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Michael van Gerwen faces a blockbuster of an opening clash against in-form Simon Whitlock as he bids to win a hat-trick of titles at the European Championship in Belgium. The £400,000 tournament sees the top 32 players following the years ten PDC European Tour events competing across three days, starting on Friday.Van Gerwen produced a memorable comeback to claim last years title against Gary Anderson, taking four successive legs to snatch an 11-10 win in the final. The pair are among a 32-player field at the Ethias Arena in Hasselt this weekend, with the reigning champion coming up against 2012 champion Whitlock. Van Gerwen: World Grand Prix champion (Picture courtesy of Lawrence Lustig) Van Gerwen won six of the years ten European Tour events to secure the top seeding coming into the European Championship, where he is aiming to win a major title for three successive years for the first time.Im doing new things all the time and to win a big title like this three times in a row would be another personal record, said the 27-year-old Dutchman. Euro Darts Championship draw European Darts Championship first-round draw Whitlock has won two Players Championship titles this month and is in confident mood as he prepares for Fridays first round, and admitted: There are no easy draws but getting Michael in the first round has to be the hardest.I think he will be looking at it the same way as me because he knows how well Ive been playing recently too.Im going into it full of confidence with a couple of titles and a win against Michael under my belt this month and there is no reason why I cant win that match. Alan Chuck Norris is seventh place in the seedings Another player in buoyant mood travelling to Hasselt is Alan Norris, whose victory in the years final European Tour event, in Germany a fortnight ago, secured him his second PDC title and seventh place in the seedings.Despite drawing the legendary Phil Taylor - a four-time European Championship winner and second favourite - in the first round, the Boness-based thrower said: Im full of confidence.Ive got myself up the rankings and done enough to get seeded, but obviously Phils as tough a draw as you can get, but Ive got to look at him as just another player. Gary Anderson faces James Wade is a high-profile meeting The first round will also feature the high-profile meeting between world champion Anderson and James Wade, who won a European Tour event in Hamburg in May as he secured the fourth seeding.Austrias Mensur Suljovic, who claimed his first ranking title by winning a European Tour event in Germany last month, is seeded second as he opens against Hollands Jermaine Wattimena. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Peter Wright, the number three seed who reached a trio of European Tour finals this year, plays Justin Pipe, while Belgiums Kim Huybrechts plays James Wilson and Dave Chisnall - a back-to-back European Tour runner-up in May - takes on Australias Kyle Anderson.Hollands Jelle Klaasen, who lost narrowly to Norris in the years final European Tour event, completes the eight seeds and faces in-form Steve West, who is making his European Championship debut. 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SUZUKA, Japan -- Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg put himself in the best possible position to widen his lead over Formula One title rival and teammate Lewis Hamilton by securing pole position on Saturday for the Japanese Grand Prix.Rosberg clocked a time of 1 minute, 30.647 seconds on his final flying lap at the Suzuka circuit to beat Hamilton by just a hundredth of a second.Things have been going well all weekend, said Rosberg, who topped all three practice sessions as well. We had good balance in the car, I was feeling comfortable and thats what allowed me to put in a lap like that.Ferraris Kimi Raikkonen was a close third followed by teammate Sebastian Vettel, who takes a three-place grid penalty hanging over from last weekends Malaysian Grand Prix and will start seventh.Red Bull pair Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo qualified fifth and sixth.With five races remaining, Rosberg holdds a 23-point lead over Hamilton, who is seeking a third straight victory in Japan.ddddddddddddHamilton will be looking to bounce back from the disappointment of Malaysia where his engine failed while he was leading the race.Im happy with qualifying, Hamilton said. Its been a week of a lot of work to get the car right and there were some big changes so considering that I am happy to be as close as I am. History has shown that you dont have to be on pole here to win.Rosberg started the previous two races at Suzuka from pole position only to be overtaken by Hamilton.Force Indias Sergio Perez was seventh fastest and Haas driver Romain Grosjean was eighth, just ahead of the second Force India of Nico Hulkenberg. Esteban Gutierrez of Haas rounded out the top 10. ' ' '