Draw released for PDC Winter Series Day Three

The draw has been released for the third day of action at the PDC Winter Series with Michael Smith aiming for a hat-trick in Coventry.

Smith will begin today against Harald Leitinger. But there are some further top ties worth watching when the action begins at 2pm GMT.

These include Daryl Gurney taking on Luke Humphries, Glen Durrant will aim to get his first win of the week but faces tough opposition in Hong Kong ace Kai Fan Leung.

While Devon Petersen will also aim for a run when he faces the impressive Martin Schindler. One of the stars of the week so far in Jose de Sousa will face Ted Evetts.

Peter Wright will face Ron Meulenkamp and will Adrian Lewis's woes go on as he faces Damon Heta.

Gerwyn Price receives an immediate bye through after the withdrawal of Gary Anderson and Michael van Gerwen's earliest start to action will be tomorrow if he arrives in the UK today after recovery due to his back injury.

The tournament kicks off at 14:00 GMT. Live-scores and results can be followed on DartConnect.

Draw Day Three PDC Winter Series (Players Championship 21)

Gerwyn Price (BYE)

Karel Sedlacek - | - Reece Robinson

Chris Dobey - | - Gavin Carlin

Boris Krcmar - | - John Michael

Gabriel Clemens - | - Ryan Murray

Steve West - | - Ciaran Teehan

Jamie Hughes - | - Jeff Smith

Aaron Beeney - | - Joe Murnan

Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Jan Dekker

Matthew Dennant - | - Darius Labanauskas

Jermaine Wattimena - | - Robert Collins

Steve Brown - | - Mickey Mansell

Devon Petersen - | - Martin Schindler

Darren Penhall - | - Scott Taylor

Stephen Bunting - | - Luke Woodhouse

David Pallett - | - Michael Barnard

Jose De Sousa - | - Ted Evetts

Darren Webster - | - Adam Hunt

Madars Razma - | - Peter Jacques

Jitse Van der Wal - | - Yordi Meeuwisse

Glen Durrant - | - Kai Fan Leung

Jonathan Worsley - | - Scott Mitchell

Ryan Searle - | - Bradley Brooks

Christian Bunse - | - Rowby-John Rodriguez

James Wade - | - Simon Stevenson

William O'Connor - | - James Wilson

Martijn Kleermaker - | - Richard North

Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Nick Kenny

Rob Cross - | - William Borland

Ryan Meikle - | - Keane Barry

Jonny Clayton - | - Kirk Shepherd

Jeffrey De Zwaan - | - Jason Lowe

Peter Wright - | - Ron Meulenkamp

Derk Telnekes - | - Simon Whitlock

Maik Kuivenhoven - | - Mark McGeeney

Gary Blades - | - Jim Williams

Brendan Dolan - | - Richie Burnett

Jelle Klaasen - | - Matthew Edgar

Daryl Gurney - | - Luke Humphries

Marko Kantele - | - Callan Rydz

Joe Cullen - | - Andy Boulton

Max Hopp - | - Barrie Bates

Vincent van der Voort - | - Scott Baker

Josh Payne - | - Scott Waites

Ian White - | - Martin Atkins (Wigan)

Toni Alcinas - | - Robert Thornton

Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Steve Lennon

Steve Beaton - | - Ritchie Edhouse

Nathan Aspinall - | - Adrian Gray

Ricky Evans - | - David Evans

Ryan Joyce - | - Conan Whitehead

Carl Wilkinson - | - Maikel Verberk

Dave Chisnall - | - Mike De Decker

Krzysztof Kciuk - | - Benito van de Pas

Mervyn King - | - Alan Tabern

Daniel Larsson - | - John Henderson

Michael Smith - | - Harald Leitinger

Kevin Doets - | - Wayne Jones

Ross Smith - | - Keegan Brown

Matt Clark - | - Kim Huybrechts

Danny Noppert - | - Lisa Ashton

Jesus Noguera - | - Justin Pipe

Damon Heta - | - Adrian Lewis

Niels Zonneveld - | - Andy Hamilton