Top favourite Michael van Gerwen has been crowned for the third Time, after the 2014 and 2017 to the Darts champion of the world. The Dutchman won the new year’s day Rugby world Cup final against the Englishman Michael Smith.
Darts world champion for the third Time – as the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen will be happy
The 29-year-old won easily with 7:3 and so a price secured the money in the amount of 500,000 pounds (approximately 555.000 euros).
Thanks to the unchallenged success of Mighty Mike’s “” in addition to the assigned legend Phil Taylor (14 titles) the only player who was able to win in the world of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), more than twice the coveted Sid Waddell Championships trophy. The 28-year-old Smith missed in his first world Cup final, however, the big Coup, after he had come far to rarely to his strong Form from the previous games.
At the beginning, quite nervous
32. Clash of the two finalists is a clear matter was therefore. Van Gerwen, who had delivered in the previous five games of the more than three-week tournament, never more than one sentence, took advantage of the early nervousness of his opponent, and quickly went with 4 sets to 0 lead. As soon as the “Bully Boy” came up, with no outstanding leader van Gerwen the reins.
Michael Smith drew the short straw, because he was Initially nervous acting
In the course of the game, Smith came back into the game and stabilized its performance. After his first two record to 2:4 is the hope of the audience rose to win in the “Ally Pally” on a turn. Van Gerwen in the semi-finals against his adversary, Gary Anderson (Scotland) had already made his Exceptional skills, still retained in the heated atmosphere but a cool head. Also, because Smith gave away multiple good chances, won the favorite with the tenth set of the victory.
The audience defied
Van Gerwen defied even the audience, had him in his run-in at “Ally Pally” booed. “Who cares that viewers are against me?” the Dutchman said, and was not a piece of far from the concept.
haz/yy (sid, dpa)