LUKE LITTLER will face Michael van Gerwen in the first round of the World Matchplay Darts.
The Premier League champion, 17, will take on the three-time winner in Blackpool, with the tournament getting underway on July 13.
GettyLuke Littler will take on three-time World Matchplay winner Michael van Gerwen[/caption]World champion Luke Humphries will face German Ricardo Pietreczko – who had a spat with Littler earlier this year.
Pietreczko squared up to Littler on...