Photo: Mike Glover/UK Darts Magazine
Dean Winstanley suffered a shock 6-5 defeat to Steve Douglas, as did
Jelle Klaasen who fell 6-3 to Jyhan Artut. Meanwhile Magnus Caris
ended the challenge of Jerry Hendriks and Dave Pallett defeated Jamie
Lewis.
Kirk Shepherd, John Henderson and Jani Haavisto all came through to
the second day’s action, where they were joined by Steve West and
Paul Nicholson.
Second Round
Photo: PDC Europe
The top 16 players from the Pro Tour Order of Merit entered the
tournament at the second round stage, although there were shocks
aplenty as the lower ranked players looked to put their mark on the
tournament.
Jamie Caven fell early to an in form Andrew Gilding, with the less
experienced man producing a fine display to come away with a 6-1
victory.
Robert Thornton and Andy Hamilton soon joined Caven on the plane
home as they fell victim to Vincent van der Voort and David Pallett
respectively, whilst John Henderson upset the odds with a 6-5 victory
over Peter Wright.
Stephen Bunting’s fine debut run continued as he put pay to the
challenge of Justin Pipe, whilst Michael Smith completed the upsets by
defeating Mervyn King 6-5.
Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen both enjoyed whitewash victories
over Magnus Caris and Jyhan Artut respectively, whilst Simon Whitlock
found some form to defeat Jani Haavisto 6-4.
Wes Newton, Steve Beaton and Dave Chisnall all came through in
relative comfort and the third round line-up was completed by Ian
White, Brendan Dolan, Kim Huybrechts and Adrian Lewis.
Third Round
Stephen Bunting continued his run of victories on debut as he defeated
Brendan Dolan 6-3 and he was joined in the quarter finals by fellow
non-seed Vincent van der Voort who was able to edge out Ian White
6-5.
Andrew Gilding’s impressive run came to an abrupt end as he crashed
out 6-1 to Michael Smith, whose reward would be a quarter final clash
with Phil Taylor after the sixteen-time World Champion overcame Dave
Chisnall 6-3.
John Henderson set up a quarter final with Adrian Lewis, who had
earlier defeated Kim Huybrechts 6-2, after he ended the run of Simon
Whitlock to become the third unseeded player into the last eight.
Michael van Gerwen ended the run of the only other remaining non-
“I’ve come to the
PDC to play the
big boys and I
know I’ve got the
game to do it and I want to show
that this weekend”
Stephen Bunting