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Michael van Gerwen failed on Sunday to take a big step forward to the finals Grand Slam tournament in Wolverhampton. The world number one in Brabant lost surprisingly 5-4 to Jonny Clayton in his second group match.
Van Gerwen lost to himself, missing in eighth place with a 4-3 lead.
The Vlijmenaar himself was therefore very short, as he had obtained a good average of 107.92 and even briefly on the record of Phil Taylor (114.65 points (Three arrows) on the Grand Slam or the darts.
Van Gerwen has yet to worry because he is still assured of a place in the round of 16 in a final group match against Joe Murnan.] "Mike Mighty" is currently second behind Clayton (four points and +4 balanced legs) and has a much better leg balance than Gary Robson (two points and -3) and Murnan (zero point and -4) 19659003] Van Gerwen wrote the Grand Dart Slam Three years after his victory, he won the finals of Taylor (16-13), James Wade (16-8) and Peter Wright (16-12).
Van Barneveld seized the last straw
Raymond van Barneveld Sunday was the last stone of the battle for a place in the eighth In their second group game, the South Hollander were 5 to 4 too strong for Adam Smith-Neale.
Van Barneveld takes a bit of revenge for the surprising defeat of the day against Krzysztof Ratajski, against whom he mainly loses his doubles.
Hagenaar was lucky enough for Smith-Neale that the number eight BDO rankings at the ninth decisive stage leaves no less than four darts in the game with darts.
Van Barneveld takes Tuesday in the final group match against Michael Smith and must then win to have a chance in the round of 16.
& # 39; Barney & # 39; sits in third place in group B with two points and a leg balance of -1, with which he (six points and +3) and Ratajski (two points and +1) above them must last . In their second group match, the Noord-Hollander scored 5: 3 with Mark Webster.
Harms will face Keegan Brown on Tuesday and the winner of this match will be among the last 16.
Reigning world champion Rob Cross (victories over Mark McGeeney and Dimitri Van den Bergh), Gary Anderson (victories over Michael Unterbuchner and Ian White) and James Wade (victories over Harms and Brown) have already been insured.
The Darts Grand Slam winners The PDC and BDO television tournaments as well as the losers of the major tournaments and the winners of the PDC Euro Tour tournaments received a departure license.
The penultimate tournament before the World Championships next month at the Alexandra Palace in London takes place for the first time at WV Active Aldersley, after the Wolverhampton Civic Hall was the setting for the first time.
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