Michael van Gerwen wins the German Darts Grand Prix in Munich and ensures a great spectacle. The Dutch becomes emotionally after his tournament victory and reports on a difficult phase in his career.
When Michael van Gerwen hit the double-16 for the 8: 5 final victory against Gian van Veen on Monday evening, the Dutch fell a great burden: from a sporting point of view, the goal meant the tournament victory at the German Darts Grand Prix and £ 30,000, but on the personal side it was much more important.
He cheered euphorically, clenched his fists and then became emotionally. The 35 -year -old came on stage during the award ceremony, as he confirmed in the subsequent Sport1 interview: “100 percent. People can see what the game still does to me. I am only a person, that means the world.” The number three in the world added: “I am overjoyed and hover on cloud seven.”
After his victory in Munich, Michael van Gerwen was emotional
The approximately three thousand fans in the Munich event hall Zenith rewarded his honest and open appearance on the stage with loud applause and speech choirs. It was noted to the Dutch that his 38th tournament victory on the European Tour was not one of many, but personally helps him personally in the current situation of his career.
Van Gerwen open and rare
The 35-year-old has been very difficult to win tournaments in the past few months. He came in the final of the World Cup, but the last step towards the title did not succeed in Ally Pally either. His last tournament success came from last September until Monday evening when he was able to win Hungarian Darts Trophy.
“It was time for me to play again, but I know where I come from because I had a difficult phase. To celebrate such a tournament victory, gives me a lot of self -confidence,” he said overjoyed.
With the triumph, he made a nice Easter gift: “I played a fantastic finale, but it was not just the one game, but I played very well over the entire tournament.”
Almost excreted, then the first 9-darter
Van Gerwen almost didn’t get that far, because in his first game against Belgian Kim Huybrecht he survived three matchdarts and moved into the next round with a dramatic 6: 5. This was followed by a clear 6: 1 against Ryan Searle, a 6: 4 about Ryan Joyce and a sovereign semi -final victory against Josh Rock (7: 2).
In Munich, MVG provided the big highlight of the three days: in the round of 16 against Searle, he threw a 9-darter and had the hall freaked out. At the latest after this feat, the 35-year-old had the spectators on his side. It was also the first perfect leg of Munich tournament history. However, Van Gerwen looked at this soberly: “A 9-darter is cool, but in the end it is just a leg. I’m more happy to win games and tournaments.”
9-darter! Munich is steep at MVG-Gala
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9-darter are a huge spectacle for the spectators and he knew that he was the first in Munich, “but I am the one who did it first in many things. That’s why I don’t care.” Van Gerwen emphasized that only the victory is one of them, because “they will only remember winners and not of losers”.
MVG alarm clock rang at 4.30 a.m.
For him personally, he went back to the hotel quickly on Monday evening, because: On Tuesday, his alarm clock rings at 4.30 a.m. because his flight to Amsterdam took off at 7 a.m. “Then I’m at home for a day and on Wednesday I will go back to England for the Premier League. They are stressful days, but that’s something good for me, because then I can continue to strengthen my game from the weekend and become even more stable.”
The Premier League continues on Thursday evening (live on Sport1 ) in Liverpool. There, MVG stands outside the playoff ranks after eleven game days and meets the leader Luke Littler, who missed the final in Munich in Munich due to the semi-final defeat against van Veen.
“I fight for everything, always give 100 percent and when it finally pays off again, I’m super happy,” said Van Gerwen.