Van Gerwen's average during defeat to Whitlock lowest in ranked TV match in six-and-a-half years
PDCThursday, 23 July 2020 at 16:00
Michael van Gerwen was dumped out at the second round stage to Simon Whitlock on Tuesday night at the World Matchplay as his wait for an elusive third title in the event continues.
Van Gerwen's streak of 15 consecutive wins over Whitlock was snapped; as well another interesting statistic came out of proceedings.
'Mighty Mike's average of 90.80 in the 11-4 defeat was the lowest he has hit in a ranked match on TV - double in at the World Grand Prix aside - for six-and-a-half years.
His lowest before that was at the start of his dominance; when he hit 89.13 against Zoran Lerchbacher back in 2013 at the PDC World Championship. This also means he has not hit any average below 90 for almost seven years in a ranked match on TV.
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- The pundits glossing over the other factor at play in that match. They appear to be somewhat constrained in what they can say publicly.
UndartedWaters16-11-2024 - So, you don't like Littler, then? I was cheering him on, being a fellow Englishman. Honestly, some of us get far too offended nowadays. If you want to see crowd passion... watch a match when German and Dutch players face off... that can be just as bad if not worse for crowd noises. It happens, I have watched and heard Littler being jeered - Dirk van Duijvenbode in Holland, January this year. Where was your outrage then? Yes, I can clearly see what is going on here.MrYnyslas197116-11-2024