Top seed Dave Chisnall, Jonny Clayton, Michael Smith among first round winners at Players Championship 30
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The first round of the final ProTour of the season has concluded with Dave Chisnall, Michael Smith and Jonny Clayton among the victors.
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Chisnall who shocked by reaching the final despite suffering from injury recently seemingly yesterday averaged 97 in his opener as he saw off Jeffrey Sparidaans 6-4. Clayton defeated William O'Connor 6-3 with a 101.79 average, while Smith defeated Florian Hempel 6-3.
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As alluded to, Peter Wright is out early and is now out of contention for the Players Championship Finals with Joe Cullen also out. Second round action too is well underway with Richard Veenstra (105), Boris Krcmar (107) and Daryl Gurney (103) producing huge averages to start the round.
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Results Players Championship 30
Last 128
Ian White 6 | 3 Alan Soutar
Steve Lennon 6 | 4 Maik Kuivenhoven
Dave Chisnall 6 | 4 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Dylan Slevin 6 | 3 John O'Shea
Dom Taylor 6 | 4 Andrew Gilding
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 3 Niels Zonneveld
Jamie Hughes 6 | 4 James Wade
Brian Raman 6 | 3 Darren Webster
Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 3 Nick Fullwell
Darius Labanauskas 6 | 3 Bradley Brooks
Ross Smith 6 | 4 Adam Smith-Neale
Andy Boulton 6 | 2 Karel Sedlacek
Kevin Doets 6 | 5 Brendan Dolan
Scott Waites 6 | 4 Vincent van der Voort
Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 0 Robbie Knops
Robert Owen 6 | 5 Madars Razma
Ricky Evans 6 | 4 Callan Rydz
Radek Szaganski 6 | 3 Stephen Burton
Rob Cross 6 | 2 William Borland
Krzysztof Kciuk 6 | 4 Ryan Meikle
Gian van Veen 6 | 3 Damian Mol
Jimmy Hendriks 6 | 1 Kevin Burness
George Killington 6 | 4 Joe Cullen
Simon Whitlock 6 | 3 Joe Murnan
Luke Woodhouse 6 | 1 Jurjen van der Velde
Richard Veenstra 6 | 5 Owen Roelofs
Jonny Clayton 6 | 3 William O'Connor
Nick Kenny 6 | 2 Jelle Klaasen
Jose De Sousa 6 | 5 Shaun Wilkinson
Cameron Menzies 6 | 4 Mensur Suljovic
Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 3 Jeff Smith
Cam Crabtree 6 | 2 Keane Barry
Steve Beaton 6 | 4 Callum Goffin
Owen Bates 6 | 5 Matt Campbell
Damon Heta 6 | 2 Josh Payne
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6 | 3 Martijn Kleermaker
Daryl Gurney 6 | 0 Keegan Brown
Ritchie Edhouse 6 | 0 James Wilson
Nathan Rafferty 6 | 4 Peter Wright
Chris Landman 6 | 4 James Hurrell
Boris Krcmar 6 | 5 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Scott Williams 6 | 2 Vladimir Andersen
Michael Smith 6 | 3 Florian Hempel
Graham Usher 6 | 4 Christian Kist
Mickey Mansell 6 | 5 Mike De Decker
Arron Monk 6 | 2 Ted Evetts
Ryan Searle 6 | 3 Graham Hall
Mervyn King 6 | 2 Lee Evans
Kim Huybrechts 6 | 1 Jamie Clark
Jim Williams 6 | 3 Luc Peters
Josh Rock 6 | 1 Adam Warner
Scott Mitchell 6 | 5 Danny van Trijp
Ryan Joyce 6 | 2 Danny Jansen
Danny Lauby 6 | 5 Berry van Peer
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6 | 0 Martin Schindler
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 4 Richie Burnett
Chris Dobey 6 | 2 Connor Scutt
Adam Gawlas 6 | 2 Ron Meulenkamp
Danny Noppert 6 | 3 Tony Martinez
Daniel Klose 6 | 3 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 2 Martin Lukeman
Wesley Plaisier 6 | 4 Jules van Dongen
Stephen Bunting 6 | 3 Devon Petersen
Ross Montgomery 6 | 5 Jacques Labre
Last 64
Ian White - | - Steve Lennon
Dave Chisnall - | - Dylan Slevin
Dom Taylor - | - Rowby-John Rodriguez
Jamie Hughes - | - Brian Raman
Raymond van Barneveld - | - Darius Labanauskas
Ross Smith - | - Andy Boulton
Kevin Doets - | - Scott Waites
Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Robert Owen
Ricky Evans - | - Radek Szaganski
Rob Cross - | - Krzysztof Kciuk
Gian van Veen - | - Jimmy Hendriks
George Killington - | - Simon Whitlock
Richard Veenstra - | - Luke Woodhouse
Jonny Clayton - | - Nick Kenny
Jose De Sousa - | - Cameron Menzies
Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Cam Crabtree
Steve Beaton - | - Owen Bates
Damon Heta - | - Jeffrey De Zwaan
Daryl Gurney - | - Ritchie Edhouse
Nathan Rafferty - | - Chris Landman
Boris Krcmar - | - Scott Williams
Michael Smith - | - Graham Usher
Mickey Mansell - | - Arron Monk
Ryan Searle - | - Mervyn King
Kim Huybrechts - | - Jim Williams
Josh Rock - | - Scott Mitchell
Ryan Joyce - | - Danny Lauby
Mario Vandenbogaerde - | - Jermaine Wattimena
Chris Dobey - | - Adam Gawlas
Danny Noppert - | - Daniel Klose
Gabriel Clemens - | - Wesley Plaisier
Stephen Bunting - | - Ross Montgomery

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