Luke Humphries is top seed and edged past Devon Petersen 6-4, while top average so far goes to Dave Chisnall with 102.72 in a 6-2 win over Simon Whitlock.
In terms of big names heading out though, only three seeds have fell with Dimitri van den Bergh (6-3 loss to Alan Soutar), Rob Cross (6-4 defeat to Mike de Decker) and Ryan Searle (6-5 against Mario Vandenbogaerde) falling by the wayside as the Last 128 continues.
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CROSS OUT!
An early exit for number two seed Rob Cross, who is put to the sword by Mike De Decker 6-4.
Great opening game!
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