It’s the second day of the Players Championship Finals and we must have found the quarterfinals.
The first round of the Players Championship made it clear that the tournament will find a new winner this year as Daryl Gurney lost something shockingly 6-5 against Luke Woodhouse. Peter Wright is also somewhat surprising out of the tournament as he lost by the same digits against James Wilson.
In contrast, most of the other favorites got through to the second round, with Gerwyn Price in particular impressing as he continued the superb form with an average of 101.95 in his 6-3 win against Mickey Mansell. In addition to the Welshman, only Michael van Gerwen got an average above 100 in yesterday’s matches.
Darius Labanauskas also won his match, as he won 6-5 against Harry Ward.
Today’s program consists of the second round for the afternoon and the third round for the evening. In this afternoon’s program we will see, among other things, Adrian Lewis, who will face Michael van Gerwen. The two met last week at the Grand Slam of Darts, where Michael van Gerwen won with a stellar 16-6. No doubt, it must be a fight that Lewis would like to show was just a single case.
In addition, we will also see Gerwyn Price in today’s first match where he will face Keegan Brown. At the same time, Simon Whitlock will play John Henderson.
Just after these matches, Darius Labanauskas will be in action, as he goes up against Ryan Meikle, who surprisingly won 6-0 against Jonny Clayton yesterday.
Later in the program, Luke Woodhouse, who beat Daryl Gurney, must try to continue the good strokes when going up against Gabriel Clemens.
Raymond van Barneveld will also be featured in today’s program when going up against Joe Cullen. The Dutchman averaged 98.90 against Nathan Aspinall in yesterday’s 6-2 win.
The afternoon will be closed down by the two matches between Jamie Hughes and Rob Cross, as well as Michael Smith against Brendan Dolan.
All matches can be viewed on pdc.tv from 13:45. The evening session can also be seen at pdc.tv from 20:00.
2019 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals
Saturday November 23
Afternoon Session (13:45)
Second Round
Gerwyn Price v Keegan Brown
Simon Whitlock v John Henderson
Ryan Meikle v Darius Labanauskas
James Wade v Ricky Evans
Jose de Sousa v Stephen Bunting
Mensur Suljovic v Danny Noppert
Ian White v Vincent van der Voort
Luke Woodhouse v Gabriel Clemens
Adrian Lewis v Michael van Gerwen
Krzysztof Ratajski v William O’Connor
Glen Durrant v Max Hopp
James Wilson v Chris Dobey
Dave Chisnall v Mervyn King
Raymond van Barneveld v Joe Cullen
Jamie Hughes v Rob Cross
Michael Smith v Brendan Dolan
Friday November 22
Afternoon Session (13:45)
First Round
Main Stage
Stephen Bunting 6-2 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Jose de Sousa 6-3 James Richardson
Glen Durrant 6-2 Scott Baker
Max Hopp 6-3 Jelle Klaasen
Chris Dobey 6-1 Cristo Reyes
Simon Whitlock 6-5 Jeffrey de Zwaan
Michael Smith 6-1 Martin Schindler
Ian White 6-4 Devon Petersen
Stage Two
Darius Labanauskas 6-5 Harry Ward
Mervyn King 6-5 Justin Pipe
Brendan Dolan 6-1 Ross Smith
John Henderson 6-5 Ryan Joyce
Keegan Brown 6-3 Andy Boulton
Ricky Evans 6-5 Steve Beaton
Danny Noppert 6-5 Ryan Searle
Dave Chisnall 6-2 Matthew Edgar
Evening Session (20:00)
First Round
Main Stage
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-1 Steve Lennon
Gerwyn Price 6-3 Mickey Mansell
James Wade 6-4 Ted Evetts
Mensur Suljovic 6-5 Kim Huybrechts
Luke Woodhouse 6-5 Daryl Gurney
Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Luke Humphries
James Wilson 6-5 Peter Wright
Raymond van Barneveld 6-2 Nathan Aspinall
Stage Two
Ryan Meikle 6-0 Jonny Clayton
Joe Cullen 6-2 Kyle Anderson
Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Arron Monk
Gabriel Clemens 6-4 Mark McGeeney
Adrian Lewis 6-4 Josh Payne
William O’Connor 6-4 Steve West
Jamie Hughes 6-3 Jermaine Wattimena
Rob Cross 6-2 Ron Meulenkamp