Van Gerwen-Dobey, Anderson-Bunting among Last 32 clashes at Players Championship 23

The Board Finals have begun at Players Championship 23 in Barnsley with two ties in particular standing out as we head towards the latter stages. Those being Michael van Gerwen against Chris Dobey and Gary Anderson taking on Stephen Bunting.

Dirk van Duijvenbode was the standout though in the last round taking down Robert Grundy 6-4 with an 111 average. Three players already are through to the Last 16 though.

Those being Dave Chisnall who thrashed Richard Veenstra with a 106 average. It was the same average for Ryan Searle as he saw off Daryl Gurney, as Ryan Joyce also continued his run with a 6-1 win over Owen Roelofs.

Luke Humphries, Ross Smith, Damon Heta and Jonny Clayton are also among the players to find their way into the latter stages and are still very much in contention.

Dave Chisnall 6 | 5 Jim Williams

Richard Veenstra 6 | 3 Steve Beaton

James Wade 6 | 3 Scott Williams

Stephen Burton 6 | 3 James Wilson

Kim Huybrechts 6 | 4 Danny Noppert

Brendan Dolan 6 | 2 William O'Connor

Ryan Joyce 6 | 2 Michael Smith

Owen Roelofs 6 | 5 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 4 Robert Grundy

Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 2 Kevin Burness

Ryan Meikle 6 | 2 Owen Bates

Jose De Sousa 6 | 2 Steve Lennon

Martin Lukeman 6 | 1 Josh Rock

Mario Vandenbogaerde 6 | 3 Dylan Slevin

Martin Schindler 6 | 4 Arron Monk

Christian Kist 6 | 5 Mike De Decker

Luke Humphries 6 | 2 Mervyn King

Andy Boulton 6 | 2 Gian van Veen

Ross Smith 6 | 5 Cameron Menzies

Mensur Suljovic 6 | 1 Andrew Gilding

Jonny Clayton 6 | 3 Ronny Huybrechts

Ian White 6 | 2 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 1 Jurjen van der Velde

Pascal Rupprecht 6 | 2 Gabriel Clemens

Damon Heta 6 | 3 Mickey Mansell

Luke Woodhouse 6 | 2 Ted Evetts

Stephen Bunting 6 | 2 Danny Jansen

Gary Anderson 6 | 3 Jose Justicia

Michael van Gerwen 6 | 4 Jamie Clark

Chris Dobey 6 | 3 Callum Goffin

Ryan Searle 6 | 1 John Henderson

Daryl Gurney 6 | 1 Ritchie Edhouse

Dave Chisnall - | - Richard Veenstra

James Wade - | - Stephen Burton

Kim Huybrechts - | - Brendan Dolan

Ryan Joyce - | - Owen Roelofs

Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Ricardo Pietreczko

Ryan Meikle - | - Jose De Sousa

Martin Lukeman - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde

Martin Schindler - | - Christian Kist

Luke Humphries - | - Andy Boulton

Ross Smith - | - Mensur Suljovic

Jonny Clayton - | - Ian White

Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Pascal Rupprecht

Damon Heta - | - Luke Woodhouse

Stephen Bunting - | - Gary Anderson

Michael van Gerwen - | - Chris Dobey

Ryan Searle - | - Daryl Gurney