 Taylor achieved a three-dart average of 100.74 and made a checkout of 161 in a 10–0 whitewash against qualifier Burgess; he attempted to complete a nine-dart finish in leg seven before he missed the triple 20 inner ring on his seventh throw.A checkout of 64 points won Holden the opening leg of his match against the Las Vegas Desert Classic runner-up Ronnie Baxter, who won ten legs in a row to win by 10–1 with finishes of 121 and 70.Fourth seed Denis Ovens was untroubled in a game with Whitworth and made a checkout of 121 in its fifth leg en route to a 10–4 win.