Van Gerwen recovers to defeat De Sousa, Suljovic and Wright ease through

Van Gerwen reeled off five consecutive legs to come from 3-1 down to edge past Jose de Sousa in a 6-3 win.

MVG averaged 103 and typically pounced on missed chances from De Sousa who when he started to miss ended up handing the initiative to Van Gerwen.

Suljovic also eased through with victory over Wessel Nijman in a 6-1 win where he hit a 96.5 average and 60 percent on the doubles.

As did Wright who thrashed Dyson Parody silencing the partizan crowd also in a 6-1 victory with him averaging 100.7 meaning ‘Dynamite’s dream run didn’t continue.

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Ian White (88.9) 6-1 (82.94) Michael Rosenauer
Jermaine Wattimena (94.72) 6-2 (90.49) Dimitri van den Bergh
Mensur Suljovic (96.52) 6-1 (90.09) Wessel Nijman
Michael van Gerwen (103.51) 6-3 (94.39) Jose de Sousa
Peter Wright (100.7) 6-1 (82.22) Dyson Parody
20:45 Joe Cullen v Ritchie Edhouse
21:15 Glen Durrant v Chris Dobey
21:45 Gerwyn Price v David Francis