Despite defeat, Van Gerwen qualifies for the Premier League final evening | Darts

Mighty Mike traveled to England with a good feeling. Last weekend he won the European Darts Open in Leverkusen. The week before, he also won a tournament in Austria.

The Dutchman opened the evening against Peter Wright. In that match, Mighty Mike already in the first leg a 180 score. It turned out to be the prelude to an impressive victory. With an average of more than 102, he easily put the number one in the world aside: 6-1.

Van Gerwen had to deal with Michael Smith for a place in the final. bully boy crawled through the eye of the needle in his first game of the evening. He survived no less than seven match darts against Jonny Clayton.

The Englishman quickly took a 4-1 lead, but Van Gerwen showed that things are also good mentally. He gradually raised his level a little more and with five legs won in a row, the Dutchman suddenly took the lead again. A decisive leg had to determine the winner and Van Gerwen took the victory nicely: 6-5.

Final

Price waited in the final. Van Gerwen quickly faced a 3-1 lead, but Price did not give up easily. He fought his way back into the game and made it 4-4, after the Dutchman missed a lot of doubles. The next leg also went to the man from Wales and so Van Gerwen had to chase.

For a moment it seemed that Price would break our compatriot again, but thanks to a great finish with twice double nineteen, Van Gerwen tied the score again: 5-5. Tension mounted and Price had the advantage of starting the final leg. He made good use of this.

wade

It was already known prior to the evening that James Wade would not be present in Sheffield. The Englishman has been in hospital for a few days after he suffered from cardiac arrhythmias. Fortunately, the 39-year-old darts player is now back at home.

“Now that I am home, I will take the time to fully recover. I will play again when the time is right,” he said on the PDC website. “I would like to thank the doctors for their great care over the past few days and also all the fans around the world who have sent messages of support.”