Playing schedule for Grand Slam of Darts 2023 announced: Michael van Gerwen vs Fallon Sherrock highlights opening night

Michael van Gerwen will face Fallon Sherrock in his first group match at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts, according to the playing schedule for the first group matches published by the PDC.

On Saturday, November 11, the tournament in Wolverhampton gets underway with the first group matches. Groups B, D, F and H will play their first match in the afternoon session, while players in Groups A, C, E and G will take their turn in the evening.

In the afternoon session, the likes of Gerwyn Price, Jonny Clayton, Nathan Aspinall, Danny Noppert and Chris Dobey will begin their campaigns. Two of the future stars of the sport also get underway as Ricardo Pietreczko takes on Damon Heta and Gian van Veen faces off with Ryan Searle.

The duel between Van Gerwen and Sherrock is a Group G match and is thus scheduled for Saturday night. The same goes for the encounters between Gary Anderson and Dirk van Duijvenbode, Peter Wright vs Stowe Buntz and the defending champion Michael Smith begins his tournament against Nathan Girvan.

The winners of each group will face each other in the second group matches on Sunday, and the same, of course, goes for the two players who lost their first match. Then the final group matches take place on Monday and Tuesday. The top two players from each group will advance to the knockout phase.

Damon Heta v Ricardo Pietreczko (H)

Andrew Gilding v Brendan Dolan (F)

Ryan Searle v Gian van Veen (D)

Chris Dobey v Josh Rock (B)

Danny Noppert v Haruki Muramatsu (F)

Nathan Aspinall v Beau Greaves (H)

Jonny Clayton v Berry van Peer (B)

Gerwyn Price v Nathan Rafferty (D)

James Wade v Krzysztof Ratajski (A)

Rob Cross v Martijn Kleermaker (G)

Dave Chisnall v Stephen Bunting (E)

Dirk van Duijvenbode v Gary Anderson (C)

Luke Humphries v Steve Lennon (C)

Peter Wright v Stowe Buntz (E)

Michael van Gerwen v Fallon Sherrock (G)

Michael Smith v Nathan Girvan (A)

Second pool matches in groups B-D-F-H

Second pool matches in groups A-C-E-G

Final pool matches in groups A-D

Final pool matches in group E-H

Second round (4x)

Second round (4x)

Quarterfinals (2x)

Quarterfinals (2x)

Semifinals

Final