) 3-6 (104.62) Stephen Bunting
Ian White (94.2) 6-5 (96.87) Vincent van der Voort
Krzysztof Ratajski (97.44) 3-6 (96.02) William O’Connor
Glen Durrant (98.02) 6-5 (85.86) Max Hopp
Dave Chisnall v Mervyn King
Michael Smith v Brendan Dolan

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