Results Day Three - PDC Autumn Series: Van Gerwen thrashes Suljovic to claim title (Live Blog)

The 16th Players Championship event of the season will be played during the third day of the PDC Autumn Series. All results can be followed in our live blog.

The PDC Autumn Series consists of five Players Championship tournaments from September 12-16. All results during this five-day event count towards the PDC Autumn Series Order of Merit.

Update 17:00 BST Time - Van Gerwen thrashes Suljovic to claim title

Michael van Gerwen is the victor on Day Three with the World Number One going someway to dispelling form doubts by thrashing Mensur Suljovic 8-1 in the final in what has been a dominant day for the World Number One.

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Thanks for following along on Day Three, we will be back tomorrow with Day Four.

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Update 16:30 BST Time - Van Gerwen to face Suljovic in today's final

The final is confirmed on the third day of the PDC Autumn Series with Michael van Gerwen set to face off against Mensur Suljovic in the final shortly.

Van Gerwen saw off Nick Kenny in a 7-4 win - with the latter being in his first ever Players Championship semi-final after eight consecutive first round defeats.

As ever with Mighty Mike, if the Welshman would have taken his chances it could have been a different story but the World Number One will now take aim at a first title of the Autumn Series.

He will take on Mensur Suljovic - a familiar adversary after a 7-3 win over Ian White saw him through and given MVG's performances so far today he will need a good display to trouble him.

Semi-Finals

Mensur Suljovic (88.5) 7 | 3 (88.2) Ian White

Nick Kenny (88.4) 4 | 7 (95.1) Michael van Gerwen

Final

Mensur Suljovic - | - Michael van Gerwen

Update 15:45 BST Time - Van Gerwen claims revenge against Heta with whitewash win, set to face Kenny

We have our semi-final line-up on the latest day of action in Niedernhausen and Michael van Gerwen has been the standout performer today and will be in the semi-finals.

Van Gerwen has not played anywhere near his best but has been taking his chances and he has defeated yesterday's champion Damon Heta - who saw off the World Number One en route to the title in a whitewash win.

Nick Kenny will aim to dispel the run of the Green Machine after easing past Ross Smith 6-2 hitting a 117 checkout to win his tie. He will go for his first PDC ranking title.

In the other half of the draw, Ian White is through after a 6-3 win over Danny Noppert - both are two of the best performers on the ProTour but it is 'Diamond' who finds himself in the Last Four.

As does Mensur Suljovic who found a way past one of the best players today in Luke Humphries 6-3.

Quarter-Finals

Luke Humphries (85.7) 3 | 6 (92.5) Mensur Suljovic

Danny Noppert (92.3) 3 | 6 (100.2) Ian White

Ross Smith (97.0) 6 | 2 (96.2) Nick Kenny

Damon Heta (96.9) 0 | 6 (100.2) Michael van Gerwen

Semi-Finals

Mensur Suljovic - | - Ian White

Nick Kenny - | - Michael van Gerwen

Update 15:05 BST Time - Van Gerwen claims first win against Durrant, set for rematch with Heta in Quarter-Finals

Michael van Gerwen has finally claimed a first win over Glen Durrant to reach the Quarter-Finals of the third day of the PDC Autumn Series.

Van Gerwen will look to now go on and win his first title in a week after reverting back to his old darts. He averaged 105.4 in winning 6-2 against the winner of the league phase in this year's Premier League.

Next up though will be a familiar foe in Damon Heta who defeated Mighty Mike en route yesterday to winning the title. He edged past Dave Chisnall 6-4.

There are also spots in the Quarter-Finals for Nick Kenny who ended the run of Lisa Ashton to reach his first Quarter Final. He will take on Ross Smith.

Danny Noppert and Ian White - two of the best performers on the ProTour will also face off with the winner potentially getting Luke Humphries who is having a remarkable day.

An average of 104 saw him breeze past Keegan Brown to add to 106 and 102 earlier today for 'Cool Hand Luke'. Could a first title be in the offing?

He will take on Mensur Suljovic who smashed Daryl Gurney 6-0 averaging only 91 but the latter only averaged 73.7.

