Dimitri dominates in Denmark as Van den Bergh claims maiden World Series of Darts title at Nordic Darts Masters

Dimitri van den Bergh has sealed his opportunity to return to the World Series of Darts by going all the way with victory over Gary Anderson 11-5 in the final of the Nordic Darts Masters in Copenhagen.

It is a maiden World Series of Darts triumph for 'The Dreammaker' who went 7-0 and 8-1 up only to survive a late onslaught from Anderson who prolonged the tie and made Van den Bergh work in the end.

But it is the Belgian who heads into a busy part of the schedule including the World Cup of Darts and World Matchplay with a return to the winners' circle.

Van den Bergh dominated early on going into the interval 5-0 up including a 130 checkout as he was almost flawless on his doubles while Anderson on the other hand was sat at 0/5 having darts in three of the legs to get off the mark but spurning his chances in each one.

A 180 left 81 after nine on the Anderson throw for Van den Bergh who went into a 6-0 lead and sealed an 11-dart break. He missed darts to consolidate but Anderson missed three darts to break as he continued to fail to get off the mark and it was 7-0 to Dimi.

Anderson had a wry celebration as he finally got off the mark to avert the whitewash as Van den Bergh looked angry to let a leg slip. He added another on double 15 to make it 8-2 at the next break.

Anderson seemed to find another gear with back to back 180’s and produced a 61 checkout on double nine to make it three legs on the spin break and make it 8-3. It was suddenly 8-4 with Anderson consolidating.

An 86 checkout saw Van den Bergh stop the rot and make it 9-4. A 72 checkout saw him go one away. He missed a match dart from 120 and returned for more only to hand Anderson a break opportunity to make it 10-5. Finally though he got over the line on double 18.