Michael van Gerwen crashed out of Gamers Championship 13 in Rosmalen, Netherlands on Monday, which means the Dutchman has now suffered 4 opening-round defeats this yr as he continues his struggles on the oche.
The three-time world champion averaged simply 85.73 as he suffered a shock 6-4 defeat to Mario Vandenbogaerde, who began the day 69th within the PDC Order of Benefit.
Damon Heta emerged victorious as he clinched his first PDC title of 2025 due to an 8-6 win over Nathan Aspinall within the closing.
The Australian rises to seventh on the PDC Order of Benefit in consequence, having not lifted silverware for eight months heading into Monday.
Damon Heta celebrates after hitting the second nine-darter on the 2025 World Darts Championship (Kieran Cleeves/PDC)
“I didn’t know when my next win was coming, so I’m really stoked to win today,” mentioned Heta.
“For some cause in darts you generally get wins while you’re not enjoying nice and do not get what you deserve when you find yourself enjoying properly.
“I have been engaged on a couple of issues to do with my darts set-up. I am on the lookout for these one per cents to take my sport to the subsequent stage.
“I’m a hard worker, I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing and hopefully turn up at the big events and get my rewards.”
Heta opened with wins over Adam Hunt, Berry van Peer and Andy Baetens earlier than beating Jermaine Wattimena to succeed in the quarter-final, overcoming Karel Sedlacek and Andrew Gilding to arrange his conflict with Aspinall.
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Highlights of the Night time Seven closing conflict between Luke Littler and Van Gerwen, the place the 18-year-old hit an excellent nine-darter!
Whereas Van Gerwen was knocked out within the first spherical, Gerwyn Worth was additionally handed an early exit within the second spherical.
The Dutchman was pressured to withdraw from the Premier League Darts in Berlin after sustaining a weird shoulder damage he gave himself when attempting on shirts, however he returned to motion on the AO Enviornment in Manchester final Thursday.
Regardless of defeating Chris Dobey in his opener, he misplaced 6-2 to the eventual winner of the evening, Nathan Aspinall.
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