STEVE BEATON landed a nine-dart finish during his 6-3 win over Kirk Shepherd at the German Darts Open on Friday.

MAX HOPP will begin the defence of his German Darts Open title against either Stephen Bunting or John Henderson.

RICKY EVANS stunned Michael Smith with a 6-0 win in round two of the German Darts Grand Prix.

KRZYSZTOF RATAJSKI will face Michael van Gerwen in the second round of the German Darts Grand Prix.

KEVIN MUNCH, Dragutin Horvat and Michael Rasztovits were amongst the final qualifiers for the German Darts Grand Prix.

The draw and schedule for the German Darts Grand Prix has been confirmed.

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.