Van Gerwen survives Van Dongen scare, Gilding denies Van Barneveld as first round complete at Players Championship 6
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The first round is complete at Players Championship 6 with Michael van Gerwen successfully through albeit surviving a scare in seeing off Jules van Dongen in Barnsley.
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Van Dongen missed a match dart after coming back to force a decider with a 116 checkout but missed the 78 for the win allowing MVG to escape after a poor start to the season on the ProTour from 'The Green Machine'.
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Raymond van Barneveld averaged just 69 yesterday in the latter stages but lost early to Andrew Gilding today with a 98 average in a 6-3 win for 'Goldfinger'.
Wins also for Luke Humphries, Nathan Aspinall, Danny Noppert, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Joe Cullen, Dave Chisnall, Michael Smith and Gary Anderson with James Wade and Jermaine Wattimena already into the Last 32.
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Players Championship 6 Results
Last 128
Daryl Gurney 6 | 3 Mervyn King
Ritchie Edhouse 6 | 4 William O'Connor
Luke Humphries 6 | 5 Steve Lennon
Mickey Mansell 6 | 3 Kevin Doets
Jose De Sousa 6 | 5 George Killington
Lewy Williams 6 | 3 Devon Petersen
Andrew Gilding 6 | 3 Raymond van Barneveld
Chris Landman 6 | 1 Keegan Brown
Ross Smith 6 | 5 Simon Whitlock
Krzysztof Kciuk 6 | 2 Adam Smith-Neale
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 2 Alan Soutar
Graham Hall 6 | 1 Jamie Clark
Graham Usher 6 | 2 Madars Razma
Luke Woodhouse 6 | 2 Shaun Wilkinson
Danny Noppert 6 | 5 Brian Raman
Steve Beaton 6 | 4 Dylan Slevin
Jurjen van der Velde 6 | 5 Callan Rydz
Ryan Joyce 6 | 3 Andy Boulton
Michael van Gerwen 6 | 5 Jules van Dongen
Ted Evetts 6 | 2 Daniel Klose
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 1 Damian Mol
Richard Veenstra 6 | 4 Bradley Brooks
Jonny Clayton 6 | 3 Karel Sedlacek
Geert Nentjes 6 | 4 Ryan Meikle
Cameron Crabtree 6 | 4 Adrian Lewis
Florian Hempel 6 | 3 Luc Peters
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 1 Kevin Burness
Ronny Huybrechts 6 | 5 Jamie Hughes
Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 4 Richie Burnett
Ian White 6 | 4 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Joe Cullen 6 | 5 Danny van Trijp
Adam Gawlas - | - Nick Fullwell
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 3 Thibault Tricole
Scott Williams 6 | 5 Scott Waites
Dave Chisnall 6 | 0 Josh Payne
James Richardson 6 | 5 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Jose Justicia 6 | 5 Gerwyn Price
Owen Roelofs 6 | 2 Darius Labanauskas
Joe Murnan 6 | 1 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Vincent van der Voort 6 | 1 Robert Owen
Keane Barry 6 | 4 Martin Lukeman
Matt Campbell 6 | 4 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Michael Smith 6 | 5 Darren Webster
Connor Scutt 6 | 2 Lee Evans
Nathan Rafferty 6 | 3 Kim Huybrechts
Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 5 Tony Martinez
Ryan Searle 6 | 0 Jimmy Hendriks
Gary Anderson 6 | 5 Cameron Menzies
Callum Goffin 6 | 4 Brendan Dolan
Jacques Labre 6 | 2 Robbie Knops
John O'Shea 6 | 4 Damon Heta
Pascal Rupprecht 6 | 2 Danny Jansen
Stephen Bunting 6 | 4 Ross Montgomery
Mike De Decker 6 | 5 Niels Zonneveld
Josh Rock 6 | 3 Owen Bates
Boris Krcmar 6 | 3 Stephen Burton
James Wade 6 | 1 Jim Williams
Martijn Kleermaker 6 | 3 Adam Warner
Rob Cross 6 | 2 Mensur Suljovic
Gian van Veen 6 | 3 Maik Kuivenhoven
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 4 Chris Dobey
Radek Szaganski 6 | 5 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Martin Schindler 6 | 5 Ricky Evans
Arron Monk 6 | 1 Jeff Smith
Last 64
Daryl Gurney - | - Ritchie Edhouse
Luke Humphries - | - Mickey Mansell
Jose De Sousa - | - Lewy Williams
Andrew Gilding - | - Chris Landman
Ross Smith - | - Krzysztof Kciuk
Nathan Aspinall - | - Graham Hall
Graham Usher - | - Luke Woodhouse
Danny Noppert - | - Steve Beaton
Jurjen van der Velde - | - Ryan Joyce
Michael van Gerwen - | - Ted Evetts
Gabriel Clemens - | - Richard Veenstra
Jonny Clayton - | - Geert Nentjes
Cameron Crabtree - | - Florian Hempel
Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Ronny Huybrechts
Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Ian White
Joe Cullen - | - Gawlas/Fullwell
Rowby-John Rodriguez - | - Scott Williams
Dave Chisnall - | - James Richardson
Jose Justicia - | - Owen Roelofs
Joe Murnan - | - Vincent van der Voort
Keane Barry - | - Matt Campbell
Michael Smith - | - Connor Scutt
Nathan Rafferty - | - Ricardo Pietreczko
Ryan Searle - | - Gary Anderson
Callum Goffin - | - Jacques Labre
John O'Shea - | - Pascal Rupprecht
Stephen Bunting - | - Mike De Decker
Josh Rock - | - Boris Krcmar
James Wade - | - Martijn Kleermaker
Rob Cross - | - Gian van Veen
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 1 Radek Szaganski
Martin Schindler - | - Arron Monk

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