Rob Cross and Nathan Aspinall depart early as opening round of Players Championship 30 concludes

The first round of Players Championship 30 has reached a conclusion. Some big names have departed too, including Rob Cross and Nathan Aspinall.

For Cross, a last leg decider with Mervyn King proved the fatal blow, ending 'Voltage's Pro Tour season on a disappointment. It's a big victory for King though in his quest to keep his PDC Tour Card. As mentioned, Aspinall also has been dumped out, dropping to a 6-3 loss to Dutchman, Kevin Doets in the opening round this afternoon in Leicester.

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A total of 125,000 pounds in prize money is distributed at each Players Championship tournament. The winner of the event will receive a check for 15,000 pounds.

See the draw for the last 64 and the full list of first round results down below!

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Results Players Championship 30

Last 64

Darryl Pilgrim - | - John Henderson

William O'Connor - | - Richard Veenstra

Michael Smith - | - Andy Baetens

Cameron Menzies - | - Graham Hall

Luke Woodhouse - | - Richie Burnett

Damon Heta - | - Andy Boulton

Darren Beveridge - | - Jeffrey De Graaf

Gary Anderson - | - Stephen Burton

Joe Cullen - | - Rowby-John Rodriguez

Martin Schindler - | - Jitse Van der Wal

Wessel Nijman - | - Keane Barry

Mervyn King - | - Martijn Dragt

Jim Williams - | - Robert Grundy

Josh Rock - | - Karel Sedlacek

James Wade - | - Daniel Klose

Daryl Gurney - | - Florian Hempel

Niels Zonneveld - | - Graham Usher

Ryan Searle - | - Lee Cocks

Mike De Decker - | - Boris Krcmar

Peter Wright - | - Wesley Plaisier

Andrew Gilding - | - Steve Lennon

Danny Noppert - | - Radek Szaganski

Madars Razma - | - Dirk van Duijvenbode

Mario Vandenbogaerde - | - Nathan Rafferty

Gabriel Clemens - | - Kevin Doets

Chris Dobey - | - Arron Monk

Ritchie Edhouse - | - Dylan Slevin

Raymond van Barneveld - | - Keegan Brown

Ryan Joyce - | - Vincent van der Voort

Patrick Geeraets - | - Thibault Tricole

Jermaine Wattimena - | - Mickey Mansell

Jonny Clayton - | - Nick Kenny

Last 128

Darryl Pilgrim (95.94) 6 | 0 (79.47) Alan Soutar

John Henderson (87.78) 6 | 1 (85.97) Dom Taylor

William O'Connor (89.69) 6 | 5 (92.89) Dave Chisnall

Richard Veenstra (96.53) 6 | 2 (86.01) Christian Kist

Michael Smith (91.68) 6 | 3 (77.92) Lukas Wenig

Andy Baetens (86.71) 6 | 0 (80.06) Owen Roelofs

Cameron Menzies (93.94) 6 | 0 (75.87) Kim Huybrechts

Graham Hall (88.86) 6 | 4 (86.85) Justin Hood

Luke Woodhouse (94.48) 6 | 4 (92.98) Maik Kuivenhoven

Richie Burnett (84.99) 6 | 3 (84.75) Robbie Knops

Damon Heta (110.37) 6 | 1 (94.02) Scott Williams