Last 16

Luke Humphries (104.9) 6 | 0 (87.1) Keegan Brown

Mensur Suljovic (91.1) 6 | 0 (73.7) Daryl Gurney

Danny Noppert (97.2) 6 | 4 (94.3) Nathan Aspinall

Ian White (98.6) 6 | 3 (94.6)Jose De Sousa

Ross Smith (90.2) 6 | 4 (90.7) Joe Cullen

Nick Kenny (98.2) 6 | 3 (96.2) Lisa Ashton

Damon Heta (97.0) 6 | 4 (93.9) Dave Chisnall

Michael van Gerwen (105.4) 6 | 2 (102.5) Glen Durrant

Quarter-Finals

Luke Humphries - | - Mensur Suljovic

Danny Noppert - | - Ian White

Ross Smith - | - Nick Kenny

Damon Heta - | - Michael van Gerwen

Update 14:40 BST Time - Humphries and Van Gerwen produce 106 averages in stunning wins, Wright and Price dumped out

The Last 16 line-up has been confirmed on the third day of the PDC Autumn Series with some stunning displays and also some big names heading out.

Luke Humphries was one of the first players through continuing his form he has shown all day by seeing off Rob Cross with a 106 average in a 6-3 win. 'Voltage' didn't play poorly himself and averaged 103.5.

He will now play Keegan Brown who despite only averaging 89 saw off Peter Wright in a 6-5 win. Gerwyn Price is also out after a 6-4 defeat to Ross Smith.

Michael van Gerwen will feel it is his day after also hitting a 106 average in breezing past compatriot Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-0. He will now aim to end his winless record against Glen Durrant.

Lisa Ashton is also through to the latter stages after coming from 4-1 down to defeat in-form Croatian, Boris Krcmar 6-5.

Last 32

Keegan Brown 6 | 5 Peter Wright

Luke Humphries 6 | 3 Rob Cross

Mensur Suljovic 6 | 5 Jeffrey De Zwaan

Daryl Gurney 6 | 4 Kim Huybrechts

Nathan Aspinall 6 | 3 Ricky Evans

Danny Noppert 6 | 5 Vincent van der Voort

Ian White 6 | 2 William Borland

Jose De Sousa 6 | 4 Jermaine Wattimena

Gerwyn Price 6 | 4 Ross Smith

Joe Cullen 6 | 0 Gavin Carlin

James Wade 6 | 5 Nick Kenny

Boris Krcmar 5 | 6 Lisa Ashton

Damon Heta 6 | 4 Mervyn King

Dave Chisnall 6 | 3 Callan Rydz

Michael van Gerwen 6 | 0 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Glen Durrant 6 | 3 John Michael

Update 14:00 BST Time - Van Gerwen to face Van Duijvenbode after Robinson win, Krcmar produces brilliance to dump out Smith

The second round is complete at the PDC Autumn Series Day Three with most of the big names making it through to the Last 32.

Among them is Michael van Gerwen who saw off Reece Robinson 6-2 with a 100 average, losing yesterday to Damon Heta at this stage it wasn't such an early exit for the World Number One.

Also impressing included Ian White and Jose de Sousa unsurprisingly who averaged 104 and 104 in wins over Mike de Decker and Jelle Klaasen.

It was the continued brilliance of Boris Krcmar though which was the most impressive with victory over Michael Smith.

The multiple Soft-Tip World Champion who has made at least his board final in recent days has really started to acclimatise to life in the PDC and produced back-to-back ton plus finishes to return from the brink and knock out 'Bully Boy'.

In his board final, he will take on Lisa Ashton with a real shot at another good run for both players today.

