Draw released for Players Championship 7: Van Gerwen versus Heta and Durrant against Mitchell among first round ties

Among the top ties in the first round draw for Players Championship 7 include Michael van Gerwen who faces Brisbane Dart Master Damon Heta - aiming to add his first ProTour title of the season after winning the UK Open last weekend.

A battle of former Lakeside World Champions will also take place between Premier League leader Glen Durrant and Scott Mitchell.

Speaking of World Champions, Gary Anderson will also face Stephen Bunting in another tie to watch in the first round.

10 players are absent from today with Gerwyn Price and Mensur Suljovic among them. The likes of James Hubbard, Brian Raman and Graham Usher will make up the field as a result.

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