TEN players secured places in both the Austrian Darts Open and European Darts Grand Prix in the UK & European Qualifiers.

ENTRIES for the fifth and sixth European Tour events of the year have been confirmed.

DARYL GURNEY claimed his first European Tour title by winning the German Darts Championship.

KEEGAN BROWN claimed victory over world number one Michael van Gerwen in the German Darts Championship second round.

NATHAN ASPINALL put in a scintillating display in the performance of the opening round of the 2019 German Darts Championship.

DIOGO PORTELA, Mike De Decker and Jyhan Artut were amongst the final qualifiers for the German Darts Championship.

THE German Darts Championship begins on Friday, with Dimitri van den Bergh set to face Steve Beaton in the first round.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN hit a nine-dart finish on his way to winning the first European Tour title of 2019.

KRZYSZTOF RATAJSKI produced the performance of the day to knock Michael Smith out of the European Darts Open.

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD'S return to European Tour action ended in a 6-4 defeat to Steve Beaton in Leverkusen.