Colchester’s Colin Lloyd will take on world number two Michael van Gerwen in the opening round of this year’s World Matchplay.
Lloyd, who won the event in 2005, will take on the in-form Dutchman in the first round of the tournament, which starts in Blackpool on July 20.
Lloyd went out of the European Championship at the second-round stage last weekend when he lost 10-6 to Simon Whitlock in Germany.
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