The 16th Players Championship event of the season will be played during the third day of the PDC Autumn Series. All results can be followed in our live blog.
The PDC Autumn Series consists of five Players Championship tournaments from September 12-16. All results during this five-day event count towards the PDC Autumn Series Order of Merit.
Update 17:00 BST Time - Van Gerwen thrashes Suljovic to claim title
Michael van Gerwen is the victor on Day Three with the World Number One going someway to dispelling form doubts by thrashing Mensur Suljovic 8-1 in the final in what has been a dominant day for the World Number One.
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Thanks for following along on Day Three, we will be back tomorrow with Day Four.
Update 16:30 BST Time - Van Gerwen to face Suljovic in today's final
The final is confirmed on the third day of the PDC Autumn Series with Michael van Gerwen set to face off against Mensur Suljovic in the final shortly.
Van Gerwen saw off Nick Kenny in a 7-4 win - with the latter being in his first ever Players Championship semi-final after eight consecutive first round defeats.
As ever with Mighty Mike, if the Welshman would have taken his chances it could have been a different story but the World Number One will now take aim at a first title of the Autumn Series.
He will take on Mensur Suljovic - a familiar adversary after a 7-3 win over Ian White saw him through and given MVG's performances so far today he will need a good display to trouble him.
Semi-Finals
Mensur Suljovic (88.5) 7 | 3 (88.2) Ian White
Nick Kenny (88.4) 4 | 7 (95.1) Michael van Gerwen
Final
Mensur Suljovic - | - Michael van Gerwen
Update 15:45 BST Time - Van Gerwen claims revenge against Heta with whitewash win, set to face Kenny
We have our semi-final line-up on the latest day of action in Niedernhausen and Michael van Gerwen has been the standout performer today and will be in the semi-finals.
Van Gerwen has not played anywhere near his best but has been taking his chances and he has defeated yesterday's champion Damon Heta - who saw off the World Number One en route to the title in a whitewash win.
Nick Kenny will aim to dispel the run of the Green Machine after easing past Ross Smith 6-2 hitting a 117 checkout to win his tie. He will go for his first PDC ranking title.
In the other half of the draw, Ian White is through after a 6-3 win over Danny Noppert - both are two of the best performers on the ProTour but it is 'Diamond' who finds himself in the Last Four.
As does Mensur Suljovic who found a way past one of the best players today in Luke Humphries 6-3.
Quarter-Finals
Luke Humphries (85.7) 3 | 6 (92.5) Mensur Suljovic
Danny Noppert (92.3) 3 | 6 (100.2) Ian White
Ross Smith (97.0) 6 | 2 (96.2) Nick Kenny
Damon Heta (96.9) 0 | 6 (100.2) Michael van Gerwen
Semi-Finals
Mensur Suljovic - | - Ian White
Nick Kenny - | - Michael van Gerwen
Update 15:05 BST Time - Van Gerwen claims first win against Durrant, set for rematch with Heta in Quarter-Finals
Michael van Gerwen has finally claimed a first win over Glen Durrant to reach the Quarter-Finals of the third day of the PDC Autumn Series.
Van Gerwen will look to now go on and win his first title in a week after reverting back to his old darts. He averaged 105.4 in winning 6-2 against the winner of the league phase in this year's Premier League.
Next up though will be a familiar foe in Damon Heta who defeated Mighty Mike en route yesterday to winning the title. He edged past Dave Chisnall 6-4.
There are also spots in the Quarter-Finals for Nick Kenny who ended the run of Lisa Ashton to reach his first Quarter Final. He will take on Ross Smith.
Danny Noppert and Ian White - two of the best performers on the ProTour will also face off with the winner potentially getting Luke Humphries who is having a remarkable day.
An average of 104 saw him breeze past Keegan Brown to add to 106 and 102 earlier today for 'Cool Hand Luke'. Could a first title be in the offing?
He will take on Mensur Suljovic who smashed Daryl Gurney 6-0 averaging only 91 but the latter only averaged 73.7.
