Michael van Gerwen claimed victory on the first day and will aim to win back-to-back titles having not won one since February last year before Wednesday. He will begin though with a potentially tricky test when he takes on William O'Connor - a World Cup finalist and one time ranking winner.

Gary Anderson on the other hand will hope for a better day after being dumped out early by Matt Clark, it doesn't get any easier for the Flying Scotsman as he takes on Max Hopp.

Peter Wright himself reached the final yesterday but couldn't complete a brilliant comeback against Van Gerwen and he starts today against Carl Wilkinson.

Other top ties include Jose de Sousa taking on Chris Dobey, Simon Whitlock vs Scott Mitchell, Dirk van Duijvenbode taking on Darius Labanauskas and a double Dutch affair between Jeffrey de Zwaan and Benito Van de Pas.

Gerwyn Price gets a bye through to the second round immediately after Eddie Lovely who played so well on the opening day had to withdraw for family reasons. 'The Headhunter' Ryan Hogarth is next on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit so will take his place from Friday if he tests negative for COVID-19.

The tournaments starts at 12 BST, with live-scores being available on DartConnect. Click here to view the PDC Summer Series Order of Merit after the first day.

James Hubbard - | - Steve Lennon
Kim Huybrechts - | - Madars Razma
Nathan Derry - | - Devon Petersen
Danny Noppert - | - Luke Humphries
Andy Hamilton - | - Ryan Joyce
Jose De Sousa - | - Chris Dobey
Simon Stevenson - | - Scott Waites
Joe Cullen - | - Scott Baker
Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Darius Labanauskas
Steve Beaton - | - Niels Zonneveld
Andrew Gilding - | - Jelle Klaasen
Glen Durrant - | - Adrian Gray
Richard North - | - Ross Smith
Justin Pipe - | - Jan Dekker
Kai Fan Leung - | - John Henderson
Mensur Suljovic - | - Nick Kenny
Matthew Edgar - | - Harald Leitinger
Gary Anderson - | - Max Hopp
Ron Meulenkamp - | - Ryan Murray
Daryl Gurney - | - Steve West
Ryan Meikle - | - Boris Krcmar
Gabriel Clemens - | - Barrie Bates
Robert Collins - | - Matthew Dennant
Ian White - | - Cameron Menzies
Bradley Brooks - | - Conan Whitehead
Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Martin Atkins (Wigan)
Martin Schindler - | - Reece Robinson
Brendan Dolan - | - Wayne Jones
Christian Bunse - | - Arjan Konterman
Jonny Clayton - | - Lisa Ashton
Ted Evetts - | - Joe Murnan
Peter Wright - | - Carl Wilkinson
Nathan Rafferty - | - Andy Boulton
Ricky Evans - | - Steve Brown
Jonathan Worsley - | - Karel Sedlacek
Michael Smith - | - James Wilson
Alan Tabern - | - Mike De Decker
Jermaine Wattimena - | - Graham Usher
Peter Jacques - | - Josh Payne
Nathan Aspinall - | - Geert Nentjes
Simon Whitlock - | - Scott Mitchell
Keegan Brown - | - Harry Ward
Derk Telnekes - | - Mickey Mansell
James Wade - | - Michael Barnard
Jeff Smith - | - Gavin Carlin
Jamie Hughes - | - Luke Woodhouse
Darren Penhall - | - Ciaran Teehan
Krzysztof Ratajski - | - David Pallett
Kirk Shepherd - | - Callan Rydz
Ryan Searle - | - Matt Clark
Stephen Bunting - | - Martijn Kleermaker
Rob Cross - | - Rowby-John Rodriguez
William Borland - | - Jason Lowe
Adrian Lewis - | - Vincent Van der Meer
Jitse Van der Wal - | - Mike van Duivenbode
Michael van Gerwen - | - William O'Connor
Mervyn King - | - Adam Hunt
Vincent van der Voort - | - Krzysztof Kciuk
Robert Thornton - | - Maik Kuivenhoven
Dave Chisnall - | - Aaron Beeney
Gary Blades - | - Jamie Lewis
Jeffrey De Zwaan - | - Benito van de Pas
Mark McGeeney - | - Darren Webster