UK Open

The Nuke faced the only man who has participated in every single UK Open staging since the tournament’s inception - the indefatigable James Wade.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the reigning champion Luke Littler remains firmly on course to defend his title

Among those still standing resolutely are three players who have previously conquered this famously unpredictable event ...

Waiting for The Nuke is the legendary Gary Anderson, who has been throwing with majestic authority throughout the weekend ...

Luke Littler, remains firmly on course to retain his crown, though he was made to labour considerably harder than expected

the Saturday afternoon schedule was always destined to deliver a sequence of mouth-watering contests. True to form, the draw obliged with a fixture list brimming with intrigue ...

Dutch number one Gian van Veen was the most illustrious casualty...Danny Noppert conjured a sublime nine darter to conclude his victory over the struggling Dimitri van den Bergh ...

Another deliciously tantalising collision arrives in the form of Michael van Gerwen against Nathan Aspinall. Between them they possess four UK Open titles,

And as is tradition with this gloriously chaotic tournament, a sizeable number of PDC Tour Card holders promptly discovered the dreaded trap door waiting beneath their feet...