Michael van Gerwen will start his bid for a fifth World Grand Prix title in the Citywest Convention Centre at Dublin together with the area set to be verified following this weekend Players Championship double-header.
The distinctive event will signal the launch of an action-packed orgasm to the period on Sky Sports, which also includes also the 2020 World Championship in Alexandra Palace and Darts’ Grand Slam.
Van Gerwen defeated Peter Wright to back his Grand Prix crown though’The Green Machine’ because clinching a Premier League title in 38, was nowhere near his classic best.
Second-seed Rob Cross is planning to win his first match at this championship, having endured exits.
Daryl Gurney will be expecting to replicate the entire world and his 2017 success No 3 is set to be one of three former winners in the area – alongside Van Gerwen and hip-hop winner James Wade.
‘The Machine’ has procured a career-equalling five PDC rank titles so far, because reaching the final in 37, yet the major winner has endured four consecutive first-round beats on Irish soil.
While World Matchplay finalist Michael Smith, a year’s finalist Wright along with Grand Slam champion Gerwyn Price complete the eight seeds, gary Anderson continues his return from injury.
The best 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit will be joined in Dublin from 16 qualifiers in the ProTour Order of Merit, using just two events remaining before the cut-off.
Three-time BDO world champion Glen Durrant will headline debutants in 2019, which includes former World Masters champion Krzysztof Ratajski and also Czech Darts Open winner Jamie Hughes’ listing.
Even though the Belgian’s qualification is not yet protected, two-time World Youth winner Dimitri Van den Bergh can be in line to make his own Dublin bow among the 16 Professional Tour qualifiers.
It is not very long to wait until darts is back on Sky Sports, the World Grand Prix gets under way on Sunday, October 6 in Dublin’s Citywest Arena and seven days of policy continues until the final on Saturday.
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