Michael van Gerwen stretched his lead to 20 matches on the European Tour circuit in 2015 with a fourth successive win.
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MICHAEL VAN GERWEN won his fourth successive PDC European Tour event of 2015 with an incredible display to claim the Dutch Darts Masters title in Venray, ruthlessly whitewashing Justin Pipe in the final.
Van Gerwen has been in imperious form throughout the PDC's three previous 48-player, £115,000 European Tour events so far this year with wins in Hildesheim, Gibraltar and Germany. He extended his winning streak on the European Tour to four tournaments - and 20 matches - as he retained the Dutch Darts Masters title in front of almost 5,000 fans at the Evenementenhal in Venray.
Despite posting some huge averages, van Gerwen hadn't enjoyed comfortable passage to the final on a high-quality day of darts in Venray. Dave Chisnall had fired in a 167 finish during his 6-3 third round loss in the afternoon session, before van Gerwen bettered that with a 170 checkout in the deciding leg of his quarter-final with Mervyn King.
The world number one was also taken to a deciding leg in the semis by Terry Jenkins, who opened the 11th leg with two 180s but missed a dart at tops for victory before van Gerwen posted double four to move into the final. He would waste little more time in wrapping up victory in the tournament, needing only 15 minutes to complete a whitewash win over Pipe, whose chances were limited as van Gerwen powered to victory.
He finished 64 to claim the opener before following a 13-darter with an 11-dart leg to move 3-0 up, before double ten and double eight moved him five legs clear and another double ten finish - for a 14-darter - completed the win. Van Gerwen's victory follows last week's win in the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, and also provides the ideal warm-up for his defence of the bwin World Cup of Darts pairs title with Raymond van Barneveld in Frankfurt next weekend.
The next PDC European Tour event will be the International Darts Open, to be held in Riesa, Germany from June 19-21 and streamed live via bookmakers and PDC.TV
Live Scores
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Dutch Darts Masters 2015
Evenementenhal, Venray, Netherlands
Sunday June 7
Evening Session
Quarter-Finals
Jamie Caven 6-2 Kim Huybrechts
Justin Pipe 6-4 Josh Payne
Kyle Anderson 5-6 Terry Jenkins
Mervyn King 5-6 Michael van Gerwen
Semi-Finals
Jamie Caven 4-6 Justin Pipe
Terry Jenkins 5-6 Michael van Gerwen
Final
Justin Pipe 0-6 Michael van Gerwen
All games are the best of 11 legs
Final - Leg-By-Leg
Justin Pipe v Michael van Gerwen
0-1 - van Gerwen finishes 64 on tops to take the opening leg with the throw.
0-2 - Double 16 for a 13-darter sees van Gerwen break throw immediately.
0-3 - van Gerwen opens with a 180 and adds another maximum on his third visit before cleaning up 48 on double 16 for an 11-darter to win a third successive leg.
0-4 - Double ten gives van Gerwen a second break of throw as he moves four legs clear.
0-5 - van Gerwen's procession continues as double eight moves him one leg away from retaining the title.
0-6 - van Gerwen's ruthless romp to the title concludes as double ten gives him a fourth successive European Tour victory of 2015 and a second straight Dutch Darts Masters win.
