Van Gerwen continues to win: European Darts Open in Leverkusen also prey for Mighty Mike | Sport

Despite an average of over 105 and highlights such as a 164 finish, Van Gerwen was able to finish the first eight legs of the final. Dancing Dimic don’t shake off. It was 4-4 at the halfway point. But in scoring area, the Dutchman then outclassed Van den Bergh, and managed to win the final 8-5. Van Gerwen finished with an impressive average of 102.5.

Van Gerwen reached the final after a thrilling duel with Dirk van Duijvenbode (6-5) in the quarter-finals, and a great victory over Luke Humphries (7-2) in the semi-finals. Against Humphries it was a win by the book. Both darters were unable to break each other in the first four legs. Then it was Van Gerwen who set the first break with a neat 13-darters and cashed in: 4-2.

Immediately afterwards, the resident of Vlijmen took it up a notch by breaking his English opponent again, but this time with an 11-darter. Humphries didn’t come close anymore and saw Van Gerwen set an average of 105.3.

Dimitri Van den Bergh had not played a semifinal. The Belgian received a ‘bye’ because opponent James Wade had to cancel due to ‘illness’. The Englishman was already feeling unwell during the quarterfinals against Ryan Searle, and was advised by the medical team to forgo the rest of the tournament.

In the quarterfinals none other than compatriot Dirk van Duijvenbode was the opponent, who started the match strong by breaking Van Gerwen in the first leg with a 120 finish. Then missed Mighty Mike chances to break back, and also failed to keep his second leg of his own: 3-0. Still, the Vlijmenaar managed to get a little closer with one break, but in the end was faced with a 5-3 deficit.

From that moment on, the Aubergenius However, no more hitting a double, so that Van Gerwen could come back to 5-5 without any problems and also keep the last leg. In total, Van Duijvenbode missed seven competition arrows.

Both Dutchmen threw below their level. The averages did not exceed 93.1, and the double percentages of both below 30 percent are nothing to write home about.

The compatriots fared better in the third round. Both Van Gerwen and Van Duijvenbode eliminated a big name. For the former it was Jonny Clayton, the leader in the Premier League. Van Gerwen came against 4-2 behind The Ferret, mBut Clayton was unable to continue his good game and gave Van Gerwen the opportunity to come back with many missed doubles. mighty mike took advantage immediately and in turn took four legs in a row: 6-4.

Van Duijvenbode was 6-3 too strong for another Premier League star: Joe Cullen in the third round. Scoring went very well for both Cullen and Van Duijvenbode, but the experienced darters dropped a lot of stitches in the first legs on doubles. That resulted in breaks over and over again. It was only in the eighth leg that the Dutchman was the first to cash in on a break by throwing out 130. He did not relinquish that lead by also taking the ninth and final leg: 6-3.

This is how the . ended Aubergenius with a good average of 106.9 (versus 99.4 from Cullen) and he threw no less than eight 180 in the relatively short game.

• Gerwyn Price – Nathan Aspinall 5-6
• Luke Humphries – Brendan Dolan 6-4
• Joe Cullen – Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-6
† Michael van Gerwen – Jonny Clayton 6-4
• Scott Williams – Josh Rock 2-6
• Dimitri van den Bergh – Martin Schindler 6-4
• Jose de Sousa – James Wade 4-6
• Ryan Searle – Dave Chisnall 6-5

• Nathan Aspinall – Luke Humphries 3-6
† Dirk van Duijvenbode † Michael van Gerwen 5-6
• Josh Rock – Dimitri Van den Bergh 1-6
• James Wade – Ryan Searle 6-5

• Luke Humphries – Michael van Gerwen 2-7
• Dimitri Van den Bergh – James Wade ‘Bye’ for Van den Bergh

† Michael van Gerwen – Dimitri Van den Bergh 8-5

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