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Fallon Sherrock maintained her chances of advancing to the knockout rounds of the Grand Slam of Darts with a hard-fought victory over Martijn Kleermaker on Sunday.
The winner of the PDC Women’s Series, who lost 5-1 to Michael Van Gerwen in her Group G opener, narrowly defeated Dutchman Kleermaker 5-4 in Wolverhampton.
Van Gerwen advanced to the next round after edging out Rob Cross 5-4 in a nail-biting final leg.
Defending champion and world number one Michael Smith went through as he came from 3-2 down to beat Krzysztof Ratajski 5-4.
Peter Wright recovered from his opening-day loss to Stowe Buntz by winning his eagerly-anticipated clash with Dave Chisnall 5-4.
Gerwyn Price, Nathan Aspinall and Josh Rock all secured progress with comfortable wins while teenager Beau Greaves kept herself in contention with an impressive 5-1 win over Ricardo Pietreczko.
