An average of just 92 summed up the display for 'Mighty Mike' who will face Kyle Anderson later. This though is a usual occurrence for Van Gerwen and he usually gets stronger so will hope to use that tonight in his assault to the title.
As it is though, despite not being at his best MVG will still be favourite for the title later on and if he can up his average he will be tough to defeat.
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Afternoon Session (1pm local time, 12pm BST)
Steve Lennon (87.17) 6-5 (83.00) James Richardson
Mensur Suljovic (94.11) 6-3 (91.78) Simon Whitlock
Jermaine Wattimena (91.05) 5-6 (90.33) Kim Huybrechts
Peter Wright (103.4) 6-3 (97.22) Gerwyn Price
Stephen Bunting (100.17) 6-3 (99.7) Krzysztof Ratajski
Daryl Gurney (99.2) 6-2 (?) Mervyn King
Cameron Menzies (74.79) 5-6 (89.39) Kyle Anderson
Michael van Gerwen (91.97) 6-4 (89.26) Darren Webster