Stars Set For Dubai Return

FOLLOWING the completion of the Betway Premier League and back-to-back Players Championship weekends, May's action continues with the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters on May 28 & 29.

Eight top stars will travel to Dubai to kick off the year's World Series of Darts events with the third staging of the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters.

World number one Michael van Gerwen is aiming to complete a hat-trick of victories at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium when he competes in the two-day event, which is held on Thursday and Friday.

His rivals include World Champion and newly-crowned Premier League champion Gary Anderson, the legendary Phil Taylor, former major champions Adrian Lewis, James Wade and Stephen Bunting and former Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters finalists Raymond van Barneveld and Peter Wright.

The world's top four players - van Gerwen, Taylor, Anderson and Lewis - will be seeded for Wednesday's tournament draw, seeing them drawn against the remaining four players.

Thursday sees the stars compete in the four quarter-finals, with the semi-finals and final to be held on Friday night.

Tickets for the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters are still available, with General Admission tickets and VIP Hospitality tickets on sale. For further information visit www.dubai-darts.com/tickets.

Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
Thursday May 28

8pm Start (local time)
Quarter-Finals
Best of 19 legs

Friday May 29
8pm Start (local time)
Semi-Finals & Final
Best of 21 legs

Draw
The draw will see the four seeds drawn against the four non-seeds, with the seeds numbered as follows:
1 Michael van Gerwen
2 Phil Taylor
3 Gary Anderson
4 Adrian Lewis
Non-Seeds: Peter Wright, James Wade, Raymond van Barneveld, Stephen Bunting

Nine-Darter Prize
Should a player achieve a nine-dart finish, SIXT UAE - the elite car rental company who are a partner sponsor of the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters - will present the first player with an all-new Mercedes-Benz CLA 250 car.

Television Coverage
The Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters is being broadcast live on Dubai Sports TV, OSN and worldwide through the PDC's series of broadcast partners, as well as online through www.LIVEPDC.TV for International Pass Subscribers.

Coverage of the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters on ITV4 will be shown delayed at 9pm-1am (BST) on on Thursday May 28 and from 10pm-2am (BST) on Friday May 29.

Television Coverage
Dubai Sports TV
OSN - Middle East & North Africa
ITV4 - UK & Ireland (Delayed)
Fox Sports - Australia
Sky - New Zealand
RTL7 - Netherlands
Fox Asia
www.LIVEPDC.TV for International Pass Subscribers outside of UK, Ireland & Netherlands.