Danny Noppert won 10-6 against Michael Van Gerwen to book his place into the quarter finals of the Grand Slam.
The world number 11, will face Lukas Wenig in the next round after he beat Niko Springer 10-8.
Michael van Gerwen has won three grand slams in his career and they were achieved in three consecutive years: 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Defending champion Luke Littler also through to the last 16 after a dominant win against Wessel Nijman and he will take on Josh Rock.
Luke Littler will be world number one if he reaches the final.
The Grand Slam is an annual PDC tournament and takes place over nine days in Wolverhampton.
Sixteen players make the cut based on their performances in PDC events during the previous 12 months.
Winners of the seven ranked majors and six non ranking tournaments all automatically qualify with the remaining spots going to the runners up.
32 players are split into eight groups of four, with the top eight ranked players seeded in separate groups.
Each group game is best to nine legs, second-round matches are best of 19 legs with the quarters, semis and final all best of 31 legs.
