Overview
- Four German players reached round three, with Ricardo Pietreczko facing Sweden’s Andreas Harrysson on Saturday night in London and Martin Schindler, Gabriel Clemens and Arno Merk scheduled for Sunday.
- DER SPIEGEL’s preview assigns win probabilities of 70% for Pietreczko, 60% for Schindler, 10% for Clemens against Luke Humphries and 20% for Merk against Michael van Gerwen.
- Pietreczko advanced by defeating José de Sousa and Dave Chisnall, while Schindler beat Stephen Burton and Keane Barry to set up a meeting with Ryan Searle.
- Clemens, still without dropping a set at this tournament after wins over Alex Spellman and Wessel Nijman, draws 2024 world champion Luke Humphries as a heavy underdog.
- Merk, a non‑professional who beat Kim Huybrechts and Peter Wright, could secure a PDC Tour Card by breaking into the Top 64 with a deep run, as defending champion Luke Littler stays in form with two 3–0 wins and reveals a childhood eye‑alignment surgery.