Luke Humphries will likely be in motion this weekend on the Swiss Darts Trophy in St. Jakobshalle.
The world No 1 has been handed a tricky opening task on Saturday towards Connor Scutt or Callan Rydz for a spot at Finals Day.
Stephen Bunting – the No 2 seed within the absence of Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen – begins his bid towards quick-fire Dutchman Chris Landman or a bunch nation qualifier.
Nathan Aspinall kicks off his problem for a 3rd European Tour title of the yr towards Denmark’s Andreas Toft Jorgensen.
Aspinall and Toft Jorgensen will struggle it out for the appropriate to satisfy fourth seed Jonny Clayton, with James Wade poised to satisfy Ryan Joyce or a Swiss qualifier.
2023 UK Open champion Andrew Gilding will play Norway’s Cor Dekker.
Martin Schindler will start his defence of the Swiss Darts Trophy towards Ricardo Pietreczko or Oskar Lukasiak.
Schindler prevailed within the event’s inaugural staging 12 months in the past, and he’ll kick off his title defence towards his World Cup accomplice Pietreczko or Swedish star Lukasiak.
Schedule of Play
Friday September 26
Spherical One
Afternoon Session (1300 native time, 1200 BST)
Connor Scutt v Callan Rydz
Niels Zonneveld v Dalibor Smolik
Krzysztof Ratajski v Owen Bates
Andrew Gilding v Cor Dekker
Ryan Joyce v Host Nation Qualifier 4
Luke Woodhouse v Lukas Wenig
Ricardo Pietreczko v Oskar Lukasiak
Mensur Suljovic v Martin Lukeman
Night Session (1900 native time, 1800 BST)
Chris Landman v Host Nation Qualifier 3
Wessel Nijman v Ritchie Edhouse
Raymond van Barneveld v Host Nation Qualifier 2
Richard Veenstra v Niko Springer
Jermaine Wattimena v Host Nation Qualifier 1
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Jitse van der Wal
Daryl Gurney v William O’Connor
Nathan Aspinall v Andreas Toft Jorgensen
Saturday September 27
Spherical Two
Afternoon Session (1300 native time, 1200 BST)`
Ryan Searle v Zonneveld/Smolik
Dave Chisnall v Woodhouse/Wenig
Peter Wright v Gilding/Dekker
Ross Smith v Nijman/Edhouse
Mike De Decker v Ratajski/Bates
Rob Cross v Veenstra/Springer
Gian van Veen v Van Duijvenbode/Van der Wal
Danny Noppert v Gurney/O’Connor
Night Session (1900 native time, 1800 BST)
James Wade v Joyce/HNQ4
Martin Schindler v Pietreczko/Lukasiak
Josh Rock v Wattimena/HNQ1
Luke Humphries v Scutt/Rydz
Jonny Clayton v Aspinall/Jorgensen
Damon Heta v Van Barneveld/HNQ2
Stephen Bunting v Landman/HNQ3
Chris Dobey v Suljovic/Lukeman
Sunday September 28
Afternoon Session (1200 native time, 1100 BST)
Spherical Three
Night Session (1800 native time, 1700 BST)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Ultimate
