Rock continues to shine with 107 average in Smith win, Humphries, Clayton and Heta also into Last 16 at Players Championship 28
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The board finals are ongoing at Players Championship 28 with Luke Humphries, Jonny Clayton and Damon Heta continuing their progression through.
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Being in the top 16 means that many of these players play first so are ahead of the rest of those involved and for Humphries, he sealed a 6-4 win over Niels Zonneveld. Second seed Damon Heta eased past Vincent van der Voort 6-2, with Jonny Clayton easing past Kim Huybrechts 6-2.
Josh Rock though stood out with a 6-1 win over Jeff Smith averaging 107.11 in the process in a superb victory for the Northern Irishman with two 11-darters in a row to seal it.
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Players Championship 28
Last 64
Luke Humphries 6 | 3 Jose Justicia
Niels Zonneveld 6 | 5 Jurjen van der Velde
Chris Dobey 6 | 2 Mervyn King
Simon Whitlock 6 | 5 Stephen Bunting
Florian Hempel 6 | 4 Alan Soutar
Max Hopp 6 | 2 Brendan Dolan
Ted Evetts 6 | 2 Cameron Menzies
Eddie Lovely 6 | 1 Richie Burnett
Luc Peters 6 | 3 William O'Connor
Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 2 John O'Shea
Martin Schindler 6 | 3 Danny Baggish
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 4 Christian Kist
Michael Smith 6 | 3 Radek Szaganski
Ross Smith 6 | 5 Scott Williams
Gian van Veen 6 | 0 Kevin Burness
Steve Beaton 6 | 4 Madars Razma
Damon Heta 6 | 3 Thomas Lovely
Vincent van der Voort 6 | 4 Raymond van Barneveld
Wesley Plaisier 6 | 2 Jake Jones
Kenny Neyens 6 | 2 Martin Lukeman
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 5 Shaun Wilkinson
Callan Rydz 6 | 4 Mickey Mansell
Jonny Clayton 6 | 4 Nathan Rafferty
Kim Huybrechts 6 | 5 Darius Labanauskas
Rob Cross 6 | 4 Ron Meulenkamp
Jim Williams 6 | 2 Jermaine Wattimena
Jeff Smith 6 | 2 Krzysztof Ratajski
Josh Rock 6 | 2 Pete Burgoyne
Berry van Peer 6 | 4 Geert De Vos
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 3 James Wade
Luke Woodhouse 6 | 1 Jose de Sousa
Adrian Lewis 6 | 5 Joe Murnan
Last 32
Luke Humphries - | - Niels Zonneveld
Chris Dobey 6 | 1 Simon Whitlock
Florian Hempel - | - Max Hopp
Ted Evetts - | - Eddie Lovely
Luc Peters - | - Ricardo Pietreczko
Martin Schindler - | - Gabriel Clemens
Michael Smith - | - Ross Smith
Gian van Veen - | - Steve Beaton
Damon Heta 6 | 2 Vincent van der Voort
Wesley Plaisier - | - Kenny Neyens
Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Callan Rydz
Jonny Clayton - | - Kim Huybrechts
Rob Cross - | - Jim Williams
Josh Rock 6 | 1 Jeff Smith
Berry van Peer - | - Mensur Suljovic
Luke Woodhouse - | - Adrian Lewis

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