THE race to qualify for the BetVictor World Matchplay is heating up after Players Championship action in Wigan.

JEFFREY DE ZWAAN won his first PDC senior title at Players Championship Ten in Wigan.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN beat Scott Taylor 6-4 in the final of Players Championship Nine in Wigan.

JONNY CLAYTON secured his maiden European Tour title with an 8-5 defeat of Gerwyn Price in the Austrian Darts Open final.

JAMES WADE sent number one seed Peter Wright crashing out in the second round of the 2018 Austrian Darts Open.

JAMES WADE will face Peter Wright in the second round of the 2018 Austrian Darts Open - first round round-up here.

DIETMAR BURGER and Hannes Schnier were amongst the five Host Nation Qualifiers to win places in the Austrian Darts Open.

THE draw and schedule of play for the 2018 Austrian Darts Open are now available ahead of the European Tour event in Graz.

ENTRIES have been confirmed for the next Players Championship double-header, which will be held on April 28-29 in Wigan.

MAX HOPP created history as he won his first PDC European Tour title at the German Darts Open in Saarbrucken.