Price, Van Gerwen, Anderson into Last 32, Durrant with first ProTour win since July as first round concludes at Players Championship 9
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The first round is complete at Players Championship 9 with the Last 64 well underway as Gerwyn Price, Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson and Ryan Searle are among those to move through.
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Price had a bye through the first round and despite not being at his best, he saw off Geert Nentjes 6-3 with an 88 average.
While it was a lot better for Gary Anderson and Michael van Gerwen who averaged 104 and 105 in seeing off Cameron Menzies and Ted Evetts to move through.
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Searle was also on hand to produce one of the performances of the day so far with a 109 average to see off Rowby-John Rodriguez. With Brian Raman, Andy Boulton and Luke Humphries also through.
From the first round, Raymond van Barneveld claimed victory over Nathan Aspinall 6-4 and Glen Durrant sealed his first win on the ProTour since July last year in a welcome boost for the three-time World Champion.
Last 128
Geert Nentjes 6 | 5 Luke Woodhouse
Madars Razma 6 | 4 Keane Barry
Jason Lowe 6 | 5 Nick Fullwell
Brendan Dolan 6 | 1 Jason Heaver
Ricky Evans 6 | 2 Scott Waites
Martin Schindler 6 | 4 Scott Mitchell
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6 | 2 Jake Jones
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6 | 0 John Brown
Glen Durrant 6 | 5 Tony Martinez
Dave Chisnall 6 | 3 Luc Peters
Peter Hudson 6 | 5 Ritchie Edhouse
Damon Heta 6 | 4 Steve Lennon
Darius Labanauskas 6 | 3 Adam Hunt
Kim Huybrechts 6 | 3 Ryan Meikle
Kevin Doets 6 | 1 Ron Meulenkamp
Peter Wright 6 | 3 David Evans
Jon Worsley 6 | 5 Darren Webster
William O'Connor 6 | 4 Mervyn King
Danny Jansen 6 | 2 Radek Szaganski
Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 4 Jose Justicia
Steve Beaton 6 | 4 Jeff Smith
James Wade 6 | 5 Jamie Hughes
Matt Campbell 6 | 4 Jermaine Wattimena
Darren Penhall 6 | 5 Joe Cullen
Adam Gawlas 6 | 4 Steve West
Callan Rydz 6 | 2 Jules van Dongen
Brett Claydon 6 | 0 Shaun Wilkinson
Josh Rock 6 | 4 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Brian Raman 6 | 3 Danny Baggish
Chris Dobey 6 | 3 Mickey Mansell
Ryan Joyce 6 | 5 William Borland
Michael van Gerwen 6 | 4 Jimmy Hendriks
Ted Evetts 6 | 1 John Michael
Mike De Decker 6 | 5 Simon Whitlock
Maik Kuivenhoven 6 | 3 Martin Lukeman
Jonny Clayton 6 | 4 Jim Williams
Berry van Peer 6 | 4 Ross Montgomery
Stephen Bunting 6 | 5 Richie Burnett
Devon Petersen 6 | 5 Damian Mol
Gary Anderson 6 | 4 Michael Smith
Cameron Menzies 6 | 2 Boris Krcmar
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 5 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Max Hopp 6 | 2 Alan Soutar
Ryan Searle 6 | 5 Eddie Lovely
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 2 Ricardo Pietreczko
Danny Noppert 6 | 1 Gordon Mathers
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6 | 3 Bradley Brooks
Jose de Sousa 6 | 1 Ian White
Vincent van der Voort 6 | 4 Niels Zonneveld
Martijn Kleermaker 6 | 4 Steve Haggerty
Kevin Burness 6 | 5 Graham Hall
Andy Boulton 6 | 2 Daryl Gurney
John O'Shea 6 | 4 Geert De Vos
Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 4 Nathan Aspinall
Joe Murnan 6 | 1 Vladimir Andersen
Rob Cross 6 | 5 Florian Hempel
George Killington 6 | 2 Nathan Rafferty
Adrian Lewis 6 | 4 Zoran Lerchbacher
Connor Scutt 6 | 3 Keegan Brown
Luke Humphries 6 | 3 Jack Main
Krzysztof Kciuk 6 | 2 Michael Unterbuchner
Andrew Gilding 6 | 3 Ross Smith
Lewy Williams 6 | 0 John Henderson
Last 64
Gerwyn Price 6 | 3 Geert Nentjes
Madars Razma - | - Jason Lowe
Brendan Dolan 6 | 5 Ricky Evans
Martin Schindler - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde
Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Glen Durrant
Dave Chisnall - | - Peter Hudson
Damon Heta - | - Darius Labanauskas
Kim Huybrechts - | - Kevin Doets
Peter Wright - | - Jon Worsley
William O'Connor - | - Danny Jansen
Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Steve Beaton
James Wade - | - Matt Campbell
Darren Penhall - | - Adam Gawlas
Callan Rydz - | - Brett Claydon
Brian Raman 6 | 3 Josh Rock
Chris Dobey - | - Ryan Joyce
Michael van Gerwen 6 | 4 Ted Evetts
Mike De Decker - | - Maik Kuivenhoven
Jonny Clayton - | - Berry van Peer
Stephen Bunting - | - Devon Petersen
Gary Anderson 6 | 3 Cameron Menzies
Gabriel Clemens - | - Max Hopp
Ryan Searle 6 | 4 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Danny Noppert - | - Jeffrey De Zwaan
Jose de Sousa 6 | 2 Vincent van der Voort
Martijn Kleermaker - | - Kevin Burness
Andy Boulton 6 | 2 John O'Shea
Raymond van Barneveld - | - Joe Murnan
Rob Cross - | - George Killington
Adrian Lewis - | - Connor Scutt
Luke Humphries 6 | 1 Krzysztof Kciuk
Andrew Gilding - | - Lewy Williams

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