Similar to football, the magic of the cup in this case the
UK Open draw has thrown up a real first for two players this evening in Minehead with a champion set to be crowned and a new major finalist set.
That is between
Adam Gawlas, the 21-year-old Czech ace who dumped out Rob Cross earlier and his reward for that is facing
Andrew Gilding.
A real renaissance for 'Goldfinger' after initially emerging back in 2015 at the UK Open reaching the semi-finals. He knows he has a good chance to reach the final this time and could face the player that paid heed to his run back then
Michael van Gerwen.
Who will not get it more difficult than a tie with
Dimitri van den Bergh who has been threatening adding to his major title haul for the past few months.
He has faced off with Van Gerwen many times in the Premier League as of late and will set his sights on adding a notch on a fairly poor Head to Head record with many seeing the Dutchman as champion elect.
2023 UK Open Schedule (from 19:00 GMT)
Semi-Finals
Adam Gawlas v Andrew Gilding
Michael van Gerwen v Dimitri van den Bergh
Final
Gawlas/Gilding v Van Gerwen/Van den Bergh