Michael van Gerwen's final victory at the
Dutch Darts Masters also made him the new leader on the World Series
Order of Merit. 'Mighty Mike' won 8-6 over
Luke Littler in the final of the World Series tournament in Den Bosch on Saturday night.
Both players are now on 20 points, after Littler won over Van Gerwen just a week earlier in the final of the Bahrain Darts Masters. Since Van Gerwen won the most recent tournament, he tops the rankings.
Gerwyn Price is the number three by some distance with ten points. 'The Iceman' stranded twice in the semifinals against Littler. Behind them follow
Luke Humphries and
Michael Smith with six points each.
Gian van Veen holds sixth place with five points, after making it to the semifinals at the Dutch Darts Masters.
Peter Wright, Nathan Aspinall and Rob Cross are on four points after two World Series tournaments. Danny Noppert, Raymond van Barneveld and Kevin Doets managed to pick up three points in Den Bosch.
World Series Order of Merit as of Jan. 28
Position | Name | Points |
1 | Michael van Gerwen | 20 |
1 | Luke Littler | 20 |
3 | Gerwyn Price | 10 |
4 | Luke Humphries | 6 |
4 | Michael Smith | 6 |
6 | Gian van Veen | 5 |
7 | Peter Wright | 4 |
7 | Nathan Aspinall | 4 |
7 | Rob Cross | 4 |
10 | Danny Noppert | 3 |
10 | Raymond van Barneveld | 3 |
10 | Kevin Doets | 3 |
13 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 1 |
13 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 1 |
13 | Vincent van der Voort | 1 |
13 | Jermaine Wattimena | 1 |
13 | Lourence Ilagan | 1 |
13 | Haruki Muramatsu | 1 |
13 | Abdulla Saeed | 1 |
13 | Man Lok Leung | 1 |
13 | Paolo Nebrida | 1 |
13 | Hasan Haji | 1 |
13 | Reynaldo Rivera | 1 |
13 | Tomoya Goto | 1 |