Group A: Defending Champion Scott Waites ended his 2001 campaign on a high by beating Mark Walsh who was already through. Waites was 1-0 down but two eleven dart legs helped him take a 3-2 lead. From there Waites never looked back and took the match 5-2.
Tony O'Shea met Michael Van Gerwen in a winner takes all match. The Dutchman took the first leg before O'Shea went 2-1 ahead. O'Shea then missed the chance to 3-2 ahead and it would cost him dear as Van Gerwen romped home to a 5-2 victory. Table:
Van Gerwen 4 +3
Walsh 4 +2
Waites 2 0
O'Shea 2 -5
Group B: Dean Winstanley added to Raymond Van Barneveld's pain as he goes through with a 100% rate. After being locked at 1-1, Winstanley took a 3-1 lead. Barney did pull a leg back before Winstanley went onto win 5-2, leaving Barneveld without a win to his name in this tournament.
Ian White took on Ted Hankey with the winner joining Winstanley into the knock-out phase. White took the first leg against the throw but Hankey went into fifth gear and powered into a 4-1 lead. White pulled a leg back before Hankey completed the win to progress. Table:
Winstanley 6 +9
Hankey 4 +1
White 2 -3
Van Barneveld 0 -7
Group C: Brendan Dolan ended his campaign with a win that almost secured Nigel Heydon's exit as well. Dolan took a 3-0 lead before Heydon reduced the arrears to 4-3. Dolan secured the eighth leg to take the win and the only way Heydon could qualify is if Gary Anderson lost 5-1 or worse to Wayne Jones.
The match between Anderson and Jones did finish 5-1, but not the way Heydon would have liked it to have been. It wasn't in doubt for Anderson who quickly secured his place in the next round by taking a 3-0 lead. Jones did win a leg before Anderson finished the match off 5-1. Table:
Anderson 4 +6
Jones 4 +1
Heydon 2 -2
Dolan 2 -5
Group D: Dave Chisnall also recorded his first and last victory in this year's Grand Slam against Justin Pipe. The match was neck and throughout with neither player getting more than a leg ahead. But Dave Chisnall, who hadn't led at any point, took the final leg to win 5-4.
The equation was simple, if Terry Jenkins beat James Wade then he would go through. If Wade won then Pipe would go through. It was looking good for Pipe when Wade took a 3-1 lead. But Jenkins fought back and won the match 5-3 with two double tops to secure his place in the knock-out rounds. Table:
Wade 4 0
Jenkins 4 0
Pipe 2 +2
Chisnall 2 -2
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