The best darters in the world are currently in Den Bosch. In contrast to, for example, world champion Luke Littler and other world toppers, Michael van Gerwen just sleeps at home. The darter from Vlijmen is ready for his first tournament of 2025 and wants to prolong his title at the Toto Dutch Darts Masters. “If I don’t feel that I can win, I will stay at home.”
Van Gerwen has been on holiday in Thailand with his family in recent weeks. He charged the battery there after a tough year. “I have a few ups had, but also a lot downs. After this difficult year it was important to take a rest. We did that in Thailand, we were good. “
Mighty Mike made an impression at the end of December and the beginning of January during the World Cup in London and reached the final, in which he lost 7-3 to Luke Littler.
Few people had expected him to participate in the cup beforehand. “If I look back at the World Cup, I can really enjoy. It would not be fair if I criticized myself too much. I have thrown beautiful games and made a lot of people happy.”
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He hopes to continue the form of the World Cup to the rest of this year. “Of course it will always be tough, but I am positive. I do something that I really like, that makes it easier. And whether I win or loss, I’m just going and keep gasping.”
Van Gerwen would not be Van Gerwen if he sets the bar very high for himself. “It’s not that I targets have, but I always want to win prizes. I have too much talent to win nothing. “
“It is making choices with a family with two children.”
In the coming months he will be on the road for many weekends for the Premier League, in which the best eight darters compete against each other in competition.
But first on Friday and Saturday the Toto Dutch Darts Masters in the Maaspoort in Den Bosch, one of the seven tournaments for the World Series. With Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Stephen Bunting and Dutch people such as Raymond van Barneveld and Dirk van Duijvenbode, among others, his opponent of Friday, a lathful field of participants awaits.
“It’s a busy program, but I am used to it. With a family with two children, making choices. But together with my wife we don’t know better. It’s nice that I now have a tournament in my own bed now can sleep. “