Draw released for Players Championship 7: White vs Hughes and Wade vs Thornton among opening round ties

Big news is that Gary Anderson is back involved in Wigan at for the first time this year and as was previously reported, Michael van Gerwen has withdrawn from Players Championship 7.
Among the big ties in the opening round they include Ian White taking on Jamie Hughes and a battle of the major champions with James Wade facing Robert Thornton.
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Ian White v Jamie Hughes
Kim Huybrechts v Mike van Duivenbode
Mickey Mansell v Christian Kist
Ronny Huybrechts v Ross Smith
Mervyn King v Ryan Meikle
Marko Kantele v Adrian Gray
Danny Noppert v Jose Justicia
Christian Bunse v Ron Meulenkamp
Jonny Clayton v Nathan Derry
William O'Connor v Luke Humphries
John Henderson v Mark McGeeney
Matt Clark v Terry Temple
Max Hopp v Robert Owen
Benito van de Pas v Jamie Lewis
Chris Dobey v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Reece Robinson v Andy Boulton
Rob Cross v Eddie Dootson
Luke Woodhouse v Maik Kuivenhoven
Gabriel Clemens v Glen Durrant
Vincent Kamphuis v Jamie Bain
Dave Chisnall v Davy van Baelen
Kirk Shepherd v Ritchie Edhouse
Stephen Bunting v Stephen Burton
Gavin Carlin v Simon Stevenson
James Wade v Robert Thornton
Arron Monk v Mark Wilson
Josh Payne v Geert Nentjes
Tytus Kanik v Jose de Sousa
Simon Whitlock v Alan Norris
Kevin Burness v Dirk van Duijvenbode
James Wilson v Vincent van der Voort
Gary Eastwood v Gary Anderson
Gerwyn Price v Justin Pipe
Raymond van Barneveld v Shaun Carroll
Martin Schindler v Cristo Reyes
Dawson Murschell v Devon Petersen
Darren Webster v Richard North
Wayne Jones v Mark Webster
Ricky Evans v Toni Alcinas
James Richardson v Tony Newell
Michael Smith v Ryan Joyce
Darius Labanauskas v Harry Ward
Krzysztof Ratajski v Peter Hudson
George Killington v Matthew Edgar
Joe Cullen v Carl Wilkinson
Michael Barnard v Ryan Searle
Steve Lennon v Jelle Klaasen
Vincent van der Meer v Conan Whitehead
Adrian Lewis v David Pallett
Jan Dekker v Keegan Brown
Kyle Anderson v Ted Evetts
Alan Tabern v Mario Robbe
Daryl Gurney v Niels Zonneveld
Dimitri van den Bergh v Nathan Aspinall
Steve Beaton v Adam Hunt
Yordi Meeuwisse v Jonathan Worsley
Peter Wright v Robert Marijanovic
John Michael v Brendan Dolan
Jeffrey de Zwaan v Zoran Lerchbacher
Joe Murnan v Bradley Brooks
Jermaine Wattimena v Ryan Harrington
Madars Razma v Barrie Bates
Steve West v Scott Baker
Boris Koltsov v Mark Dudbridge