Anderson admits that Van Gerwen has not been at his best and that the losing streak he has may be hard to snap out of.
"Everyone says I'm favourite because Michael went out but all these boys can play darts, it's not just about one player," Anderson told Live Darts.
"Michael over the last three World Series events has been turned over quite easily.
"Jeffrey [De Zwaan] did him in the First Round of the UK Open and he's not won any of the World Series events so he's come here and it's happened.
"He's on a bit of a losing streak and if it carries on it's quite hard to get out of.
"Michael's been absolutely fantastic for five years, he's been phenomenal. Will he be upset? Maybe little bit."But he's gone back home, he'll spend time with the family, he'll be fresh and he'll probably fly out to New Zealand about four days before us and be ready for that one."
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