The first round has began at Players Championship 10 with Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright, Michael van Gerwen and Jonny Clayton all through their openers.
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Price edged past Tony Martinez in a 6-4 win coming from 4-2 down averaging around 82-85 to 91 in the end.
Wright averaged 100 in seeing off Ricky Evans 6-4, while Clayton averaged 102 in easing past Damian Mol 6-1.
Luke Humphries produced a 106 average in seeing off Mickey Mansell in a 6-4 victory, but for Michael Smith he lost out in the opening round with a 91 average 6-0.
Damon Heta, Keane Barry, Rob Cross, Ryan Searle and Jose de Sousa are also among the early winners.
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#PC10 RD1 Results 📋
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Tony Martinez
Daryl Gurney 6-2 John Michael
Dimitri van den Bergh (100.5) 6-5 Vincent van der Voort
Damon Heta (103.6) 6-0 Jason Lowe
Peter Wright (100.9) 6-4 Ricky Evans
Keane Barry (105.6) 6-3 Krzysztof Ratajski (105.7)