The World Series of darts returns to the Netherlands for the second staging of the Toto Dutch Masters at De Maasport in Den Bosch.
Number one seed Luke Littler will take on Dirk van Duijvenbode in a stand-out tie. The 17-year-old will look to make it back-to-back World Series wins.
“The Nuke” made his debut in the World Series of Darts in Bahrain last week where he pinned a nine darter in the first leg of the match against Nathan Aspinall. Later he went on to beat three-time World Champion Michael Van Gerwen in the final.
After making it to final of the Bahrain Darts Masters, Michael Van Gerwen will take on his close friend Vincent Van Der Voort for a place in the quarter finals.
Another stand out tie will see former World Champion Rob Cross take on Raymond Van Barneveld. The winner will have the right to play either Dutch number one Van Gerwen or Van Der Voort on Saturday night.
The World number one and World Champion Luke Humphries will look to get back to winning ways as he faces Jermaine Wattimena. Whereas, Michael Smith will take on the World Youth Championship runner-up Gian Van Veen in another close match.
Defending Champion Dimitri Van den Bergh will open his title defence against Welshmen Gerwyn Price. This will be the pairs fifth meeting on the World Series stage.
World Series debutant Kevin Doets will take on Peter Wright. Elsewhere Nathan Aspinall will take on former UK open Champion Danny Noppert in a mouth watering first round tie.
Words By Harry Tovey
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