He faced Dave Chisnall who got in front but missed multiple match darts for a huge victory. As a result, it went to a last leg which Van Gerwen stormed through to extend his unbeaten run over the St Helens ace to 22 matches. In terms of stats, MVG played well hitting a 105 average and he is now on the verge of a 31st
European Tour title. It was very even at the start with Chisnall seizing the early initiative breaking the throw only to be broken back immediately with a 126 checkout. They exchanged the lead until it reached 5-5 when Chisnall went one away with a stunning 85 checkout on the bull. He played well in the requisite leg and left himself double 12 for him to miss multiple shots at it for the win. MVG wasn’t able to hit double 10 himself to level up but Chizzy was cruelly denied when he went into the double nine meaning he had to go for double three which he missed. Van Gerwen came back and hit double five to send it all the way and like alluded to he once again comes through in a last leg thriller. Evening Session (1915 local time, 1815 BST) Quarter-Finals Gerwyn Price (100.14) 5-6 (99.6) Rob Cross Adrian Lewis (92.63) 5-6 (96.46) Ian White Dave Chisnall (96.89) 6-5 (93.13) Mensur Suljovic Nathan Aspinall (101.63) 5-6 (107.4)
Michael van Gerwen Semi-Finals Rob Cross (97.95) 5-7 (98.49) Ian White Dave Chisnall (99.26) 6-7 (105.18) Michael Van Gerwen Final Ian White vs Michael van Gerwen