Ryan Searle became the fifth player to top their PDC Home Tour group with a perfect record as he surged into the next round as James Wade endured a night to forget.
Heavy Metal, who won his maiden PDC title by defeating Michael van Gerwen earlier this season, is among the fastest improving players on the circuit despite his vision impairment so his Group Six success will come as little surprise.
The 32-year-old joins Jamie Lewis, Luke Woodhouse, Dave Chisnall, Geert Nentjes and Nick Kenny in the next round, with the latter four of those players also progressing with a 100% record.
Wade, winner of nine PDC premier titles, was the headline act in Group Six but Searle showed the kind of form that helped him reach round three of the 2019 World Championship, where he led 3-1 against Gary Anderson before falling to a 4-3 defeat.
Searle opened up with a one-sided 5-1 victory over Andy Boulton before taking on Wade in a potential group decider.
However, Searle improved as the evening went on and rattled in five maximums, averaging 100.6 to see off Wade in eight legs.
'Heavy Metal' was straight into his final match against Adrian Gray, with his place in the second round at stake, and eased to a 5-2 triumph courtesy of a 103.3 average.
Boulton and Wade, who both defeated Gray earlier in the evening, battled out for the second place in the final contest of the match and the former prevailed with a whitewash result.
- Each night’s action begins at 1930 BST, and will include webcam footage of each player and their dart board, live score graphics and commentary from Dan Dawson. All PDC Home Tour action will be broadcast live on PDCTV for FREE to ALL registered PDCTV users, regardless of whether you have a paid or free membership
PDC Home Tour Darts: Wednesday results and Thursday Fixtures
Play begins at 1930 BST each night
Best of nine legs
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GROUP 6: Wednesday April 22
- James Wade 5-2 Adrian Gray
- Ryan Searle 5-1 Andy Boulton
- Adrian Gray 2-5 Andy Boulton
- James Wade 3-5 Ryan Searle
- Ryan Searle 5-2 Adrian Gray
- Andy Boulton 5-0 James Wade
GROUP STANDINGS
- Ryan Searle P 3 W 3 L 0 Leg Diff +9 Pts 6
- Andy Boulton P 3 W 2 L 1 Leg Diff +4 Pts 4
- James Wade P 3 W 1 L 2 Leg Diff -4 Pts 2
- Adrian Gray P 3 W 0 L 3 Leg Diff -9 Pts 0
GROUP 7: Thursday April 23
- Gabriel Clemens v Ryan Meikle
- Jelle Klaasen v Gavin Carlin
- Ryan Meikle v Gavin Carlin
- Gabriel Clemens v Jelle Klaasen
- Jelle Klaasen v Ryan Meikle
- Gavin Carlin v Gabriel Clemens
GROUP STANDINGS
- Gabriel Clemens P 0 W 0 L 0 Leg Diff +0 Pts 0
- Ryan Meikle P 0 W 0 L 0 Leg Diff +0 Pts 0
- Gavin Carlin P 0 W 0 L 0 Leg Diff +0 Pts 0
- Jelle Klaasen P 0 W 0 L 0 Leg Diff +0 Pts 0
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