Dirk van Duijvenbode will meet reigning champion Luke Humphries in round two of the Gambrinus Czech Darts Open after battling past Cor Dekker in Prague on Friday.
Van Duijvenbode fought off a fightback from Norway's Dekker, running out a 6-4 winner having led 4-0, to set up a clash with Humphries on Saturday at the PVA Expo.
The Dutchman was one of 16 players to set up round two ties against the 16 seeded players as the European Tour event kicked off in the Czech capital.
World Champion Luke Littler will face Cameron Menzies after the Scot saw off Ian White 6-3 with a 100.91 average.
"I'm buzzing to play, in my opinion, the best darts player in the world," said Menzies.
"I'm a massive fan of Luke Humphries but I feel Littler right now is the man.
"To play him up here on this stage tomorrow will be an experience and I'm looking forward to it."
Nathan Aspinall made a winning return to PDC action, whitewashing Czech qualifier Jiri Brejcha 6-0 to set up a meeting with world number five James Wade.
"It felt good to be back up here after not playing for a while," reflected Aspinall, who last featured in July's World Matchplay.
"The rhythm was awful, my throw was terrible; I could tell I hadn't played darts for seven weeks.
"I need to be better tomorrow, otherwise I'll get hammered by James."
World number three Michael van Gerwen will take on Mike De Decker, who averaged 100.9 in a 6-3 win over European Champion Ritchie Edhouse.
"This week I changed back to my old set up and everything feels more comfortable," said World Grand Prix champion De Decker.
"We all know what Michael's been through this year, I get along with him very well.
"We will see tomorrow, if the best version of Michael turns up I'm in for a tough task."
2023 Czech Darts Open winner Peter Wright will begin his campaign against Benjamin Pratnemer, after the Slovenian took the scalp of German number two Ricardo Pietreczko.
Krzysztof Ratajski thrashed Raymond van Barneveld 6-1 to cement his place among the provisional qualifiers for October's World Grand Prix, while William O'Connor boosted his qualification hopes with a 6-5 win over Luke Woodhouse.
Saturday’s second round winners will return for the third round on Sunday afternoon, before the tournament concludes with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in a blockbuster evening session.
Live coverage from the Czech Darts Open is streamed on DAZN for viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, through the DAZN Darts channel on Pluto TV, and on PDCTV (excluding Germany, Austria and Switzerland).
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2025 Gambrinus Czech Darts Open
Friday September 5
Round One
Afternoon Session
Benjamin Pratnemer 6-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
Madars Razma 6-3 Lukas Unger
Andrew Gilding 6-5 Darius Labanauskas
Cameron Menzies 6-3 Ian White
Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Brendan Dolan
Ryan Joyce 6-3 Karel Sedlacek
William O'Connor 6-5 Luke Woodhouse
Wessel Nijman 6-5 Richard Veenstra
Evening Session
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-4 Cor Dekker
Ryan Searle 6-2 Filip Manak
Kevin Doets 6-4 Daryl Gurney
Gian van Veen 6-3 Maik Kuivenhoven
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-1 Raymond van Barneveld
Nathan Aspinall 6-0 Jiri Brejcha
Mike De Decker 6-3 Ritchie Edhouse
Niko Springer 6-5 Joe Cullen
Saturday September 6
Round Two
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)
Ross Smith v Andrew Gilding
Martin Schindler v Madars Razma
Damon Heta v Wessel Nijman
Chris Dobey v Jermaine Wattimena
Danny Noppert v Gian van Veen
Dave Chisnall v Ryan Searle
Peter Wright v Benjamin Pratnemer
Jonny Clayton v Ryan Joyce
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Rob Cross v Krzysztof Ratajski
Gerwyn Price v Niko Springer
Stephen Bunting v Kevin Doets
James Wade v Nathan Aspinall
Luke Humphries v Dirk van Duijvenbode
Luke Littler v Cameron Menzies
Michael van Gerwen v Mike De Decker
Josh Rock v William O'Connor
Sunday September 7
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)
Round Three
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
Sunday’s matches to be played in Draw Bracket order.