BLACKPOOL (Reuters) – Michael van Gerwen Thursday has reached the semi-finals of the World Matchplay tournament. The 26-year-old darter from Brabant was in Blackpool in a thrilling duel too strong for the Englishman Ian White (16-13).
The first-place Van Gerwen had a hard time with his 44 year old opponent Stoke-on-Trent. He came 6-1 behind, but managed to recover slowly. With a backlog of 10-8, he won four legs in a row (12-10). White fought their way yet again to a lead (13-12) but then took no more place in the Winter Gardens.
,, It’s great that I have won this race, ” Van Gerwen which exulted reported an average of 102. ,, Ian played great, but in the final I threw fortunately many doubles. ”
The tournament for the top 32 darters from the PDC has a prize of nearly 650,000 euros.
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