Second Round (Best of 11 Legs)
Four of the Eight second round matches were held on the opening day with Top seed Colin Lloyd going out 6-5 to Adrian Lewis. The 21 year old had been a quarter-finalist five months earlier at the World Championships whilst Lloyd had crashed at the first hurdle. Lewis headed 1-0 up and then trailed 2-1 as Lloyd looked to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since the 2005 World Grand Prix where he was a finalist - Lewis then took three legs straight to move 4-2 up before Lloyd took a 100 finish out to close the gap to 4-3. Lewis then went on to 5-3 with a double top. Narrowly missing bull for a win - Lloyd punished Lewis by levelling at 5-5. - Three 100+ scores would set up victory and a place in the last eight for the 21 year old.
Joining him was Denis Ovens who eliminated Andy Jenkins 6-4 winning 5 of the final 6 legs to win from 1-3 behind. Then 2006 World Finalist Peter Manley moved into the quarter-finals with an easy 6-2 win over Mark Walsh - who was beginning to develop dartitis problems. Manley would lead 5-1 before Walshie took the 7th leg. Manley hitting double 10 to go through.
Saturday finished with Dennis Priestley defeating Dutchman Roland Scholten 6-4 in a very high quality encounter. 51 100+ scores including seven maximums between the pair in just ten legs saw both average around 96 - 97
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