World Masters darts 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Luke Humphries faces Joe Cullen on opening day, Luke Littler waits – updates

  • 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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