Michael Van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith headed the list of big guns to make it through to the third round of the Hungarian Darts Trophy.
Van Gerwen, fresh from winning the World Series of Darts last weekend, beat Ross Smith 6-4 and will now meet eighth seed Jonny Clayton in the last 16 after the Welshman survived a last-leg decider against James Wattimena.
Price was in imperious form as he dispatched Nathan Rafferty 6-0, averaging 106.09 in a clinical performance.
World champion Smith will play Mike De Decker after getting past Jose de Sousa 6-4.
Peter Wright earned a 6-3 win over Scott Waites while Dave Chisnall eased to a 6-2 victory against Scott Mitchell.
European Tour specialist Luke Humphries beat Keane Barry 6-2 and will play Martin Schindler next.
There was a shock earlier in the day, though, as Nathan Aspinall was dumped out by world number 75 Gian Van Veen, going down to a 6-1 loss.
Rob Cross was also beaten 6-3 by Luke Woodhouse and Joe Cullen saw off James Wade 6-4.
2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy results and schedule
Saturday September 23
Second Round
Afternoon Session
- Martin Schindler 6-1 Sebastian Bialecki
- Danny Noppert 6-5 Anton Ostlund
- Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-4 Ryan Searle
- Mike De Decker 6-1 Josh Rock
- Luke Woodhouse 6-3 Rob Cross
- Scott Williams 6-3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
- Damon Heta 6-0 Nandor Major
- Joe Cullen 6-4 James Wade
Evening Session
- Gian van Veen 6-1 Nathan Aspinall
- Luke Humphries 6-2 Keane Barry
- Peter Wright 6-3 Scott Waites
- Gerwyn Price 6-0 Nathan Rafferty
- Michael Smith 6-4 Jose de Sousa
- Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Ross Smith
- Dave Chisnall 6-2 Scott Mitchell
- Jonny Clayton 6-5 Jermaine Wattimena
Sunday September 24
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)
Third Round
- Luke Woodhouse v Peter Wright
- Luke Humphries v Martin Schindler
- Gerwyn Price v Joe Cullen
- Damon Heta v Gian van Veen
- Mike De Decker v Michael Smith
- Scott Williams v Danny Noppert
- Jonny Clayton v Michael van Gerwen
- Dave Chisnall v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
- Quarter-Finals
- Semi-Finals
- Final
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