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Rock on
Josh Rock goes up against Jermaine Wattimena in tonight's first match-up.
And the 23-year-old recently declared he wanted to dominate darts for the next decade - alongside pal Luke Littler.
Rocky told the BBC: "It is fantastic for the sport.
"Luke winning the Worlds at such a young age shows it is a young man's sport now.
"I had a solid 2024 but honestly I think 2025 is going to be my year.
"There is six years between me and Luke. We can have a very long career, and I believe that me and him will dominate the sport."
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Tonight's schedule
You don't make this tournament without being the cream of the crop.
And we've a host of big names going head-to-head tonight in Milton Keynes.
- Josh Rock vs Jermaine Wattimena (7.10pm)
- Damon Heta vs Ross Smith (7.40pm)
- Rob Cross vs Will O'Connor (8.10pm)
- Gerwyn Price vs Florian Hempel (8.40pm)
- Peter Wright vs Kevin Doets (9.10pm)
- Luke Humphries vs Joe Cullen (9.40pm)
- Stephen Bunting vs William Borland (10.10pm)
- Danny Noppert vs Michael Smith (10.40pm)
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Format change
It's all change this year in Milton Keynes.
The World Masters is now a full-ranking event and is no longer restricted to the world's top 24 players.
The tournament has also adopted a best-of-three-legs per set format.
Here's how things will work over the next few days -
- First Round - Best of five sets, best of three legs per set
- Second Round - Best of seven sets, best of three legs per set
- Quarter-Finals - Best of seven sets, best of three legs per set
- Semi-Finals - Best of nine sets, best of three legs per set
- Final - Best of 11 sets, best of three legs per set
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Let's play darts
The World Masters is back - and maybe just as you've seen it before.
This year's event is going back to a familiar format, adopting its former best-of-three-legs approach.
With 32 players ready to battle it out for the crown, day one looks like an absolute belter.
World No. 1 Luke Humphries is in action, as well as reigning champion Stephen Bunting.
The Bullet is in superb form after recently picking up the Bahrain Masters title and finishing a runner-up to Rob Cross in the Dutch Masters last week.
You can never have too much darts - and tonight we've eight first-round matches to bring you.
It promises to be a cracker, with the first arrow thrown at 7.10pm.
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