The
draw has been released for the opening day of action at PDC
Super Series 3 with £75,000 in prize money up for grabs today in Niedernhausen.
While over 25 Tour Card holders including Gerwyn Price, Gary Anderson and Peter Wright have decided against making the trip, the likes of
Michael van Gerwen,
Dimitri van den Bergh,
Nathan Aspinall and
Jose de Sousa have all made the trip to Germany.
Some of the top ties include a tough opening assignment for the Premier League leader Van den Bergh as he faces Chris Dobey.
While Dave Chisnall will face Danny Baggish, Dirk van Duijvenbode will take on returning former World Champion, Christian Kist. Also potential World Cup teammates once more this year reunite as Mensur Suljovic plays Zoran Lerchbacher.
Robert Thornton like Kist is making up the numbers and will make his return to the tour against Keane Barry.
In terms of further ties for the leading lights, Van Gerwen starts against Josh Payne, while Van Barneveld faces Ryan Meikle.
The action begins at 1pm today and you can follow it all on our Live Blog below.
PDC Super Series III Day One (Players Championship 9) Draw
Last 128
Michael van Gerwen - | - Josh Payne
Gary Blades - | - Martijn Kleermaker
Chris Dobey - | - Dimitri Van den Bergh
Chas Barstow - | - Joe Murnan
Vincent van der Voort - | - Sebastian Bialecki
José Justicia - | - Matthew Edgar
Jermaine Wattimena - | - Kim Huybrechts
Lisa Ashton - | - Derk Telnekes
Damon Heta - | - Berry van Peer
Rene Eidams - | - Ryan Murray
Ross Smith - | - Benito van de Pas
Karel Sedlacek - | - Jeff Smith
Danny Noppert - | - Adam Gawlas
Steve Beaton - | - David Evans
Jamie Hughes - | - John Michael
Justin Pipe - | - Davy Proosten
Devon Petersen - | - Nick Kenny
Lorenzo Pronk - | - Geert Nentjes
Luke Humphries - | - Kevin McDine
Jon Worsley - | - Niels Zonneveld
Daryl Gurney - | - Kai Fan Leung
Jason Askew - | - Peter Jacques
Mervyn King - | - Lewis Williams
Martin Schindler - | - Florian Hempel
Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Ritchie Edhouse
Simon Whitlock - | - William Borland
William O'Connor - | - Aaron Beeney
Dave Chisnall - | - Danny Baggish
Jason Lowe - | - Scott Williams
Madars Razma - | - Luc Peters
Ron Meulenkamp - | - Patrick van den Boogaard
José de Sousa - | - Maik Kuivenhoven
Ciaran Teehan - | - Ted Evetts
Max Hopp - | - Gino Vos
Bradley Brooks - | - Scott Mitchell
Gabriel Clemens - | - Eddie Lovely
Kevin Doets - | - Jack Main
Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Christian Kist
Pero Ljubic - | - Steffen Siepmann
Nathan Aspinall - | - Steve Brown
Andy Boulton - | - Vincent Van der Meer
Ryan Searle - | - Boris Krcmar
Robert Thornton - | - Keane Barry
Brendan Dolan - | - Michael Rasztovits
Boris Koltsov - | - Mike De Decker
Stephen Bunting - | - Harald Leitinger
Geert De Vos - | - Martin Thomas
Michael Smith - | - Ryan De Vreede
Peter Hudson - | - Michal Smejda
Steve Lennon - | - Jelle Klaasen
Gordon Mathers - | - Andy Hamilton
Rob Cross - | - Martin Lukeman
Adam Hunt - | - John Brown
Ryan Joyce - | - Alan Tabern
Alan Soutar - | - Wayne Jones
Mensur Suljovic - | - Zoran Lerchbacher
Andrew Gilding - | - Michael Unterbuchner
Ricky Evans - | - Luke Woodhouse
Rowby-John Rodriguez - | - Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Ian White - | - Mike Warburton
Mickey Mansell - | - Robert Marijanovic
Darius Labanauskas - | - Lukas Wenig
Krzysztof Kciuk - | - John Henderson