Van Gerwen eliminated from Grand Slam of Darts after thriller against Whitlock | Darts

sport">Van Gerwen started the match with a won leg and then immediately broke Whitlock in his first leg, giving the Dutchman a comfortable 2-0 lead. And Van Gerwen benefited from that punched hole up to the 24th laying.

sport">Then Whitlock still managed to level up for the first time in the game. The Australian thus completed a catch-up race that had lasted the entire race, and in which The Wizard among other things, had faced a 9-6, 11-7 and 12-9 deficit.

12-12

sport">From 12-12, the game actually started a little ‘again’, and the first three legs went with the darts. Via a beautiful 146 finish, Van Gerwen took a 15-13 lead, and in the 29th leg he got three match darts to decide the game. That didn’t work out, and Whitlock came back to 15-14.

sport">The Australian cashed in on that break and pulled out a decisive 31st leg. He started it with a 180’er, his 20th (!) Of the race. Whitlock was the first to pitch for the game from 170, but failed. Van Gerwen then got two match darts on double 4 and missed twice again. As Whitlock did not throw 114 out, Van Gerwen was allowed to throw three more times for the game, but all possibilities (double 4, double 2 as double 1) were destroyed. Whitlock then did not fail at his second match arrow and won the match via double 8.

sport">Whitlock will face José de Sousa in the semi-final on Monday evening, who had been too strong for Michael Smith in his quarterfinals 16-14. The other semifinal is between Dimitri van den Bergh and James Wade.

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