Last 16
Luke Humphries (104.9) 6 | 0 (87.1) Keegan Brown
Mensur Suljovic (91.1) 6 | 0 (73.7) Daryl Gurney
Danny Noppert (97.2) 6 | 4 (94.3) Nathan Aspinall
Ian White (98.6) 6 | 3 (94.6)Jose De Sousa
Ross Smith (90.2) 6 | 4 (90.7) Joe Cullen
Nick Kenny (98.2) 6 | 3 (96.2) Lisa Ashton
Damon Heta (97.0) 6 | 4 (93.9) Dave Chisnall
Michael van Gerwen (105.4) 6 | 2 (102.5) Glen Durrant
Quarter-Finals
Luke Humphries - | - Mensur Suljovic
Danny Noppert - | - Ian White
Ross Smith - | - Nick Kenny
Damon Heta - | - Michael van Gerwen
Update 14:40 BST Time - Humphries and Van Gerwen produce 106 averages in stunning wins, Wright and Price dumped out
The Last 16 line-up has been confirmed on the third day of the PDC Autumn Series with some stunning displays and also some big names heading out.
Luke Humphries was one of the first players through continuing his form he has shown all day by seeing off Rob Cross with a 106 average in a 6-3 win. 'Voltage' didn't play poorly himself and averaged 103.5.
He will now play Keegan Brown who despite only averaging 89 saw off Peter Wright in a 6-5 win. Gerwyn Price is also out after a 6-4 defeat to Ross Smith.
Michael van Gerwen will feel it is his day after also hitting a 106 average in breezing past compatriot Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-0. He will now aim to end his winless record against Glen Durrant.
Lisa Ashton is also through to the latter stages after coming from 4-1 down to defeat in-form Croatian, Boris Krcmar 6-5.
Last 32
Keegan Brown 6 | 5 Peter Wright
Luke Humphries 6 | 3 Rob Cross
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 5 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Daryl Gurney 6 | 4 Kim Huybrechts
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 3 Ricky Evans
Danny Noppert 6 | 5 Vincent van der Voort
Ian White 6 | 2 William Borland
Jose De Sousa 6 | 4 Jermaine Wattimena
Gerwyn Price 6 | 4 Ross Smith
Joe Cullen 6 | 0 Gavin Carlin
James Wade 6 | 5 Nick Kenny
Boris Krcmar 5 | 6 Lisa Ashton
Damon Heta 6 | 4 Mervyn King
Dave Chisnall 6 | 3 Callan Rydz
Michael van Gerwen 6 | 0 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Glen Durrant 6 | 3 John Michael
Update 14:00 BST Time - Van Gerwen to face Van Duijvenbode after Robinson win, Krcmar produces brilliance to dump out Smith
The second round is complete at the PDC Autumn Series Day Three with most of the big names making it through to the Last 32.
Among them is Michael van Gerwen who saw off Reece Robinson 6-2 with a 100 average, losing yesterday to Damon Heta at this stage it wasn't such an early exit for the World Number One.
Also impressing included Ian White and Jose de Sousa unsurprisingly who averaged 104 and 104 in wins over Mike de Decker and Jelle Klaasen.
It was the continued brilliance of Boris Krcmar though which was the most impressive with victory over Michael Smith.
The multiple Soft-Tip World Champion who has made at least his board final in recent days has really started to acclimatise to life in the PDC and produced back-to-back ton plus finishes to return from the brink and knock out 'Bully Boy'.
In his board final, he will take on Lisa Ashton with a real shot at another good run for both players today.
