GARY ANDERSON will begin his quest for back-to-back PDC World Series of Darts titles against Royden Lam at the 21.co.uk Shanghai Darts Masters on Friday.

XIAOCHEN ZONG, Yuanjun Liu, Chengan Liu and Lihao Wen have qualified for the 21.co.uk Shanghai Darts Masters.

MAX HOPP is determined to make his mark on his debut appearance at the BetVictor World Matchplay in Blackpool.

MARK McGRATH and John Hurring secured their places at the Auckland Darts Masters, presented by TAB & Burger King, next month after winning through Tuesday's final two qualifiers in Invercargill.

Christopher Kempf, the statistical analyst of the PDC, takes a look at what the Order of Merit tells us about the past and future of darts.

GARY ANDERSON is targeting back-to-back World Series of Darts titles at the Shanghai Darts Masters after being crowned US Darts Masters champion on Saturday.

TAHUNA IRWIN will make his big stage debut at the Auckland Darts Masters, presented by TAB & Burger King, next month after winning through Monday's first qualifier in Invercargill.

THE schedule of play for the BetVictor World Matchplay has been confirmed, with the all-Dutch tie between Michael van Gerwen and Jeffrey de Zwaan to headline the opening night on Saturday July 21.

GARY ANDERSON claimed his sixth World Series of Darts title with an 8-4 win over Rob Cross in the William Hill US Darts Masters.

DAWSON MURSCHELL enjoyed a giant-killing for the second successive year at the William Hill US Darts Masters.