Andy Boulton (109.09) 6 | 5 (104.83) Adam Hunt

Darren Beveridge (92.75) 6 | 5 (85.75) Ricardo Pietreczko

Jeffrey De Graaf (98.82) 6 | 3 (92.83) Josh Payne

Gary Anderson (102.05) 6 | 3 (90.35) Darius Labanauskas

Stephen Burton (94.03) 6 | 3 (96.09) Callan Rydz

Joe Cullen (95.93) 6 | 3 (92.11) Martin Lukeman

Rowby-John Rodriguez (98.46) 6 | 4 (90.06) Jurjen van der Velde

Martin Schindler (91.10) 6 | 4 (88.09) Jacques Labre

Jitse Van der Wal (86.15) 6 | 2 (73.49) Rhys Griffin

Wessel Nijman (90.05) 6 | 1 (73.94) Joshua Richardson

Keane Barry (80.48) 6 | 4 (76.88) Danny Jansen

Mervyn King (84.15) 6 | 5 (85.60) Rob Cross

Martijn Dragt (87.63) 6 | 2 (76.52) Callum Goffin

Jim Williams (93.09) 6 | 2 (80.74) Brendan Dolan

Robert Grundy (89.04) 6 | 1 (77.24) Jules van Dongen

Josh Rock (90.33) 6 | 2 (87.45) Alexander Merkx

Karel Sedlacek (95.68) 6 | 4 (95.13) Ricky Evans

James Wade (99.10) 6 | 0 (87.90) Matthew Dennant

Daniel Klose (96.84) 6 | 4 (94.44) Matt Campbell

Daryl Gurney (90.67) 6 | 3 (92.82) James Hurrell

Florian Hempel (96.32) 6 | 3 (91.37) Chris Landman

Niels Zonneveld (95.09) 6 | 5 (89.85) Steve Beaton

Graham Usher (79.42) 6 | 2 (84.83) Jeffrey De Zwaan

Ryan Searle (95.80) 6 | 3 (95.79) Jose De Sousa

Lee Cocks (91.93) 6 | 2 (79.33) Brett Claydon

Mike De Decker (87.50) 6 | 2 (83.11) Berry van Peer

Boris Krcmar (92.29) 6 | 2 (86.11) Krzysztof Ratajski

Peter Wright (97.20) 6 | 3 (89.34) Robert Owen

Wesley Plaisier (92.27) 6 | 5 (94.47) Mensur Suljovic

Andrew Gilding (115.12) 6 | 2 (110.82) Connor Scutt

Steve Lennon (94.65) 6 | 3 (89.47) Jelle Klaasen

Danny Noppert (99.85) 6 | 4 (101.13) Ryan Meikle

Radek Szaganski (95.17) 6 | 5 (95.36) Simon Whitlock

Dirk van Duijvenbode (98.02) 6 | 0 (83.66) Stefan Bellmont

Madars Razma (99.51) 6 | 3 (90.12) Lee Evans

Mario Vandenbogaerde (106.73) 6 | 3 (97.73) Gian van Veen

Nathan Rafferty (90.00) 6 | 3 (86.93) Owen Bates

Gabriel Clemens (85.40) 6 | 5 (80.60) Benjamin Reus

Kevin Doets (99.48) 6 | 3 (99.64) Nathan Aspinall

Chris Dobey (103.97) 6 | 5 (97.13) Jimmy van Schie

Arron Monk (80.45) 6 | 5 (82.89) Danny Lauby

Ritchie Edhouse (93.04) 6 | 3 (92.52) Adam Warner

Dylan Slevin (94.51) 6 | 4 (84.90) Jeffrey Sparidaans

Raymond van Barneveld (90.92) 6 | 5 (87.42) Cam Crabtree

Keegan Brown (90.23) 6 | 2 (82.12) Danny van Trijp

Ryan Joyce (92.72) 6 | 4 (88.93) George Killington

Vincent van der Voort (92.96) 6 | 4 (90.52) Ian White

Patrick Geeraets (85.55) 6 | 5 (87.65) Ross Smith

Thibault Tricole (86.75) 6 | 3 (75.96) Michele Turetta

Jermaine Wattimena (88.81) 6 | 2 (82.73) Dragutin Horvat

Mickey Mansell (91.88) 6 | 4 (82.62) Adam Gawlas

Jonny Clayton (102.26) 6 | 2 (96.11) William Borland

Nick Kenny (96.99) 6 | 3 (92.28) Jamie Hughes