We have reached the last eight stage at the 28th Players Championship of the season in Wigan. Some tasty ties are soon approaching in the quarterfinals as well.
Jonny Clayton and Josh Rock are two quarterfinalists at the top of the draw and will face off against each other for a place in the semis. Clayton eliminated Dave Chisnall 6-5, and Rock recorded a 6-2 win over George Killington.
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Elsewhere Dirk Van Duijvenbode had an excellent start to his last 16 against Wessel Nijman, taking a 3-0 lead with three 15-darters. Leg four then went to Nijman, before Van Duijvenbode managed to take another three legs in a row. At the last eight, Van Duijvenbode will take on Ryan Joyce, who was too strong for Mervyn King 6-4.
At the lower end of the tournament schedule, Danny Noppert and Wesley Plaisier advanced to the last eight. Noppert was behind 4-5 in his match against Mickey Mansell, but still pulled out the win 6-5. He meets Michael Smith in his next match, after 'Bullyboy' took the win against Ryan Searle (6-4). Plaisier followed up his strong tournament with a 6-5 victory over Krzysztof Ratajski. The Dutchman posted an average of exactly 100.00. In the quarterfinals Plaisier will face Jose de Sousa, who defeated Mensur Suljovic (6-1).
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.
Quarterfinals
Jonny Clayton - | - Josh Rock
Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Ryan Joyce
Wesley Plaisier - | - Jose De Sousa
Michael Smith - | - Danny Noppert
Last 16
Jonny Clayton (95.87) 6 | 5 (93.53) Dave Chisnall
Josh Rock (110.89) 6 | 2 (91.91) George Killington
Dirk van Duijvenbode (99.06) 6 | 1 (99.55) Wessel Nijman
Ryan Joyce (95.41) 6 | 4 (89.73) Mervyn King
Wesley Plaisier (100.00) 6 | 5 (96.90) Krzysztof Ratajski
Jose De Sousa (108.47) 6 | 1 (86.79) Mensur Suljovic
Michael Smith (97.22) 6 | 4 (89.04) Ryan Searle
Danny Noppert (97.91) 6 | 5 (99.91) Mickey Mansell
Last 32
Dave Chisnall (91.68) 6 | 5 (85.81) Danny Lauby
Jonny Clayton (95.86) 6 | 4 (92.74) Stephen Burton
George Killington (86.68) 6 | 1 (82.03) Karel Sedlacek
Josh Rock (90.91) 6 | 3 (86.38) Andrew Gilding
Dirk van Duijvenbode (100.81) 6 | 3 (96.05) William O'Connor
Wessel Nijman (97.53) 6 | 2 (88.63) Matthew Dennant
Mervyn King (86.71) 6 | 0 (79.36) Jelle Klaasen
Ryan Joyce (90.84) 6 | 3 (87.43) Richard Veenstra
Krzysztof Ratajski (105.88) 6 | 2 (89.95) Boris Krcmar
Wesley Plaisier (91.24) 6 | 1 (84.64) Florian Hempel
Mensur Suljovic (88.19) 6 | 5 (93.41) Jimmy van Schie
Jose De Sousa (99.89) 6 | 1 (83.16) Benjamin Reus
Ryan Searle (95.35) 6 | 5 (96.07) Gabriel Clemens
Michael Smith (91.44) 6 | 3 (84.08) Martin Lukeman
Mickey Mansell (101.62) 6 | 5 (101.82) Jermaine Wattimena
Danny Noppert (99.09) 6 | 3 (90.23) Radek Szaganski
Last 64
Danny Lauby (93.80) 6 | 2 (91.38) Christian Kist
Dave Chisnall (97.45) 6 | 2 (87.82) Paul Krohne
Stephen Burton (86.76) 6 | 4 (96.60) Raymond van Barneveld
Jonny Clayton (87.77) 6 | 5 (93.02) Keane Barry
Karel Sedlacek (89.50) 6 | 3 (86.48) Steve Beaton
George Killington (90.09) 6 | 5 (95.04) Jeffrey De Graaf
Andrew Gilding (90.97) 6 | 2 (82.81) Jeffrey Sparidaans
Josh Rock (90.99) 6 | 3 (87.42) Josh Payne
Dirk van Duijvenbode (99.46) 6 | 2 (93.51) Ryan Meikle
William O'Connor (92.93) 6 | 5 (92.31) Stephen Bunting
Wessel Nijman (103.42) 6 | 3 (96.40) Jim Williams
Matthew Dennant (95.01) 6 | 5 (97.86) Rob Cross
Jelle Klaasen (84.10) 6 | 3 (90.33) Robert Grundy
Mervyn King (93.89) 6 | 4 (87.40) Berry van Peer
Ryan Joyce (97.30) 6 | 3 (89.22) Darryl Pilgrim
Richard Veenstra (99.04) 6 | 5 (96.06) Ted Evetts
Krzysztof Ratajski (97.88) 6 | 1 (88.89) Lukas Wenig
Boris Krcmar (87.76) 6 | 4 (87.99) Luke Littler
Wesley Plaisier (100.71) 6 | 2 (99.09) Ritchie Edhouse
Florian Hempel (90.56) 6 | 1 (84.14) Gerwyn Price
