And we’re back!
Kicking off the evening session is Chris Dobey vs Boris Krcmar.
It’s Dobey who makes his way to the Oche first.
Cross makes it look easy
With a near 93 average and 43 per cent of doubles, Rob Cross swept past Simon Whitlock.
Cross might fancy himself as an early contender.
Evening session
Here’s your second round encounters in full:
Chris Dobey v Boris Krcmar
Luke Littler v Raymond van Barneveld
Luke Humphries v Damon Heta
Michael van Gerwen v Danny Noppert
Gerwyn Price v Daryl Gurney
Peter Wright v Jeff Smith
Rob Cross v Kevin Doets
Michael Smith v Wessel Nijman
Bully Boy survives a scare
Michael Smith edged out Jose De Sousa in a thriller.
Incredbily, De Sousa hit a higher average, more 180s, made a higher percentage of doubles and recorded the highest checkout of the game.
The results
With the action now over until 6pm. Here is a recap of the scores:
- Keane Barry 0-6 Kevin Doets
- Rhys Griffin 4-6 Jeff Smith
- Daryl Gurney 6-4 Dirk van Duijvenbode
- Gerwyn Price 6-2 Cameron Menzies
- Peter Wright 6-1 Dave Chisnall
- Rob Cross 6-2 Simon Whitlock
- Wessel Nijman 6-1 Andrew Gilding
- Michael Smith 6-5 Jose de Sousa
Smith wins decider
What a match that was and an even better deciding leg.
Smith takes it 6-5 after missing a match dart and handing De Sousa a chance.
It was brilliance from the Portuguese veteran to engineer a match dart for himself – but he then fired too high.
Smith came back to the oche and books his place against Wessel Nijman tonight.
That was the match of the afternoon.
