Van Gerwen set for Ross Smith clash after edging past O'Connor as Wright, Humphries and Michael Smith also through at Players Championship 2

The first round is complete at Players Championship 2 with Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright unlike yesterday through the first hurdle in Barnsley.

Van Gerwen narrowly saw off William O'Connor 6-5 but will now face Ross Smith in the Last 64. Wright saw off Mensur Suljovic 6-4 with Keegan Brown next up.

Luke Humphries, Dimitri van den Bergh, Rob Cross, Jonny Clayton, Joe Cullen, Josh Rock and World Champion, Michael Smith are also through to the second round as the top seeds remain relatively unscathed.

Raymond van Barneveld and Gabriel Clemens are the first players through to the board finals after wins over Kevin Doets and John O'Shea. Dave Chisnall, yesterday's winner Ryan Searle, Damon Heta and Nathan Aspinall though are out.

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Players Championship 2

Last 128

Jim Williams 6 | 5 Lewy Williams

Danny Van Trijp 6 | 2 Owen Roelofs

Luke Humphries 6 | 5 Ted Evetts

Geert Nentjes 6 | 4 Alan Soutar

Richie Burnett 6 | 5 Jose De Sousa

Danny Jansen 6 | 1 Jimmy Hendriks

Dimitri Van den Bergh 6 | 1 Jamie Clark

Niels Zonneveld 6 | 4 Scott Williams

Madars Razma 6 | 3 Florian Hempel

Ryan Joyce 6 | 3 Scott Waites

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 4 Mervyn King

Robbie Knops 6 | 2 Adam Warner

James Wade 6 | 2 Jurjen van der Velde

Arron Monk 6 | 2 Radek Szaganski

Peter Wright 6 | 4 Mensur Suljovic

Keegan Brown 6 | 3 Adam Gawlas

Richard Veenstra 6 | 5 Kim Huybrechts

Graham Hall 6 | 3 Cameron Crabtree

Rob Cross 6 | 2 Kevin Burness

Bradley Brooks 6 | 4 Lee Evans

Stephen Bunting 6 | 3 Martijn Kleermaker

Luc Peters 6 | 4 Matt Campbell

Jonny Clayton 6 | 3 Darren Webster

Steve Beaton 6 | 2 George Killington

Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 4 Damian Mol

Mike De Decker 6 | 1 Devon Petersen

Simon Whitlock 6 | 3 Dave Chisnall

Mario Vandenbogaerde 6 | 5 Jacques Labre

Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 2 Chris Dobey

Kevin Doets 6 | 1 Nick Fullwell

Karel Sedlacek 6 | 5 Ryan Searle

Stephen Burton 6 | 2 Joe Murnan

Brendan Dolan 6 | 1 Gary Anderson

Jules van Dongen 6 | 3 Ronny Huybrechts

Michael van Gerwen 6 | 5 William O'Connor

Ross Smith 6 | 4 Chris Landman

Andrew Gilding 6 | 3 Jeff Smith

Keane Barry 6 | 2 Thibault Tricole

Pascal Rupprecht 6 | 5 Martin Schindler

Nathan Rafferty 6 | 5 Tony Martinez

Graham Usher 6 | 5 Daryl Gurney

Josh Payne 6 | 2 Ricky Evans

Michael Smith 6 | 5 Jose Justicia

James Wilson 6 | 4 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Gabriel Clemens 6 | 3 Gian van Veen

John O'Shea 6 | 5 Ross Montgomery

Joe Cullen 6 | 2 Ritchie Edhouse

Krzysztof Kciuk 6 | 0 Vincent van der Voort

Callan Rydz 6 | 3 Maik Kuivenhoven

Cameron Menzies 6 | 0 Boris Krcmar

Luke Woodhouse 6 | 4 Damon Heta

Nick Kenny 6 | 5 Robert Owen

Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 1 Adam Smith-Neale

Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 3 Darius Labanauskas

Josh Rock 6 | 4 Jermaine Wattimena

Steve Lennon 6 | 5 Jeffrey De Zwaan

Jamie Hughes 6 | 2 Adrian Lewis

Ryan Meikle 6 | 3 Jeffrey Sparidaans

Brian Raman 6 | 5 Nathan Aspinall

Ian White 6 | 3 Shaun Wilkinson

Mickey Mansell 6 | 3 Martin Lukeman

Vladimir Andersen 6 | 5 Daniel Klose

Danny Noppert 6 | 3 Dylan Slevin

Callum Goffin 1 | 6 Connor Scutt

Last 64

Jim Williams - | - Danny Van Trijp

Luke Humphries - | - Geert Nentjes

Richie Burnett - | - Danny Jansen

Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Niels Zonneveld

Madars Razma - | - Ryan Joyce

Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Robbie Knops

James Wade - | - Arron Monk

Peter Wright - | - Keegan Brown

Richard Veenstra - | - Graham Hall

Rob Cross - | - Bradley Brooks

Stephen Bunting - | - Luc Peters

Jonny Clayton - | - Steve Beaton

Rowby-John Rodriguez - | - Mike De Decker

Simon Whitlock - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde

Raymond van Barneveld - | - Kevin Doets

Karel Sedlacek - | - Stephen Burton

Brendan Dolan - | - Jules van Dongen

Michael van Gerwen - | - Ross Smith

Andrew Gilding - | - Keane Barry

Pascal Rupprecht - | - Nathan Rafferty

Graham Usher - | - Josh Payne

Michael Smith - | - James Wilson

Gabriel Clemens - | - John O'Shea

Joe Cullen - | - Krzysztof Kciuk

Callan Rydz - | - Cameron Menzies

Luke Woodhouse - | - Nick Kenny

Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Ricardo Pietreczko

Josh Rock - | - Steve Lennon

Jamie Hughes - | - Ryan Meikle

Brian Raman - | - Ian White

Mickey Mansell - | - Vladimir Andersen

Danny Noppert - | - Callum Goffin