Van Gerwen took to Twitter afterwards and was understandably gutted but gave credit to his opponent.
’It really hurts to lose in the
UK Open early. All I can say is the best player won on the night.’
’Credit goes to Mervyn and I can only blame myself. Will take the lessons and come back stronger.’
https://twitter.com/MvG180/status/1101596713834426368?s=20