Just announced that the format has been changed from top 16 to top 24. First round will be best of 11 then best of 19 though. Good change in my opinion 2021 Masters first round Joe Cullen v Stephen Bunting Michael Smith v Adrian Lewis Glen Durrant v Mervyn King Ian White v Mensur Suljovic Jose De Sousa v Jonny Clayton Dimitri Van den Bergh v Chris Dobey Krzysztof Ratajski v Simon Whitlock Daryl Gurney v Jeffrey de Zwaan 2021 Masters second round Gerwyn Price v Cullen/Bunting Gary Anderson v Smith/Lewis Rob Cross v Durrant/King Nathan Aspinall v White/Suljovic Michael van Gerwen v De Sous ..read more

Participants to be announced this evening apparently... probably after the final like other years. My guesses: Durrant Anderson Price Wright Van Gerwen De Sousa Van den Bergh Smith Gurney Chisnall The first seven are probably locked in really IMO. They'll probably want to keep "Bullyboy" i think. Gurney had a good Worlds and they'll probably want Chisnall cause he had a good championship but also the MVG whitewash factor. Bunting or Aspinall could easily replace Gurney and Dirk/Clemens/Ratajski may also have a snifter of a chance.... probably in that order ..read more

Willie O connor has missed out on countback after finishing 33rd with 4k in fact 9 players were tied on 4k...only Huybrechts and JdZ got in. Even Andy Hamilton qualified. #1 seed is Joe Cullen so is in like to meet 8th seed Aspinall. #2 is Price #3 is De sousa MVG is #5 seed ..read more

Qualified so far ( not counting seeds or main ranking players) United States - Danny Baggish – CDC USA Series Republic of Ireland - Keane Barry – PDC Development Tour Canada - Matt Campbell – CDC Canadian Series Germany - Nico Kurz – Superleague Germany Sweden - Daniel Larsson – PDC Nordic & Baltic United States - Danny Lauby – CDC Continental Cup Australia - Gordon Mathers – DPA Pro Tour England - Ryan Meikle – PDC Development Tour Finland - Kim Viljanen – PDC Nordic & Baltic England - David Evans - PDC Challenge Tour 1 China -Chengan Liu - PDC China Qualifier Croatia - Boris Krcmar ..read more

The draw for the PDC World Cup of Darts has been made. BetVictor World Cup of Darts Draw Bracket (1) England v Philippines Lithuania v Gibraltar (8) Austria v USA Singapore v Hungary (4) Northern Ireland v Canada New Zealand v Denmark (5) Belgium v Czech Republic Hong Kong v China (2) Wales v Russia Japan v Scotland (7) Republic of Ireland v Australia Poland v South Africa (3) Netherlands v Brazil Italy v Spain (6) Germany v Finland Sweden v Greece A terrible draw for us despite being seeds. Could well be gone first round ..read more

Behind closed doors in Coventry. Same format as usual - sets, double in. All games on Sky Sports. The 8 games from the top half kick us off on Tuesday evening at 6pm. Cross v Anderson looks the standout. Best of 3 sets. Draw (1) Michael van Gerwen v Krzysztof Ratajski Jose De Sousa v Devon Petersen (8) James Wade v Mervyn King Adrian Lewis v Chris Dobey (4) Michael Smith v Dimitri Van den Bergh Mensur Suljovic v Dirk van Duijvenbode (5) Rob Cross v Gary Anderson Danny Noppert v Ryan Searle ************* (2) Peter Wright v Ryan Joyce Dave Chisnall v Glen Durrant (7) Daryl Gurney v Joe Cullen ..read more