Jimmy van Schie (105.24) 6 | 3 (95.95) Brendan Dolan
Mensur Suljovic (91.97) 6 | 3 (92.06) Dom Taylor
Benjamin Reus (97.13) 6 | 3 (93.05) Adam Hunt
Jose De Sousa (100.79) 6 | 5 (94.56) Luke Humphries
Gabriel Clemens (94.78) 6 | 4 (87.61) Kim Huybrechts
Ryan Searle (104.00) 6 | 2 (93.41) Steve Lennon
Michael Smith (99.91) 6 | 3 (103.25) Robert Owen
Martin Lukeman (96.09) 6 | 3 (91.64) Daryl Gurney
Jermaine Wattimena (99.41) 6 | 2 (84.31) Niels Zonneveld
Mickey Mansell (100.10) 6 | 3 (90.79) Simon Whitlock
Radek Szaganski (97.94) 6 | 4 (96.80) James Wade
Danny Noppert (107.04) 6 | 2 (93.53) Dylan Slevin
Last 128
Danny Lauby (86.21) 6 | 5 (84.80) Alan Soutar
Christian Kist (84.31) 6 | 4 (85.81) Danny van Trijp
Dave Chisnall (85.30) 6 | 3 (80.82) Graham Usher
Paul Krohne (88.99) 6 | 2 (89.16) Jitse Van der Wal
Raymond van Barneveld (95.84) 6 | 3 (89.91) Jules van Dongen
Stephen Burton (94.37) 6 | 3 (85.96) Arron Monk
Jonny Clayton (96.47) 6 | 3 (89.13) Ricky Evans
Keane Barry (96.18) 6 | 2 (89.97) Lee Cocks
Karel Sedlacek (82.75) 6 | 4 (84.82) Luke Woodhouse
Steve Beaton (85.05) 6 | 5 (91.13) Cam Crabtree
Jeffrey De Graaf (87.40) 6 | 5 (91.55) Damon Heta
George Killington (94.98) 6 | 3 (92.28) Brett Claydon
Andrew Gilding (93.10) 6 | 4 (90.04) Richie Burnett
Jeffrey Sparidaans (96.02) 6 | 5 (95.21) Daniel Klose
Josh Rock (94.13) 6 | 5 (89.72) Scott Williams
Josh Payne (93.14) 6 | 4 (91.34) David Evans
Dirk van Duijvenbode (98.27) 6 | 3 (93.24) Andy Baetens
Ryan Meikle (100.59) 6 | 2 (92.15) Patrick Geeraets
Stephen Bunting (98.02) 6 | 0 (84.28) Danny Jansen
William O'Connor (100.63) 6 | 3 (90.66) Adam Gawlas
Wessel Nijman (105.69) 6 | 4 (89.34) Darren Beveridge
Jim Williams (99.09) 6 | 5 (94.71) Justin Hood
Rob Cross (94.02) 6 | 5 (87.37) Nathan Rafferty
Matthew Dennant (98.39) 6 | 3 (86.19) Maik Kuivenhoven
Robert Grundy (95.10) 6 | 5 (86.96) Joe Cullen
Jelle Klaasen (82.21) 6 | 4 (86.52) Callum Goffin
Mervyn King (90.37) 6 | 5 (94.17) Chris Dobey
Berry van Peer (78.68) 6 | 2 (70.63) Michele Turetta
Ryan Joyce (104.85) 6 | 1 (87.43) Martijn Dragt
Darryl Pilgrim (87.90) 6 | 3 (88.39) Tim Wolters
Richard Veenstra (95.15) 6 | 5 (96.16) Gian van Veen
Ted Evetts (89.38) 6 | 4 (90.33) Nick Kenny
Krzysztof Ratajski (99.32) 6 | 3 (90.34) Callan Rydz
Lukas Wenig (90.45) 6 | 5 (87.09) Kevin Doets
Luke Littler (95.98) 6 | 3 (87.88) Owen Bates
Boris Krcmar (95.56) 6 | 4 (91.65) Jacques Labre
Ritchie Edhouse (90.10) 6 | 3 (86.35) Thibault Tricole
Wesley Plaisier (102.80) 6 | 2 (95.12) Matt Campbell
Gerwyn Price (97.58) 6 | 3 (94.88) Jurjen van der Velde
Florian Hempel (102.57) 6 | 4 (101.73) James Hurrell
Brendan Dolan (82.79) 6 | 4 (93.81) Adam Warner
Jimmy van Schie (86.41) 6 | 5 (85.22) Vincent van der Voort
Dom Taylor (93.20) 6 | 5 (91.81) Martin Schindler
Benjamin Reus (88.35) 6 | 5 (93.34) Ricardo Pietreczko
Adam Hunt (94.24) 6 | 1 (83.51) Jeffrey De Zwaan
Luke Humphries (90.33) 6 | 3 (90.61) Jamie Atkins
Jose De Sousa (88.15) 6 | 5 (80.84) Owen Roelofs
Gabriel Clemens (92.06) 6 | 4 (84.44) Robbie Knops
Kim Huybrechts (85.89) 6 | 3 (86.65) Dimitri Van den Bergh
Ryan Searle (94.96) 6 | 3 (82.83) Rowby-John Rodriguez
Steve Lennon (93.80) 6 | 4 (88.98) William Borland
Michael Smith (96.73) 6 | 5 (92.77) Andy Boulton
Robert Owen (93.02) 6 | 5 (86.09) Chris Landman
Daryl Gurney (92.17) 6 | 4 (83.41) Lee Evans
Martin Lukeman (98.85) 6 | 5 (93.76) Ian White
Jermaine Wattimena (91.78) 6 | 5 (92.69) Graham Hall
Niels Zonneveld (90.13) 6 | 3 (92.36) Jamie Hughes
Mickey Mansell (96.48) 6 | 2 (86.75) Michael van Gerwen
Simon Whitlock (87.38) 6 | 2 (79.19) Joshua Richardson
James Wade (95.05) 6 | 2 (91.04) Rhys Griffin
Radek Szaganski (90.32) 6 | 3 (93.00) Madars Razma
Danny Noppert (97.08) 6 | 2 (84.02) Connor Scutt
Dylan Slevin (94.25) 6 | 1 (83.04) Mario Vandenbogaerde