Group A: Tony O'Shea secured his first victory of the campaign against fellow BDO man Scott Waites. Waites almost produced a comeback yesterday against Michael Van Gerwen but this time was on the receiving end of one. Waites had taken a 4-1 lead but O'Shea rescued the match and his tournament by winning it 5-4. This result should see the reigning champion, Waites, get knocked out from this group stage after not winning either of his first two games.
Mark Walsh, on the other hand, sealed his place in the knock-out phase with a win over Van Gerwen. The match went to 3-3 before Walsh took the next two legs to win the match. O'Shea and Van Gerwen meet in the final group game to join Walsh into the next phase.
Group B: Dean Winstanley also booked his place in the last sixteen in a tense win over Ian White. Winstanley had the opposite match to the whitewash against Ted Hankey yesterday. Ian White did lead 3-1 and then 4-3 but ultimately lost the match 5-4.
Ian White will now face Hankey in the final group game with the winner going through with Winstanley. This means that Raymond Van Barneveld has been knocked out after losing to Hankey. Van Barneveld was out of sorts again tonight and Hankey took full advantage and won the game 5-2. Unfortunately his celebrations throughout the match were a little over the top and Barney looked have taken offence.
Group C: Brendan Dolan also looks to have fallen at the group stage after failing to win either of his opening two matches. Gary Anderson has publicly said that his head isn't in the right place at the moment but he still managed to convincingly beat his Irish opponent. Anderson went 3-0 ahead before Dolan avoided the whitewash, but the Scot went onto win 5-1. But Dolan could still qualify if Wayne Jones beats Anderson and he beats Nigel Heydon with convincing scorelines.
The same goes for Wayne Jones who is almost through but could still go out depending on certain results. He secured his second win in two games over Nigel Heydon. The match was level at 3-3 before Jones kicked up a gear and took the match 5-3.
Group D: Dave Chisnall will struggle to qualify after losing his second match of the group against Terry Jenkins. Jenkins took a 3-1 lead and allowed Chisnall to get back to 4-3 before he finally finished the job with one of four three figure checkouts. This gives Jenkins a good chance to qualify but his final game is against James Wade.
Wade should now qualify after winning his second match of the group against Justin Pipe. Wade beat Chisnall 5-4 yesterday and repeated the close scoreline today. Wade did take a 4-3 lead before Pipe levelled but The Machine was able to cross the finish line.
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