Last 64

Peter Wright 6 | 1 Scott Waites

Keegan Brown 6 | 2 Kirk Shepherd

Rob Cross 6 | 2 Max Hopp

Luke Humphries 6 | 1 Steffen Siepmann

Mensur Suljovic 6 | 2 Jan Dekker

Jeffrey De Zwaan 6 | 5 Justin Pipe

Daryl Gurney 6 | 4 Niels Zonneveld

Kim Huybrechts 6 | 3 Brian Raman

Nathan Aspinall 6 | 1 Kai Fan Leung

Ricky Evans 6 | 3 Madars Razma

Danny Noppert 6 | 5 Conan Whitehead

Vincent van der Voort 6 | 3 Ted Evetts

Ian White 6 | 5 Mike De Decker

William Borland 6 | 3 Jonny Clayton

Jose De Sousa 6 | 3 Jelle Klaasen

Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 3 Adam Hunt

Gerwyn Price 6 | 1 Ron Meulenkamp

Steve Beaton 4 | 6 Ross Smith

Gavin Carlin 6 | 4 James Wilson

Joe Cullen 6 | 2 Matthew Edgar

James Wade 6 | 3 Josh Payne

Nick Kenny 6 | 3 Simon Whitlock

Boris Krcmar 6 | 5 Michael Smith

Lisa Ashton 6 | 2 Alan Tabern

Damon Heta 6 | 4 Rowby-John Rodriguez

Mervyn King 6 | 2 William O'Connor

Dave Chisnall 6 | 4 Darius Labanauskas

Callan Rydz 6 | 3 Aaron Beeney

Michael van Gerwen 6 | 2 Reece Robinson

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 2 Andy Boulton

Glen Durrant 6 | 1 Arjan Konterman

John Michael 6 | 2 Ryan Searle

Update 13:10 BST Time - Humphries breezes past Joyce, Waites sets up tie with Wright

The first round has come to a close on Day Three of the PDC Autumn Series with the likes of Luke Humphries and Scott Waites joining the second round line-up.

Humphries produced a blistering display to defeat Ryan Joyce, a previous first time winner this year with a 102.5 average.

Waites on the otherhand hit 100.6 in defeating Daniel Larsson 6-1. He has now set up a tie of World Champions with Peter 'Snakebite' Wright next round.

The race to the World Grand Prix has been well documented and two players who have not done their cause a world of good are Martijn Kleermaker and Jeff Smith. They lost to Brian Raman and Ricky Evans respectively.

There was also an impressive display for home hope Max Hopp who breezed past Yordi Meeuwisse 6-1 with a 101.3 average.

