Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith progressed into the last 16 of the European Championship but Gerwyn Price crashed out in the opening round.
Van Gerwen is chasing a first televised major of the year and opened with a classy 6-1 victory over Gabriel Clemens in Dortmund. The Dutchman, who has won this tournament four times, averaged 100.10 in his routine win which saw him set up a second-round meeting with Gary Anderson.
The Scot said: 'Me and Michael have had some belters; apart from winning the World Championship, the best game I ever played in was when I beat Michael in Dubai. 'It would be fantastic to get my hands on this title, but there's no pressure and no expectation on me.' Smith barely had to break sweat as he demolished Dave Chisnall 6-0. Smith had one of the toughest opening-round draws but made light work of it, with three ton-plus checkouts, including a 161 to dispose of Chisnall.
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