O’Connor and Johnson ease through, Bates shocks Klaasen

Johnson begun proceedings with a 6-4 victory over Kevin Munch. It will be Gerwyn Price next for Dynamite and he will hope to improve on the 83 average here.
O’Connor is a European Tour finalist this year and he will have a repeat of that match in round two as he takes on Michael van Gerwen. The Irishman comprehensively came through against debutant Karel Sedlacek.
Finally Bates rolled back the year’s to claim a 6-3 win over Jelle Klaasen to seriously dent his World Grand Prix hopes. ‘Champagne’ hit an 86 average on the way his victory, a first ever on the European Tour.
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Afternoon session schedule
Kevin Munch (77.73) 4-6 (83.11) Darren Johnson
Karel Sedlacek (76.17) 2-6 (88.75) William O’Connor
Barrie Bates (86.18) 6-3 (85.32) Jelle Klaasen
13:30 Rowby-John Rodriguez v Robert Marijanovic
14:00 Ryan Searle v Andy Boulton
14:30 Ricky Evans v Jan Dekker
15:00 Toni Alcinas v Darius Labanauskas
15:30 Josh Payne v Dirk van Duijvenbode
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