REIGNING William Hill Grand Slam of Darts champion Raymond van Barneveld crashed out of the tournament with a group stage defeat to Mervyn King on Monday night, as Mark Webster won a Nine-Dart Shoot-Out against Wes Newton to qualify for the knockout stages in Wolverhampton.
A dramatic night of third round-robin matches for Groups E-H saw Dutch star van Barneveld eliminated despite victories in his opening two games.
His 5-3 defeat to King saw his opponent leapfrog him in the Group E table, and with Tony O'Shea winning 5-1 against Ricky Evans earlier in the night, van Barneveld's reign as Wolves Civic champion was ended.
O'Shea had seen off King 5-4 in their group game, with that result meaning that he topped Group E as the pair progressed to the knockout second round on Wednesday - with the Stockport ace in clinical form as he dropped only one leg against Evans.
Wes Newton's 5-4 win over Simon Whitlock, coupled with a 5-3 win for Mark Webster against Ross Smith earlier in the night, meant that the Australian topped Group G to leave Newton and Webster in a Nine-Dart Shoot-Out.
Webster won the bullseye and allowed Newton to throw first, with the Fleetwood ace's 40 followed by a 135 from the Welsh left-hander, while a ton edged the world number eight back in front.
Webster, though, hit a 137 with his second throw to move his total to 272, and when Newton hit 59 with his third throw to total 199, the former Lakeside Champion celebrated progression to the knockout stage.
2010 Grand Slam champion Waites, who had already qualified following his two big Group H wins at the weekend, ended the league stage unbeaten as he defeated Dave Chisnall 5-1.
Waites was joined in qualifying by Ted Hankey, who bounced back from his opening defeat to the Lakeside Champion on Saturday by following up a victory over Chisnall with a 5-1 triumph in his decider with Michael Smith.
Scotland's Robert Thornton celebrated the birth of a grandson - who has also been named Robert - in Scotland earlier on Monday with progression from Group F, despite suffering a narrow 5-4 defeat to 2007 finalist Andy Hamilton, who also qualifies for the second round.
Hamilton's victory meant that Justin Pipe, a Wildcard Qualifier a week ago, was knocked out as he went down 5-2 to Mark Walsh, who had lost his first two matches but hit five doubles from as many attempts on double top to claim a consolation win.
Groups A-D complete their round-robin games on Tuesday night, with Phil Taylor, James Wade and Ronny Huybrechts already assured of their spots in the last 16.
Paul Nicholson plays Stuart Kellett in a game which decides who qualifies alongside Taylor in Group A, Gary Anderson faces Peter Wright in their Group B decider and Adrian Lewis takes on Christian Kist in their Group C battle.
Group D sees Michael van Gerwen in a strong position, following two victories, as he plays Kim Huybrechts and Dean Winstanley meets Vincent van der Voort in the other contest.
William Hill Grand Slam of Darts
Monday November 11
Groups E-H Final Games
Mark Walsh 5-2 Justin Pipe (F)
Scott Waites 5-1 Dave Chisnall (H)
Tony O'Shea 5-1 Ricky Evans (E)
Mark Webster 5-3 Ross Smith (G)
Andy Hamilton 5-4 Robert Thornton (F)
Raymond van Barneveld 3-5 Mervyn King (E)
Simon Whitlock 4-5 Wes Newton (G)
Michael Smith 1-5 Ted Hankey (H)
Nine-Dart Shoot-Out: Mark Webster 272-199 Wes Newton
Wednesday November 13 (7pm-11pm)
Second Round
Scott Waites v Mark Webster
Tony O'Shea v Andy Hamilton
Robert Thornton v Mervyn King
Simon Whitlock v Ted Hankey
Final League Tables
Group E
P
|
W
|
L
|
+/-
|
Pts
| |
| Tony O'Shea |
3
|
2
|
1
|
+4
|
4
|
| Mervyn King |
3
|
2
|
1
|
+4
|
4
|
| Raymond van Barneveld |
3
|
2
|
1
|
+2
|
2
|
| Ricky Evans |
3
|
0
|
3
|
-10
|
0
|
Group F
P
|
W
|
L
|
+/-
|
Pts
| |
| Robert Thornton |
3
|
2
|
1
|
+7
|
4
|
| Andy Hamilton |
3
|
2
|
1
|
+2
|
4
|
| Justin Pipe |
3
|
1
|
2
|
-3
|
2
|
| Mark Walsh |
3
|
1
|
2
|
-6
|
2
|
Group G
P
|
W
|
L
|
+/-
|
Pts
| |
| Simon Whitlock |
3
|
2
|
1
|
+6
|
4
|
| Mark Webster |
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
| Wes Newton |
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
| Ross Smith |
3
|
0
|
3
|
-8
|
0
|
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