The Quarter-Finals are set at
Players Championship 14 with five players previously PDC title winners but for many not for a while with only
Danny Noppert and
Damon Heta being perennial winners on the ProTour.
As well as Andrew Gilding being the reigning UK Open champion but he has failed to reproduce similar form since then.
Mensur Suljovic hasn't produced superb form for a long time, but he saw off Ross Smith and will now face Gilding.
Noppert faces Luke Woodhouse who took down Jose de Sousa, while Heta faces Mickey Mansell who dumped out Gerwyn Price earlier today. There will at least be one of Mario Vandenbogaerde or Christian Kist in the semi-finals too.
Vandenbogaerde attempting to save his Tour Card will get a big boost if he does, while Kist is not currently a Tour Card holder.
Players Championship 14 Results
Last 16
Luke Woodhouse (101.24) 6 | 3 (102.33) Jose De Sousa
Danny Noppert (89.59) 6 | 3 (94.28) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Mensur Suljovic (85.46) 6 | 4 (89.94) Ross Smith
Andrew Gilding (95.73) 6 | 2 (81.27) Richard Veenstra
Mario Vandenbogaerde (92.68) 6 | 1 (78.33) Jeffrey Sparidaans
Christian Kist (94.25) 6 | 3 (90.71) Niels Zonneveld
Damon Heta (89.77) 6 | 4 (80.00) Bradley Brooks
Mickey Mansell (96.52) 6 | 3 (87.07) Stephen Burton
Quarter-Finals
Luke Woodhouse - | - Danny Noppert
Mensur Suljovic - | - Andrew Gilding
Mario Vandenbogaerde - | - Christian Kist
Damon Heta - | - Mickey Mansell