Last 128

Peter Wright 6 | 4 Ryan Meikle

Scott Waites 6 | 1 Daniel Larsson

Keegan Brown 6 | 1 Barrie Bates

Kirk Shepherd 6 | 2 Peter Jacques

Rob Cross 6 | 4 Adrian Lewis

Max Hopp 6 | 1 Yordi Meeuwisse

Luke Humphries 6 | 1 Ryan Joyce

Steffen Siepmann 6 | 3 Toni Alcinas

Mensur Suljovic 6 | 5 Marko Kantele

Jan Dekker 6 | 2 Scott Baker

Jeffrey De Zwaan 6 | 3 Harry Ward

Justin Pipe 6 | 2 Robert Collins

Daryl Gurney 6 | 1 Maikel Verberk

Niels Zonneveld 6 | 1 Harald Leitinger

Kim Huybrechts 6 | 0 Ryan Murray

Brian Raman 6 | 1 Martijn Kleermaker

Nathan Aspinall 6 | 0 Karel Sedlacek

Kai Fan Leung 6 | 3 Scott Mitchell

Madars Razma 6 | 4 Graham Usher

Ricky Evans 6 | 2 Jeff Smith

Danny Noppert 6 | 1 Geert Nentjes

Conan Whitehead 6 | 1 Gary Blades

Ted Evetts 6 | 2 Stephen Bunting

Vincent van der Voort 6 | 2 Mark McGeeney

Ian White 6 | 0 Nathan Derry

Mike De Decker 6 | 3 Darren Webster

Jonny Clayton 6 | 0 Scott Taylor

William Borland 6 | 5 Luke Woodhouse

Jose De Sousa 6 | 1 Robert Thornton

Jelle Klaasen 6 | 3 Bradley Brooks

Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 3 David Pallett

Adam Hunt 6 | 4 Carl Wilkinson

Gerwyn Price 6 | 5 Andrew Gilding

Ron Meulenkamp 6 | 5 Joe Murnan

Steve Beaton 6 | 5 John Henderson

Ross Smith 6 | 1 Jamie Lewis

James Wilson 6 | 5 Brendan Dolan

Gavin Carlin 6 | 4 Krzysztof Kciuk

Joe Cullen 6 | 2 Steve Lennon

Matthew Edgar 6 | 5 Chris Dobey

James Wade 6 | 3 Jitse Van der Wal

Josh Payne 6 | 4 Mickey Mansell

Nick Kenny 6 | 5 Devon Petersen

Simon Whitlock 6 | 5 Martin Schindler

Michael Smith 6 | 5 Justin Hood

Boris Krcmar 6 | 3 Matt Clark

Lisa Ashton 6 | 3 Jamie Hughes

Alan Tabern 6 | 4 Jesus Noguera

Damon Heta 6 | 5 Krzysztof Ratajski

Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 0 Derk Telnekes

Mervyn King 6 | 1 Vincent Van der Meer

William O'Connor 6 | 2 Adrian Gray

Dave Chisnall 6 | 3 Steve Brown

Darius Labanauskas 6 | 3 Benito van de Pas

Callan Rydz 6 | 3 Gabriel Clemens

Christian Bunse 3 | 6 Aaron Beeney

Michael van Gerwen 6 | 4 Andy Hamilton

Reece Robinson 6 | 1 Wayne Jones

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 5 Maik Kuivenhoven

Jason Lowe 3 | 6 Andy Boulton

Glen Durrant 6 | 2 Ryan Hogarth

Arjan Konterman 6 | 5 Richard North

Ryan Searle 6 | 2 Dimitri Van den Bergh

John Michael 6 | 2 Steve West

Update 11:35 BST Time - Cross edges past Lewis, Day Two champion Heta wins decider against Ratajski

The first results are in on Day Three of the PDC Autumn Series with the seeded players remaining almost unscathed from the opening stanza in Niedernhausen.

Rob Cross edged past Adrian Lewis in a former World Champion battle hitting 119 on the bull to claim the victory.

Yesterday's champion Damon Heta did account for a seed in the form of Krzysztof Ratajski seeing him off in a deciding leg win.

Michael van Gerwen survived against Andy Hamilton in a 6-4 win which saw 'The Hammer' left on 56 to break and force a decider for Mighty Mike to take out 40 third dart in hand to edge through.

Peter Wright (103) defeated Ryan Meikle 6-4 while there was also victory for Gerwyn Price who himself dodged a bullet against Andrew Gilding winning a decider with 'Goldfinger' averaging 101.6.

Peter Wright 6 | 4 Ryan Meikle

Rob Cross 6 | 4 Adrian Lewis

Mensur Suljovic 6 | 5 Marko Kantele

Daryl Gurney 6 | 1 Maikel Verberk

Nathan Aspinall 6 | 0 Karel Sedlacek

Danny Noppert 6 | 1 Geert Nentjes

Ian White 6 | 0 Nathan Derry

Jose De Sousa 6 | 1 Robert Thornton

Gerwyn Price 6 | 5 Andrew Gilding

Brendan Dolan 5 | 6 James Wilson

James Wade 6 | 3 Jitse Van der Wal

Michael Smith 6 | 5 Justin Hood

Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 5 Damon Heta

Dave Chisnall 6 | 3 Steve Brown

Michael van Gerwen 6 | 4 Andy Hamilton

Glen Durrant 6 | 2 Ryan Hogarth

Update 10:30 BST Time - Play to get underway in 30 minutes

The tournament will get underway shortly as the board seeds will enter the oche in 30 minutes. Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price and Peter Wright are among the players who will come into action in the first batch of matches.

Peter Wright - | - Ryan Meikle

Rob Cross - | - Adrian Lewis

Mensur Suljovic - | - Marko Kantele

Daryl Gurney - | - Maikel Verberk

Nathan Aspinall - | - Karel Sedlacek

Danny Noppert - | - Geert Nentjes

Ian White - | - Nathan Derry

Jose De Sousa - | - Robert Thornton

Gerwyn Price - | - Andrew Gilding

Brendan Dolan - | - James Wilson

James Wade - | - Jitse Van der Wal

Michael Smith - | - Justin Hood

Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Damon Heta

Dave Chisnall - | - Steve Brown

Michael van Gerwen - | - Andy Hamilton

Glen Durrant - | - Ryan Hogarth

Update 9:30 BST Time - Draw released

The draw has been released for Day Three of the PDC Autumn Series in Niedernhausen. Among the top ties are Michael van Gerwen against Andy Hamilton, while Rob Cross meets Adrian Lewis.

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