Results Players Championship 5, Last 32: Bunse dumps out Van Gerwen, Petersen hits 111 average in win over Zonneveld

The third round is complete at Players Championship 5 with one big result coming out of Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan.

That is Michael van Gerwen is out at the hands of Christian Bunse who defeated the world number one in a 6-5 win. The German only averaged 92 which was compared to 102 from Van Gerwen but saw him off in a last leg decider with a 100 checkout.

This was multiple stunning performances in this round to go with that one with Devon Petersen in particular impressing with a 111.8 average against Niels Zonneveld which saw him win 6-3.

Peter Wright continued his brilliant form hitting a 106 average in smashing Scott Mitchell 6-1, while Benito van de Pas produced a surprising 108 average in edging past Jason Lowe 6-3.

Steve Lennon also hit a 110.6 average in defeating Kai Fan Leung 6-1 which also saw a nine-dart finish from the Irishman. The ridiculous standard continues at Players Championship 5.

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Players Championship 5
Results Last 32

Christian Bunse 6 | 5 Michael van Gerwen
Rob Cross 6 | 4 Luke Humphries
Mensur Suljovic 2 | 6 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Devon Petersen 6 | 3 Niels Zonneveld
Peter Wright 6 | 1 Scott Mitchell
Ryan Joyce 6 | 2 Gary Anderson
Vincent van der Voort 6 | 4 Krzysztof Ratajski
Glen Durrant 6 | 2 Keegan Brown
Benito van de Pas 6 | 3 Jason Lowe
Steve Lennon 6 | 1 Kai Fan Leung
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 4 Darren Penhall
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 5 Mike De Decker
Gerwyn Price 6 | 2 Damon Heta
Jamie Lewis 6 | 5 Toni Alcinas
Brendan Dolan 6 | 4 Geert Nentjes
William O'Connor 6 | 1 Jitse Van der Wal

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