Quartet Secure Shanghai Qualification

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

McGrath & Hurring Complete Auckland Field

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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.

Vegas Champ Anderson Eyes World Series Double

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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.

Irwin Set For Big Stage Debut In Auckland

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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.

Las Vegas Glory For Brilliant Anderson

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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.

2018 William Hill US Darts Masters Day One

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

Smith Relishing Ally Pally Return

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JEFF SMITH is relishing his return to the Alexandra Palace in December after winning the William Hill North American Championship on Thursday.

William Hill US Darts Masters Draw

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MICHAEL VAN GERWEN will begin his defence of the William Hill US Darts Masters title against top Canadian Jeff Smith in Las Vegas.

Super Smith's William Hill NADC Glory

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JEFF SMITH won the William Hill North American Championship with a memorable 6-4 defeat of John Norman Jnr in the final.

Las Vegas Qualifiers: The Lowdown

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WITH eight qualifiers confirming their place in Thursday's 2018 William Hill North American Championship, we give the lowdown on the players battling it out for a place at the Alexandra Palace.

TUESDAY sees the opening two qualifying events for the William Hill North American Championship and William Hill US Darts Masters take place in Las Vegas.

The winner of each qualifier will go through to compete in the big-stage events at Mandalay Bay.

Prize money awarded in the qualifiers will go onto a Qualifiers' Order of Merit, from which a further four players will qualify following Wednesday's final two knockouts.

Play commences at 12pm local time, with all games being the best of seven legs.

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DENNIS SAYRE and John Norman Jnr were the two players to win through Tuesday's qualifiers for the William Hill North American Championship and William Hill US Darts Masters in Las Vegas.

Ohio-based Sayre (pictured) also won through last year's qualifiers in Las Vegas, where he took part in the North American Championship and US Darts Masters.

Sayre defeated Mark Onsdorff, Gerard van Loan, Elliot Milk, Nicholas Harris and Aaron Jalbert to reach the semi-finals, where he was a 4-3 winner against three-time World Champion John Part.

He then sealed his spot on stage at Mandalay Bay later this week with a 4-1 win over Chuck Puleo in the final, sealing his spot as the first of eight players to confirm a place on stage on Thursday and Friday.

Newfoundland's Norman Jnr, a PDC Tour Card Holder who competed in the 2017 World Cup of Darts, was Tuesday's second qualifier as he survived missed match darts from Joseph Huffman to come back from 3-1 down to win 4-3.

The 44-year-old also survived match darts in his semi-final against Kiley Edmunds, and also overcame Nicholas Harris, David Cameron, Elliot Milk, Dan Lauby Snr and Chuck Puleo on the day.

Wednesday sees Qualifier Three and Qualifier Four take place, with two further qualifiers joined by four players from the Qualifiers' Order of Merit in sealing places in the stage events.

Thursday sees the eight north American qualifiers compete in the William Hill North American Championship, which will see the winner progress to play in the World Championship in London in December.

The William Hill US Darts Masters then takes place on Friday and Saturday, with the eight north American qualifiers taking on eight top PDC stars in the main World Series of Darts event.

Play will commence at 12pm from July 5-7 in the South Pacific Ballroom at Mandalay Bay. Tickets available now from axs.com or via mandalaybay.com.

For event information, see pdc.tv/vegas. Worldwide TV broadcasts include coverage on bbcamerica.com and through the DartsBBCA page on Facebook.