Darts results: Michael van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price ease into quarter-finals at the World Series but Peter Wright crashes out

By Sporting Life

Darts

Sun October 31, 2021 · 3y ago

Michael van Gerwen overcame a scare to win his all-Dutch second round tie with Maik Kuivenhoven at the Jack's World Series of Darts Finals on Saturday night, as Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton set up a tasty quarter-final in Amsterdam.

Dutch hero Van Gerwen was returning to the big stage in his homeland for the first time since he won the 2019 World Series Finals at AFAS Live, as he began his bid to win back the title.

He opened his tie with Kuivenhoven with a 12-darter, and after sharing the first four legs took three in a row to move to the brink of victory.

Kuivenhoven, though, took the next two to pull back to 5-4 only to then waste his chance to take the game into a deciding leg with six missed doubles as Van Gerwen capitalised to close out the win.

Van Gerwen will now meet Mervyn King, who has stormed into Sunday afternoon's quarter-finals without dropping a leg in his two games so far in Amsterdam.

𝗠𝘃𝗚 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗜𝗧!

Michael van Gerwen sets up a tantalising quarter-final clash with Mervyn King after securing a hard-fought 6-4 success over Maik Kuivenhoven! pic.twitter.com/G0savRSafk
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) October 30, 2021

King had denied James Wade a dart at a double as he averaged a tournament record 115 in their first round contest, and averaged over 98 as he restricted Latvia's Madars Razma to only three darts at the outer ring in another one-sided contest.

King took out 118 and 72 to move two legs up, punished Razma in the next two and then finished 84 and 88 as he sealed the win in style with a 12-darter.

A huge quarter-final clash will see reigning champion Price and Premier League winner Clayton meet on Sunday afternoon in a repeat of the recent all-Welsh World Grand Prix final after they comfortably progressed to the last eight.

World number one Price was a 6-2 winner over Dutchman Dirk van Duijvenbode, averaging 100, hitting a 12-darter, two 13-darters and a 109 finish as the World Champion impressed.

𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗞 ❄️

The defending champion breezes through to finals day after completing an assured 6-2 success over home crowd favourite Dirk van Duijvenbode! pic.twitter.com/HKP3QUFuno
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) October 30, 2021

Clayton, meanwhile, ruthlessly ended the hopes of home favourite Vincent van der Voort with a 6-1 victory, winning the opening five legs without the Dutchman having a dart at a double before closing out the win.

Dimitri Van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts will clash in an all-Belgian quarter-final tie after they both impressed on Saturday night.

Van den Bergh averaged 101.21 as he came from 2-1 down to see off Jose de Sousa 6-3 in their tie, turning the game with legs of 14, 15 and 13 darts in mid-match.

Huybrechts, meanwhile, knocked out world number two Peter Wright with a 6-1 success to follow Friday's win over Michael Smith.

The Belgian ace took a 3-0 lead before Wright responded, but Huybrechts pulled clear before taking out a spectacular 150 checkout to complete the win.

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗔 𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗧! 🔥

The Hurricane has blown into Amsterdam! 🤩

Kim Huybrechts KO's Peter Wright, sealing a 6-1 victory with a MASSIVE 150 checkout! Incredible! pic.twitter.com/mq4j0qV4nw
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) October 30, 2021

Fallon Sherrock's hopes of repeating her run to last month's Nordic Darts Masters were shattered in a 6-1 defeat to Krzysztof Ratajski.

The Polish number one reached his fifth televised quarter-final of 2021 in comfortable fashion, opening up a 3-0 lead which included a 13-dart break of throw.

Sherrock landed a 13-darter of her own to hit back, but Ratajski pulled clear with finishes of 72 and 68 before sealing the win.

𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗝𝗦𝗞𝗜 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗖𝗞! 🇵🇱🦅

Krzysztof Ratajski proves to be too good for Fallon Sherrock there as the Polish Eagle completes a dominant 6-1 victory! pic.twitter.com/cqK5y83GYI
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) October 30, 2021

Dutch youngster Niels Zonneveld reached his first PDC televised quarter-final with another memorable win, seeing off two-time World Champion Gary Anderson 6-4.

The 23-year-old left-hander finished 101, 120 and 102 during the tie, as he came from 4-3 down to delight the Dutch crowd.

The tournament will conclude on Sunday with the quarter-finals in the afternoon session and the semi-finals and final in the evening session.

The Jack's World Series of Darts Finals is being broadcast live on ITV4 in the UK, through the PDC's international broadcast partners including DAZN and RTL7, and on PDCTV for Rest of the World Subscribers.