Van Gerwen in remarkable comeback win, Clayton and Cullen star with 109 average as first round concludes at Players Championship 12

Michael van Gerwen will not head towards the O2 with back-to-back defeats but nearly was thrashed by Cameron Crabtree at Players Championship 12.

Van Gerwen was 5-1 down and came back to win 6-5 against the rising star after his defeat to Boris Krcmar yesterday. He only averaged 88 and is playing this weekend despite his shoulder injury.

Others through to the second round include Gerwyn Price who eased past Lee Evans 6-1. Joe Cullen saw off Matthew Dennant to win 6-2 with a 109 average.

Jonny Clayton also produced an average just shy of 110 in seeing off Karel Sedlacek 6-0.

In terms of the second round, Gary Anderson, Gabriel Clemens, Chris Dobey and Jose de Sousa are among the early winners through to the board finals in Leicester.

Players Championship 12

Last 128

Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 1 Danny Jansen

Martin Lukeman 6 | 3 Graham Hall

Dave Chisnall 6 | 5 Lewis Williams

Nick Kenny 6 | 2 Alan Soutar

Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 5 Ross Smith

Maik Kuivenhoven 6 | 4 Mario Vandenbogaerde

Dimitri Van den Bergh 6 | 4 Geert Nentjes

Matt Campbell 6 | 4 Scott Waites

Mike De Decker 6 | 1 Daniel Klose

George Killington 6 | 2 Vincent van der Voort

Pascal Rupprecht 6 | 4 Danny Noppert

Wayne Jones - | - Adam Gawlas

Kim Huybrechts 6 | 1 Jose Justicia

Jules van Dongen 6 | 5 Brian Raman

Jonny Clayton 6 | 0 Karel Sedlacek

Jurjen van der Velde 6 | 2 Devon Petersen

Steve Beaton 6 | 1 Jamie Clark

Dom Taylor 6 | 3 Ryan Meikle

Damon Heta 6 | 0 Ted Evetts

Conan Whitehead 6 | 3 Mensur Suljovic

Stephen Bunting 6 | 1 Vladimir Andersen

Jimmy Hendriks 6 | 5 Robbie Knops

Martin Schindler 6 | 2 Florian Hempel

Darren Webster 6 | 4 Peter Jacques

Simon Whitlock 6 | 4 Kevin Burness

Owen Roelofs 6 | 5 Ronny Huybrechts

Rob Cross 6 | 2 Graham Usher

Mervyn King 6 | 4 Nathan Rafferty

Chris Dobey 6 | 5 Luke Woodhouse

Ricky Evans 6 | 4 Gian van Veen

Ryan Searle 6 | 5 Jeffrey Sparidaans

Richard Veenstra 6 | 2 Joe Murnan

Scott Williams 6 | 4 Raymond van Barneveld

Jarred Cole 6 | 3 Luc Peters

Luke Humphries 6 | 5 Cameron Menzies

Callum Goffin 6 | 4 Ian White

Gabriel Clemens 6 | 3 Jeffrey De Zwaan

Ryan Joyce 6 | 3 Niels Zonneveld

Boris Krcmar 6 | 4 Krzysztof Ratajski

Kevin Doets 6 | 3 Ricardo Pietreczko

Gary Anderson 6 | 2 Arron Monk

Owen Bates 6 | 3 Darius Labanauskas

Josh Rock 6 | 2 Harry Ward

Damian Mol 6 | 4 Connor Scutt

Daryl Gurney 6 | 4 Danny van Trijp

Keegan Brown 6 | 4 Dylan Slevin

Michael van Gerwen 6 | 5 Cam Crabtree

Josh Payne 6 | 5 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Madars Razma 6 | 4 Chris Landman

Tony Martinez 6 | 4 Richie Burnett

Krzysztof Kciuk 6 | 4 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Steve Lennon 6 | 2 Daniel Ayres

Jose De Sousa 6 | 1 Ron Meulenkamp

Radek Szaganski 6 | 3 Adam Smith-Neale

Andrew Gilding 6 | 2 John Henderson

Ross Montgomery 6 | 3 Bradley Brooks

James Wade 6 | 5 Jamie Hughes

Nick Fullwell 6 | 2 Eddie Lovely

Gerwyn Price 6 | 1 Lee Evans

Shaun Wilkinson - | - Ritchie Edhouse

Brendan Dolan 6 | 4 Stephen Burton

William O'Connor 6 | 3 Jacques Labre

Joe Cullen 6 | 2 Matthew Dennant

Martijn Kleermaker 6 | 0 Robert Owen

Last 64

Rowby-John Rodriguez - | - Martin Lukeman

Dave Chisnall - | - Nick Kenny

Jermaine Wattimena - | - Maik Kuivenhoven

Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Matt Campbell

Mike De Decker - | - George Killington

Pascal Rupprecht - | - Jones/Gawlas

Kim Huybrechts 6 | 5 Jules van Dongen

Jonny Clayton - | - Jurjen van der Velde

Steve Beaton - | - Dom Taylor

Damon Heta - | - Conan Whitehead

Stephen Bunting - | - Jimmy Hendriks

Martin Schindler - | - Darren Webster

Simon Whitlock - | - Owen Roelofs

Rob Cross - | - Mervyn King

Chris Dobey 6 | 5 Ricky Evans

Ryan Searle - | - Richard Veenstra

Scott Williams - | - Jarred Cole

Luke Humphries - | - Callum Goffin

Gabriel Clemens - | - Ryan Joyce

Boris Krcmar - | - Kevin Doets

Gary Anderson - | - Owen Bates

Josh Rock - | - Damian Mol

Daryl Gurney - | - Keegan Brown

Michael van Gerwen - | - Josh Payne

Madars Razma - | - Tony Martinez

Krzysztof Kciuk - | - Steve Lennon

Jose De Sousa - | - Radek Szaganski

Andrew Gilding - | - Ross Montgomery

James Wade - | - Nick Fullwell

Gerwyn Price - | - Wilkinson/Edhouse

Brendan Dolan 6 | 0 William O'Connor

Joe Cullen - | - Martijn Kleermaker