Beau Greaves drew with Darryl Pilgrim in the opening round of the British Open, with Luke Littler returning as defending champion.
Greaves will take part in the 160-player field at Butlins Minehead Resort from March 6 to 8, with 16-year-old Kyle Gilding set to take on Sam Spivey and 20-year-old Charlie Manby set to take on Swiss No1 Stefan Belmont.
Reigning champion Littler and world number one Luke Humphries will join the remaining top 32 players as the fourth round of the tournament begins on Friday night.
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Hometown hero Josh Lock scores a sensational nine-dart against Jan van Veen on the fourth night of the Premier League in Belfast.
Their challenge will start alongside those of former champions Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Danny Knoppert, James Wade, Nathan Aspinall, Dimitri van den Bergh and Andrew Gilding, who will also qualify from the fourth round.
Greaves, who reached the fourth round on his Open debut last year, recently hit nine darts at The Players Championship 6 in Leicester.
Amateur qualifier Aiden Kirk returns to Minehead to take on Mervyn King after defeating Phil Taylor, Peter Wright and Gerwyn Price in his first tournament appearance in 2014.
Wright, a former world champion who recently dropped out of the top 32, will compete in the third round alongside Raymond van Barneveld. Wright, the 2017 winner, faces a potential showdown with Lithuania’s Darius Labanauskas, while Callum Francis and Maximilian Czerwinski are also in contention for a spot at the Scottish icon.
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Luke Littler gave back to the crowd with a 112 finish shortly after being jeered by Belfast darts fans.
Meanwhile, Van Barneveld, who won back-to-back British Open titles in 2006 and 2007, faces a tough test from Czech number one Karel Sedlacek.
Ricky Evans will face former World Grand Prix runner-up Brendan Dolan, while former Masters champion Joe Cullen will face either Cam Crabtree, Pascal Lapprecht or Jenson Walker.
Following the conclusion of the third round on Friday afternoon, a public draw for the fourth round will take place live on the main stage, with further draws taking place after each subsequent round.
Friday, March 6th
Afternoon session (11:00 GMT)
Main Stage – 12:00 GMT start
round one
Stephen Belmont v Charlie Manby
Sam Spivey v Kyle Gilding
round 2
Sebastian Bialecki v Christian Quist
Jimmy Van See v Tom Bissell
Darryl Pilgrim v Beau Greaves
Ruprecht/Walker v Cam Crabtree
round 3
Karel Sedlacek v Raymond van Barneveld
Ricky Evans v Brendan Dolan
Peter Wright v Czerwinski/Ravanaskas/Francis
Stage 2 – 1100 GMT start
round one
Pascal Ruprecht v Jenson Walker
Aiden Kirk v Mervin King
Michael Unterbuchner v Rusty Jake Rodriguez
Adam Leake v David Sharp
round 2
Thomas Lovely v Shane McGuirk
Adam Gauras v Tavis Dewdney
Titus Kanik v Jim Long
Spivey/Gilding v Max Hopp
round 3
Kevin Deutz v Ricardo Pietrezko
Gabriel Clemens v Bialecki/Kist
Kim Huybrecht v Keene Barry
Ruprecht/Walker/Crabtree v Joe Cullen
Stage 3 – 1100 GMT start
round one
Philip Beleza v Reece Griffin
Stephen Burton v Jake Eichen
Cristo Reyes v Graham Asher
Tyler Thorpe v Pero Ljubic
Kai Gotthardt v Daniel Lee
round 2
Robert Owen vs Stefan Hendrick
Maximilian Czerwinski v Labanaskas/Francis
Greg Ritchie v Leake/Sharp
Van der Velde/Tweddell v Leon Webber
round 3
Lukas Wenig v Mensur Suljovic
Niels Sonnefeld v Van See/Bissell
Sparidans/Waits/Potter/Landman v Connor Scutt
Spivey/Gilding/Hopf v Merckx/Barkhausen/Van Velsen
Stage 4 – 1100 GMT start
round one
Jack Todd v Karl Sneed
Clive Langford v Stephen Rosney
Alexander Merckx v Janis Barkhausen
Sean Ryan vs Tom Sykes
Sietse Rupp v Ted Ebbets
round 2
Wesley Plazier v Bates/Hofkens
Beleza/Griffin v Oscar Lukasiak
Wilde/Coates v Adam Paxton
Belmont/Munby v Thorpe/Lubik
round 3
Muehlenkamp/Price/Warner v Jeffrey de Graaf
Canic/Long v Callan Riz
Owen/Henderick v Pilgrim/Greaves
Nico Springer v Ehlers/Kraft/Gotthardt/Lee
Stage 5 – 1100 GMT start
round one
Samuel Whittaker v Jeffrey de Zwaan
Ryan Branley v Oliver King
Benjamin Platnemar v Callum Goffin
Darius Rabanaskas v Callum Francis
round 2
Victor Tingström v Pearce/Culleton
Muehlenkamp/Price v Adam Warner
Dominic Gruelich v Van den Herik/Hall
Rupp/Ebbetts v Reyes/Usher
round 3
Ryan Meikle v William O’Connor
Nick Kenny v Lipscomb/Todd/Snead
Boulton/Kirk/M King v P Williams/Stevenson/Decker
Kuijvenhoven/Unterbuchner/Rodriguez v Wilde/Coates/Paxton
Mario Vandenbogaarde v Van der Velde/Tweddell/Weber
Stage 6 – 1100 GMT start
round one
Owen Bates v Yorick Hofkens
Lewis Pearce v Niall Culleton
Jamai van den Herik v Graham Hall
Jurgen van der Velde v Jack Tweddell
round 2
P. Williams/Stevenson v Coe Decker
Denny Old Culter v Van Try JP/Campbell
Merckx/Barkhausen v Marvin van Velsen
Sparidans/Waits v Potter/Landman
round 3
Alan Sartor v Richard Veenstra
Ritchie/Leake/Sharp v Mickey Mansell
Thibault Trichole v Langford/Rosney/Burton/Eichen
Beaton/Merck/Ryan/Sykes v Rupp/Ebbets/Reyes/Usher
Stage 7 – 1100 GMT start
round one
James Beaton v Arno Merck
Danny van Tripe v Scott Campbell
Ron Muehlenkamp v Samuel Price
Jeffrey Spalliders v Scott Waits
round 2
Andy Boulton v Kirk/M. King
Mike Quivenhoven v Unterbuchner/Rodriguez
Platnemer/Goffin v Whittaker/De Zwaan
Ehlers/Kraft v Gotthardt/Lee
round 3
Madas Razma v Gaurus/Dudney
Grulich/Van den Herik/Hall v Justin Hood
Branley/O King/Brooks v Beleza/Griffin/Lukasiak
James Harrell v Belmont/Munby/Thorpe/Lubik
Stage 8 – 1100 GMT start
round one
Patrick Williams v Simon Stevenson
Matthias Ehlers v Marvin Kraft
Nathan Potter vs Chris Landman
Neil Wilde v Henry Coates
round 2
Adam Lipscomb v Todd/Sneed
Branley/O King v Bradley Brooks
Beaton/Merck v Ryan/Sykes
Langford/Rosney v Burton/Eichen
round 3
Lovely/McGuirk v Martin Lukeman
Ian White v Old Culter/Juan Tryjape/Campbell
Tingström/Pierce/Culleton v Plazier/Bates/Hofkens
Plattnemer/Goffin/Whittaker/De Zwaan v Scott Williams
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