Last 64
Peter Wright 6 | 1 Scott Waites
Keegan Brown 6 | 2 Kirk Shepherd
Rob Cross 6 | 2 Max Hopp
Luke Humphries 6 | 1 Steffen Siepmann
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 2 Jan Dekker
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6 | 5 Justin Pipe
Daryl Gurney 6 | 4 Niels Zonneveld
Kim Huybrechts 6 | 3 Brian Raman
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 1 Kai Fan Leung
Ricky Evans 6 | 3 Madars Razma
Danny Noppert 6 | 5 Conan Whitehead
Vincent van der Voort 6 | 3 Ted Evetts
Ian White 6 | 5 Mike De Decker
William Borland 6 | 3 Jonny Clayton
Jose De Sousa 6 | 3 Jelle Klaasen
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 3 Adam Hunt
Gerwyn Price 6 | 1 Ron Meulenkamp
Steve Beaton 4 | 6 Ross Smith
Gavin Carlin 6 | 4 James Wilson
Joe Cullen 6 | 2 Matthew Edgar
James Wade 6 | 3 Josh Payne
Nick Kenny 6 | 3 Simon Whitlock
Boris Krcmar 6 | 5 Michael Smith
Lisa Ashton 6 | 2 Alan Tabern
Damon Heta 6 | 4 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Mervyn King 6 | 2 William O'Connor
Dave Chisnall 6 | 4 Darius Labanauskas
Callan Rydz 6 | 3 Aaron Beeney
Michael van Gerwen 6 | 2 Reece Robinson
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 2 Andy Boulton
Glen Durrant 6 | 1 Arjan Konterman
John Michael 6 | 2 Ryan Searle
Update 13:10 BST Time - Humphries breezes past Joyce, Waites sets up tie with Wright
The first round has come to a close on Day Three of the PDC Autumn Series with the likes of Luke Humphries and Scott Waites joining the second round line-up.
Humphries produced a blistering display to defeat Ryan Joyce, a previous first time winner this year with a 102.5 average.
Waites on the otherhand hit 100.6 in defeating Daniel Larsson 6-1. He has now set up a tie of World Champions with Peter 'Snakebite' Wright next round.
The race to the World Grand Prix has been well documented and two players who have not done their cause a world of good are Martijn Kleermaker and Jeff Smith. They lost to Brian Raman and Ricky Evans respectively.
There was also an impressive display for home hope Max Hopp who breezed past Yordi Meeuwisse 6-1 with a 101.3 average.
Last 128
Peter Wright 6 | 4 Ryan Meikle
Scott Waites 6 | 1 Daniel Larsson
Keegan Brown 6 | 1 Barrie Bates
Kirk Shepherd 6 | 2 Peter Jacques
Rob Cross 6 | 4 Adrian Lewis
Max Hopp 6 | 1 Yordi Meeuwisse
Luke Humphries 6 | 1 Ryan Joyce
Steffen Siepmann 6 | 3 Toni Alcinas
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 5 Marko Kantele
Jan Dekker 6 | 2 Scott Baker
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6 | 3 Harry Ward
Justin Pipe 6 | 2 Robert Collins
Daryl Gurney 6 | 1 Maikel Verberk
Niels Zonneveld 6 | 1 Harald Leitinger
Kim Huybrechts 6 | 0 Ryan Murray
Brian Raman 6 | 1 Martijn Kleermaker
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 0 Karel Sedlacek
Kai Fan Leung 6 | 3 Scott Mitchell
Madars Razma 6 | 4 Graham Usher
Ricky Evans 6 | 2 Jeff Smith
Danny Noppert 6 | 1 Geert Nentjes
Conan Whitehead 6 | 1 Gary Blades
Ted Evetts 6 | 2 Stephen Bunting
Vincent van der Voort 6 | 2 Mark McGeeney
Ian White 6 | 0 Nathan Derry
Mike De Decker 6 | 3 Darren Webster
Jonny Clayton 6 | 0 Scott Taylor
William Borland 6 | 5 Luke Woodhouse
Jose De Sousa 6 | 1 Robert Thornton
Jelle Klaasen 6 | 3 Bradley Brooks
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 3 David Pallett
Adam Hunt 6 | 4 Carl Wilkinson
Gerwyn Price 6 | 5 Andrew Gilding
Ron Meulenkamp 6 | 5 Joe Murnan
Steve Beaton 6 | 5 John Henderson
Ross Smith 6 | 1 Jamie Lewis
James Wilson 6 | 5 Brendan Dolan
Gavin Carlin 6 | 4 Krzysztof Kciuk
Joe Cullen 6 | 2 Steve Lennon
