MvG BREAKS THE RECORD! 😱 Michael van Gerwen hits the highest ever average in the Players Championship Finals! MvG averaged 118.52 in a 6-1 defeat of Ross Smith! 🤯 📺 bit.ly/PCF23Live #PCF | R2
Highest ever average in Players Championship Finals history (118!) for Michael van Gerwen, thrashes Ross Smith to reach Last 16
PDCSaturday, 25 November 2023 at 16:01
The current game of Michael van Gerwen going into the World Darts Championship was questioned with recent results seeing Luke Humphries as the Ally Pally favourite, but the game is still very much there after a record average at the Players Championship Finals.
Van Gerwen who will look for an eighth Players Championship Finals title this weekend usually has Minehead as a happy hunting ground and thumped in a 118 average to thrash Ross Smith on the main stage 6-1 on Saturday afternoon.
The Green Machine hit three 180's, two ton plus checkouts and was nearly flawless on the doubles hitting 85.7% to give Smith no chance. He showed his intentions early on with a 10-darter on double 18.
He followed that up after Smith had missed darts for the leg with the ultimate steal as he went 17, 20 and bull for an 87 checkout. A 121 checkout on double 16 going bull, treble 13 and double 16 followed.
Before an 11 and 12 darter including a 124 on the bull as he romped through the legs. Smith finally got on the board but this was a mere rot stopper as MVG finished it with a 12-darter on double eight. A player with his game in a healthy place right now.
He smashes the previous record of 112.05 from Dirk van Duijvenbode last year, with the previous mark before that set 10 years ago this time around in 111.58 by Phil Taylor in the 2013 Quarter-Final.
Away from the main stage also, Brendan Dolan got the better of Maik Kuivenhoven 6-5. While Rob Cross headed out after a good week in Wolverhampton, he fell to Luke Woodhouse 6-3.
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UndartedWaters15-11-2024 - Agree. Van der voort will be the one taking a break when he loses his tour card. Everyone saying about how bad Wright's last 18 months have been, and in that time he's won several Euro tours and the European Championships.Matilda6215-11-2024
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