The final ProTour of the week has seen mixed fortunes for the top seeds at Players Championship 24 as Luke Humphries is the main big name to drop.
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Humphries lost 6-1 to James Wilson who hit four 180's, a high checkout of 130 and a 102 average in defeating yesterday's runner-up who hit 1/6 on the outer ring in defeat.
Martin Schindler, Nathan Aspinall, Josh Rock, Ross Smith, Krzysztof Ratajski and Dave Chisnall also fell with only a few of the top seeds actually winning through.
Among those included Michael van Gerwen who saw off Adam Smith-Neale, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Stephen Bunting, Damon Heta, James Wade and Joe Cullen.
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WILSON DEMOLISHES HUMPHRIES!
What a performance from James Wilson as he stuns second seed Luke Humphries 6-1 in the first round of Players Championship 24!
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