The World Series of Darts’ return to the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden produced a Welsh double on Thursday’s opening night, as eight PDC superstars went head-to-head with their North American counterparts.
Overall it was a strong opening session for the top ranked PDC stars with seven out of eight progressing through to tonights’s quarter final line up.
Welsh stars Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price both eased through and will now meet Gian Van Veen and James Wade respectively.
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Jonny Clayton awaits European Champion van Veen for a blockbuster last eight tussle, after the Welsh number one delivered a perfect doubling display in his 6-2 thumping of Gary Mawson, averaging almost 99 in the process.
Dutch number one Gian van Veen was another comfortable winner on Thursday night, marking his US Darts Masters debut with a crushing 6-1 victory against big stage newcomer Fred Krueger.
Meanwhile Gerwyn Price and James Wade will also lock horns in the quarter-finals, following hard-fought wins, over Brayden Hall and Adam Sevada in turn, on the iconic Madison Square Garden stage.
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2024 runner-up Price overcome Canadian prospect Hall 6-4 in his opener, while Wade enjoyed a winning return to World Series action, following a 6-3 success against American number one and CDC leader Sevada.
The US Darts Masters will conclude on Friday evening, as the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are held in front of a sell-out crowd of 5,000 fans – a record for darts in the US.
The 2026 bet365 US Darts Masters is being broadcast live on ESPN and FanDuel in the US, with coverage on DAZN also available exclusively in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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Other live global coverage is being broadcast through Viaplay in various territories including the Netherlands, as well as via PDCTV in all countries, with delayed coverage available on ITV3 in the UK.
Delayed ITV coverage in the UK will be as follows:
1700-2100 BST Friday June 26 on ITV3 – showing Round One
1700-2100 BST Saturday June 27 on ITV3 – showing Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals & Final.
2026 bet365 US Darts Masters
Thursday June 25
Round One
Gian van Veen 6-1 Fred Krueger
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Brayden Hall
James Wade 6-3 Adam Sevada
Jim Long 6-4 Josh Rock
Luke Littler 6-4 David Cameron
Luke Humphries 6-1 Leonard Gates
Jonny Clayton 6-2 Gary Mawson
Stephen Bunting 6-2 Alex Spellman
2026 bet365 US Darts Masters
(1930 EST)
Quarter-Finals
Luke Littler v Jim Long
Gerwyn Price v James Wade
Luke Humphries v Stephen Bunting
Gian van Veen v Jonny Clayton
Best of 11 legs
Semi-Finals
Littler/Long v Price/Wade
Humphries/Bunting v Van Veen/Clayton
Best of 13 legs
Final v
Best of 15 legs
Images: Ed Mulholland/PDC.
