ADRIAN LEWIS survived three match darts to edge past Toni Alcinas 6-5 in round one of the German Darts Championship.

MAX HOPP, Vincent van der Voort and Martin Schindler headed the final qualifiers for the German Darts Championship on Thursday night.

ENTRIES have been confirmed for September's Dutch Darts Championship and International Darts Open.

THE German Darts Championship begins on Friday, with Terry Jenkins set to face Ross Smith in the first round.

THE race is on to qualify for the 2018 Unibet European Championship in Dortmund as the European Tour returns this weekend.

KYZYSZTOF RATAJSKI was joined by Karel Sedlacek and Patrik Kovacs in securing places in the year's remaining European Tour events.

JOE CULLEN is craving further success on the back of his impressive run to the quarter-finals of the BetVictor World Matchplay last month.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN defeated William O'Connor in the final of the European Darts Matchplay to win his 26th European Tour title.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN landed the PDC European Tour's first nine-dart finish for five years against Ryan Joyce on Saturday night.

ROBERT MARIJANOVIC produced the performance of the day with a 6-3 win over Jermaine Wattimena at the European Darts Matchplay, as the European Tour event began on Friday.