“I’ve been working on a few things to do with my darts set-up, I’m looking for those one per cents to take my game to the next level.
“I’m a hard worker, I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing and hopefully turn up at the big events and get my rewards.”
Earlier, Dutchman Michael van Gerwen had suffered a surprise first-round defeat by Mario Vandenbogaerde.
Van Gerwen had been stunned by Irish amateur Michael Flynn at the same venue in February and this time succumbed to another upset on home soil against the 51-year-old Belgian.
The three-time world champion was well placed to reach the second round after he went 4-2 up, only for Vandenbogaerde to win four legs on the bounce.
Elsewhere, Wessel Nijman threw a nine-dart leg during his 6-0 win over Rob Owen in the first round, but went out in the quarter-finals.
Neither world number one Luke Humphries nor world champion Luke Littler took part in the event.
There are 34 Players Championship events across the year, with the competition’s finals held in Minehead in November.
The second of the double-header in Rosmalen is on Tuesday.
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