At the Poland Darts Masters, Michael van Gerwen was already in the quarter-finals against Rob Cross end station after he had won his first-round duel against Pero Ljubic with a little effort with 6: 4. Following the game, the Croatian was exposed to violent words from the Dutch superstar.
“It was not a good game at all. Pero can be happy that he won a leg at all,” said “Mighty Mike” after the game and followed: “Pero is not a good player. Pero is a pub player-we all know that.” The 47-year-old is “a nice man”, but could be something to be desired.
“If you want to throw a triple-20 and then throw a triple-12, then you urgently have to train more,” shot the Dutch superstar against his opponent, who is in place 148: “I made Pero look good today. Pero has won a few legs and it feels like his birthday!”
Darts: van Gerwen “but has won one way or another”
He made his own performance that van Gerwen had problems against the Croatian to win the opening match at the Poland Darts Masters. “I can only blame myself, I didn’t play well,” said the triple world champion, who added: “But I won one way or another.”
A total of 16 players took part in the PDC World Series of Darts in the Prezero Arena Gliwice. In addition to eight professionals from the top of the world, which are invited by the Darts Association, six players from Eastern Europe, who were also selected by the PDC for participation, come. The last two starting places received the winners of the Hungarian and Polish qualification tournament.
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A surprise at the Poland Darts Masters failed to materialize this year, in all eight rounds of rounds, the favorite always kept the upper hand. Gerwyn Price secured the tournament victory in Gliwice.