Michael van Gerwen crowns the winner of the German Darts Grand Prix in Munich. Luke Littler experiences a nasty surprise in the semifinals.
After his furious 9-darter, Michael van Gerwen also won the German Darts Grand Prix in Munich. The Dutch prevailed in the final in the final against his compatriot Gian van Veen.
With this, “Mighty Mike” drove his first title this year – and the 38th on the European Tour. “I really needed that,” said van Gerwen in the winner’s face on stage.
Michael van Gerwen triumphed in Munich
Van Gerwen started well into the match and took the lead 2-0 with an early break. However, van Veen succeeded in rebreaking, he placed 2-2.
Darts: Van Veen shocked Littler
As a result, the players alternately won the legs until MVG came back to a break and placed 7: 5. He then couldn’t take the last leg with his own start.
Van Gerwen had reached the final over a 7-2 against Josh Rock. Van Veen provided the big surprise: with an average of 110.81 points, he prevailed 7: 4 against Luke Littler.
Van Veen also thrown Martin Schindler out of the tournament on Monday afternoon. The German number one had to give up the Dutch with 4: 6. Schindler was the only German to reach the final day in Munich.
9-darter! Munich is steep at MVG-Gala
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9-darter! Munich is steep at MVG-Gala
In the round of 16, van Gerwen had succeeded in the feat of a 9-darter. He chose the classic path against Ryan Searle-after two 180s he went to Triple-20, Triple-19 and the double-12.