Pietreczko survives Chisnall 9-darter to reach last 16 as Scutt and Killington demolish De Decker and Rock at Players Championship 13

Gerwyn Price averaged over 100 yet again as Connor Scutt and George Killington continued their very impressive days, whitewashing Mike de Decker and Josh Rock to book spots in the last 16.

Price needed all of his experience to edge past Radek Szaganski 6-4 in a high-quality encounter whilst two of the stars of the Pro Tour in 2023, in de Decker and Rock were comfortably beaten by Scutt and Killington, with the latter averaging over 100 in his victory.

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Price, Anderson and Heta comfortably through as below-par Wright is whitewashed by Burton at Players Championship 13

Elsewhere, Raymond van Barneveld vanquished Peter Wright's conqueror, defeating Stephen Burton 6-4. James Wade set up a mouthwatering last 16 tie with Michael Smith courtesy of his 6-5 win over Danny Noppert after Smith had proved to have too much for Keegan Brown (6-1).

Former Lakeside finalist, Thibault Tricole defeated two-time World Champion Scott Waites to book his place in the last 16 with World Matchplay hopeful Richard Pietreczko also advancing thanks to a brilliant win against the number one seed, Dave Chisnall (6-3), surviving a nine-darter from Chizzy in the process.

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Players Championship 13

Last 32

Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 3 Dave Chisnall

Danny Lauby 6 | 3 Gabriel Clemens

James Wade 6 | 5 Danny Noppert

Michael Smith 6 | 1 Keegan Brown

Christian Perez 6 | 2 Luke Woodhouse

Karel Sedlacek 6 | 5 Alan Soutar

George Killington 6 | 0 Josh Rock

Connor Scutt 6 | 0 Mike De Decker

William O'Connor 6 | 2 Lee Evans

Chris Dobey 6 | 3 Adam Smith-Neale

Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 4 Stephen Burton

Gary Anderson 6 | 4 Scott Williams

Damon Heta 6 | 4 Mario Vandenbogaerde

Niels Zonneveld 6 | 5 Dimitri van den Bergh

Gerwyn Price 6 | 4 Radek Szaganski

Thibault Tricole 6 | 4 Scott Waites

Last 16

Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Danny Lauby

James Wade - | - Michael Smith

Christian Perez - | - Karel Sedlacek

George Killington - | - Connor Scutt

William O'Connor - | - Chris Dobey

Raymond van Barneveld - | - Gary Anderson

Damon Heta - | - Niels Zonneveld

Gerwyn Price - | - Thibault Tricole