Simon Whitlock and James Wade are successfully through to the knockout stages of the Grand Slam of Darts with victories over Gary Anderson and Jermaine Wattimena respectively.
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Whitlock eased past Anderson who once again struggled with injury but it was the in-form Wizard who came through in a 5-1 win to rubber stamp his place in the next round. To begin the tie, he took out 124 to double his lead early on.
Anderson halved the deficit with a 76 checkout to make it 2-1 but this proved to be a mere consolation as Whitlock eased through 5-1.
While Wade is first through in Group F after seeing off Wattimena in a 5-3 victory and has knocked Glen Durrant out of the running as well.
The latter romped into a 2-0 lead but Wade came back to level the score and in typical Wade fashion, he pounced after Wattimena missed two darts at a double.
Wade came back to hit a 72 finish to make it 4-2 from there and despite Wattimena asking the question to make it 4-3, the Aldershot ace answered to win through.
2020 Grand Slam of Darts Schedule
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Tuesday November 17
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
Ricky Evans (87.51) 5-3 (88.7) Wayne Warren (H)
Luke Humphries (87.09) 5-4 (91.51) Justin Pipe (D)
Ryan Searle (99.67) 5-4 (95.16) Adam Gawlas (B)
Glen Durrant (89.76) 1-5 (94.15) Damon Heta (F)
Gary Anderson (90.5) 1-5 (94.77) Simon Whitlock (B)
James Wade (94.07) 5-3 (93.58) Jermaine Wattimena (F)
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