Matthew Edgar 6 | 5 Chris Dobey
James Wade 6 | 3 Jitse Van der Wal
Josh Payne 6 | 4 Mickey Mansell
Nick Kenny 6 | 5 Devon Petersen
Simon Whitlock 6 | 5 Martin Schindler
Michael Smith 6 | 5 Justin Hood
Boris Krcmar 6 | 3 Matt Clark
Lisa Ashton 6 | 3 Jamie Hughes
Alan Tabern 6 | 4 Jesus Noguera
Damon Heta 6 | 5 Krzysztof Ratajski
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 0 Derk Telnekes
Mervyn King 6 | 1 Vincent Van der Meer
William O'Connor 6 | 2 Adrian Gray
Dave Chisnall 6 | 3 Steve Brown
Darius Labanauskas 6 | 3 Benito van de Pas
Callan Rydz 6 | 3 Gabriel Clemens
Christian Bunse 3 | 6 Aaron Beeney
Michael van Gerwen 6 | 4 Andy Hamilton
Reece Robinson 6 | 1 Wayne Jones
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 5 Maik Kuivenhoven
Jason Lowe 3 | 6 Andy Boulton
Glen Durrant 6 | 2 Ryan Hogarth
Arjan Konterman 6 | 5 Richard North
Ryan Searle 6 | 2 Dimitri Van den Bergh
John Michael 6 | 2 Steve West
Update 11:35 BST Time - Cross edges past Lewis, Day Two champion Heta wins decider against Ratajski
The first results are in on Day Three of the PDC Autumn Series with the seeded players remaining almost unscathed from the opening stanza in Niedernhausen.
Rob Cross edged past Adrian Lewis in a former World Champion battle hitting 119 on the bull to claim the victory.
Yesterday's champion Damon Heta did account for a seed in the form of Krzysztof Ratajski seeing him off in a deciding leg win.
Michael van Gerwen survived against Andy Hamilton in a 6-4 win which saw 'The Hammer' left on 56 to break and force a decider for Mighty Mike to take out 40 third dart in hand to edge through.
Peter Wright (103) defeated Ryan Meikle 6-4 while there was also victory for Gerwyn Price who himself dodged a bullet against Andrew Gilding winning a decider with 'Goldfinger' averaging 101.6.
Peter Wright 6 | 4 Ryan Meikle
Rob Cross 6 | 4 Adrian Lewis
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 5 Marko Kantele
Daryl Gurney 6 | 1 Maikel Verberk
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 0 Karel Sedlacek
Danny Noppert 6 | 1 Geert Nentjes
Ian White 6 | 0 Nathan Derry
Jose De Sousa 6 | 1 Robert Thornton
Gerwyn Price 6 | 5 Andrew Gilding
Brendan Dolan 5 | 6 James Wilson
James Wade 6 | 3 Jitse Van der Wal
Michael Smith 6 | 5 Justin Hood
Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 5 Damon Heta
Dave Chisnall 6 | 3 Steve Brown
Michael van Gerwen 6 | 4 Andy Hamilton
Glen Durrant 6 | 2 Ryan Hogarth
Update 10:30 BST Time - Play to get underway in 30 minutes
The tournament will get underway shortly as the board seeds will enter the oche in 30 minutes. Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price and Peter Wright are among the players who will come into action in the first batch of matches.
Peter Wright - | - Ryan Meikle
Rob Cross - | - Adrian Lewis
Mensur Suljovic - | - Marko Kantele
Daryl Gurney - | - Maikel Verberk
Nathan Aspinall - | - Karel Sedlacek
Danny Noppert - | - Geert Nentjes
Ian White - | - Nathan Derry
Jose De Sousa - | - Robert Thornton
Gerwyn Price - | - Andrew Gilding
Brendan Dolan - | - James Wilson
James Wade - | - Jitse Van der Wal
Michael Smith - | - Justin Hood
Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Damon Heta
Dave Chisnall - | - Steve Brown
Michael van Gerwen - | - Andy Hamilton
Glen Durrant - | - Ryan Hogarth
Update 9:30 BST Time - Draw released
The draw has been released for Day Three of the PDC Autumn Series in Niedernhausen. Among the top ties are Michael van Gerwen against Andy Hamilton, while Rob Cross meets Adrian Lewis.
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