Looking at the World cup of darts:
The World Cup of Darts comes to our screens from Thursday 11th June through to Sunday 14th June
Bwin World Cup of Darts
First Round Draw & Tournament Draw Bracket
England (1) v Denmark
Japan (16) v China
Austria (8) v Czech Republic
Germany (9) v India
Belgium (5) v Philippines
Spain (12) v Norway
Australia (4) v Russia
Gibraltar (13) v Italy
Scotland (2) v Singapore
Sweden (15) v Hungary
Wales (7) v Hong Kong
Republic of Ireland (10) v Poland
Northern Ireland (6) v Thailand
Canada (11) v New Zealand
Netherlands (3) v United States of America
South Africa (14) v Finland
Teams
Seeded Nations
England (1)
Phil Taylor/Adrian Lewis
Scotland (2)
Gary Anderson/Peter Wright
Netherlands (3)
Michael van Gerwen/Raymond van Barneveld
Australia (4)
Simon Whitlock/Paul Nicholson
Belgium (5)
Kim Huybrechts/Ronny Huybrechts
Northern Ireland (6)
Brendan Dolan/Mickey Mansell
Wales (7)
Mark Webster/Jamie Lewis
Austria (8)
Mensur Suljovic/Rowby-John Rodriguez
Germany (9)
Jyhan Artut/Max Hopp
Republic of Ireland (10)
Connie Finnan/William O’Connor
Canada (11)
John Part/Ken MacNeil
Spain (12)
Cristo Reyes/Antonio Alcinas
Gibraltar (13)
Dyson Parody/Manuel Vilerio
South Africa (14)
Devon Petersen/Graham Filby
Sweden (15)
Magnus Caris/Daniel Larsson
Japan (16)
Haruki Muramatsu/Morihiro Hashimoto
Unseeded Nations
China
Jun Chen/Xuejie Huang
Czech Republic
Michal Kocik/Pavel Jirkal
Denmark
Per Laursen/Per Skau
Finland
Kim Viljanen/Marko Kantele
Hong Kong
Scott MacKenzie/Ting Chi Royden Lam
Hungary
Nandor Bezzeg/Gabor Takacs
India
Ashfaque Sayed/Nitin Kumar
Italy
Daniele Petri/Marco Brentagani
New Zealand
Rob Szabo/Warren Parry
Norway
Robert Wagner/Vegar Elvevoll
Philippines
Lourence Ilagan/Gilbert Ulang
Poland
Tytus Kanik/Mariusz Paul
Russia
Boris Koltsov/Aleksei Kadochnikov
Singapore
Paul Lim/Harith Lim
Thailand
Thanawat Gaweenuntawong/Attapol Eupakaree
USA
Darin Young/Larry Butler
I stated in blog two that i expect England to get to the final, with the Netherlands with some competition with Scotland in their path. I am interested in a possible Ireland Vs Wales round two game. I expect the bookies to favour Wales around 1/2 with Ireland 2/1 and expect a 4/9 - 7/4 bookie margin pricing.
Schedule of Play
Thursday June 11 - Evening Session (20:00-00:00 local time)
First Round
Spain (12) v Norway
Japan (16) v China
Austria (8) v Czech Republic
Gibraltar (13) v Italy
Belgium (5) v Philippines
England (1) v Denmark
Germany (9) v India
Australia (4) v Russia
Friday June 12 - Evening Session (20:00-00:00 local time)
First Round
Canada (11) v New Zealand
Sweden (15) v Hungary
Wales (7) v Hong Kong
Republic of Ireland (10) v Poland
Northern Ireland (6) v Thailand
Scotland (2) v Singapore
Netherlands (3) v United States of America
South Africa (14) v Finland
Saturday June 13
Afternoon Session (14:00-18:00 local time)
Second Round
Belgium/Philippines v Spain /Norway
Australia /Russia v Gibraltar/Italy
Northern Ireland/Thailand v Canada/New Zealand
Wales/Hong Kong v Republic of Ireland/Poland
Evening Session (20:30-00:30 local time)
Second Round
Scotland/Singapore v Sweden/Hungary
Netherlands/USA v South Africa/Finland
England/Denmark v Japan/China
Austria/Czech Republic v Germany/India
Format
First Round
Best of nine legs Doubles
Second Round, Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals
The Second Round, Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals will be played as two best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play. In the event of both nations winning one Singles match apiece, a best of seven leg 501 Doubles match will be played to decide the tie.
Final
The Final will be played as two best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play the first two matches, followed by a best of seven leg 501 Doubles match and then Reverse Singles matches. The first team to win three games is declared the winner.
First round upsets?
Gibraltar and Ireland are short prices. Poland are an improving nation and could stun the Irish at 5/2. I do think New Zealand could pull an upset off against Canada and have the Italians improved enough at 13/10? I expected them at 6/4 against Gibraltar!
My full post and bets will be posted Wednesday evening in the UK time zone!