Defending champion Gary Anderson was knocked out of the 2019 Champions League of Darts on the opening day after losing his first two group games.

 

The Scot was defeated 10-9 by James Wade in the evening session, having blown a 5-1 lead against Michael Smith earlier on Saturday in Leicester.

 

Michael van Gerwen's victories over Wade and Smith in the same group mean Anderson is unable to qualify.

World number one Michael van Gerwen won four straight legs to fight back from 10-7 down and beat Peter Wright to claim his first Champions League of Darts title in Leicester. Peter Wright missed 3 darts on D12 to win it 11-7.

 

 

European Darts Championship Draw

 

Michael Van Gerwen (NED) v Ross Smith (ENG)

Glen Durrant (ENG) v Ricky Evans (ENG)

Joe Cullen (ENG) v Mervyn King (ENG)

Rob Cross (ENG) v Darren Webster (ENG)

Dave Chisnall (ENG) v Dimitri Van den Bergh (BEL)

James Wade (ENG) v Jonny Clayton (WAL)

Daryl Gurney (NI) v William O'Connor (IRE)

Adrian Lewis (ENG) v Simon Whitlock (AUS)

Ian White (ENG) v Michael Smith (ENG)

Keegan Brown (ENG) v Stephen Bunting (ENG)

Jamie Hughes (ENG) v Jermaine Wattimena (NED)

Mensur Suljovic (AUT) v Vincent van der Voort (NED)

Krzysztof Ratajski (POL) v Chris Dobey (ENG)

Gerwyn Price (WAL) v Ted Evetts (ENG)

Nathan Aspinall (ENG) v Steve Beaton (ENG)

Michael van Gerwen has won the World Series of Darts title for the fourth time by beating Noppart 11-2.

Grand Slam Draw

 

Group A

 

MVG

Adrian Lewis

Ross Smith

Jim Williams

 

Group B

 

James Wade

Ian White

Steve Lennon

Wesley Harms

 

Group C

 

Gerwyn Price

Dimitri Van den Bergh

Robert Thornton

Mikuru Suzuki

 

Group D

 

Gary Anderson

Darren Webster

William O'Connor

Dave Pareltti

 

Group E

 

Rob Cross

Dave Chisnall

Jamie Hughes

Lisa Ashton

 

Group F

 

Peter Wright

Danny Noppert

Ryan Harrington

Wayne Warren

 

Group G

 

Daryl Gurney

Brendan Dolan

Gabriel Clemens

Richard Veenstra

 

Group H

 

Michael Smith

Nathan Aspinall

Martin Schindler

Glen Durrant

Adrian Lewis battles back from 9-6 down to beat James Wade 10-9 in the second round of the Grand Slam of Darts.

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Back to back GSoDs is no mean feat! Love or hate him, Price has blossomed into quite the competitor over the last couple of years. Surely a big one is on the horizon?

Schedule for tomorrow

 

2019 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals

Friday November 22

Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)

 

First Round

 

Main Stage

Dimitri Van den Bergh v Stephen Bunting

Jose de Sousa v James Richardson

Glen Durrant v Scott Baker

Max Hopp v Jelle Klaasen

Chris Dobey v Cristo Reyes

Jeffrey de Zwaan v Simon Whitlock

Michael Smith v Martin Schindler

Ian White v Devon Petersen

 

Stage Two

Harry Ward v Darius Labanauskas

Justin Pipe v Mervyn King

Brendan Dolan v Ross Smith

John Henderson v Ryan Joyce

Keegan Brown v Andy Boulton

Steve Beaton v Ricky Evans

Danny Noppert v Ryan Searle

Dave Chisnall v Matthew Edgar

 

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

First Round

 

Main Stage

Krzysztof Ratajski v Steve Lennon

Gerwyn Price v Mickey Mansell

James Wade v Ted Evetts

Mensur Suljovic v Kim Huybrechts

Daryl Gurney v Luke Woodhouse

Michael van Gerwen v Luke Humphries

Peter Wright v James Wilson

Nathan Aspinall v Raymond van Barneveld

 

Stage Two

Jonny Clayton v Ryan Meikle

Joe Cullen v Kyle Anderson

Vincent van der Voort v Arron Monk

Gabriel Clemens v Mark McGeeney

Adrian Lewis v Josh Payne

William O'Connor v Steve West

Jermaine Wattimena v Jamie Hughes

Ron Meulenkamp v Rob Cross

Michael van Gerwen beat Gerwyn Price 11-9 to win his fifth PDC Players Championship Finals title. Great final between the Top 2 players in the world at the moment.

Michael van Gerwen now has 50 individual PDC televised titles to his name.

Fallon Sherrock will not compete at the BDO Women's World Championship in January, her management has announced.

 

The 25-year-old, who became the first woman to win a match at the PDC World Championship in December, took "many factors into consideration", a Modus Darts statement on social media said.