Defending champion awaits Dave Chisnall in the Winmau World Masters
Dave Chisnall will meet defending champion Luke Humphries in the opening round of this year’s Winmau World Masters.
They will meet at Milton Keynes’ Arena MK on Friday evening, following tomorrow’s preliminary round matches and the first eight games in round one on Thursday.
Morecambe-based Chisnall, who was the runner-up in 2016 and 2022, must firstly get past world number two Humphries, who beat Jonny Clayton in last year’s final.
The top 24 players from the PDC Werner Rankings Ladder automatically qualified for the 32-player main event, with the world’s top 16 seeded in the draw.
Wednesday’s preliminary rounds will add the eight remaining players, with the matches featuring Tour Card Holders and representatives from the PDC’s secondary tours, affiliate tours and Junior Darts Corporation.
Once the first round is completed on Friday, the second round will be played across afternoon and evening sessions on Saturday.
The quarter-finals are on Sunday afternoon with the semi-finals and final that evening.