The Last 16 line-up has been confirmed at
Players Championship 17 with
Peter Wright, Dirk van Duijvenbode,
Rob Cross and
Damon Heta among those through.
Wright averaged only 89 but the fourth seed and current World Number One saw off a ProTour finalist in John O'Shea only just in a 6-5 victory. While for Heta, it was the scalp of rising Northern Irishman, Josh Rock in a 6-5 victory.
As priorly alluded to
Simon Whitlock ended the run of Michael Smith in a 6-2 win, but yesterday's finalist Dirk van Duijvenbode produced the second highest average of the round in seeing off Joe Murnan 6-2 with a 101.74 mark.
While Nathan Aspinall topped the standings with 104.02 in easing past Rowby-John Rodriguez. Jonny Clayton though after showing so much promise average wise today fell to one of the top performers on both the ProTour and Challenge Tour this season in
Scott Williams 6-5 who took out a brilliant 81 checkout in the decider to seal it. He now faces John Henderson in another welcome run for the popular Highlander.
Players Championship 17
Last 32
Steve Beaton 6 | 1 Luke Humphries
Mike De Decker 6 | 3 Brendan Dolan
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 2 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Jim Williams 6 | 5 Nathan Rafferty
Peter Wright 6 | 5 John O'Shea
Ross Smith 6 | 2 Martin Schindler
Damon Heta 6 | 5 Josh Rock
Kim Huybrechts 6 | 4 Radek Szaganski
Simon Whitlock 6 | 2 Michael Smith
Chris Dobey 6 | 3 Thibault Tricole
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 2 Joe Murnan
Martin Lukeman 6 | 5 Danny Noppert
Rob Cross 6 | 5 Ritchie Edhouse
Daryl Gurney 6 | 2 William O'Connor
John Henderson 6 | 2 Keegan Brown
Scott Williams 6 | 5 Jonny Clayton
Last 16
Steve Beaton - | - Mike De Decker
Nathan Aspinall - | - Jim Williams
Peter Wright - | - Ross Smith
Damon Heta - | - Kim Huybrechts
Simon Whitlock - | - Chris Dobey
Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Martin Lukeman
Rob Cross - | - Daryl Gurney
John Henderson - | - Scott Williams