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Michael van Gerwen has a week after his rrecord victory in the Premier League, also won the US Darts Masters. De Vlijmenaar made short work of Canadian Jeff Smith in the final at Madison Square Garden in New York: 8-0.
“It means a lot to me to win this cup. It was our second year here at Madison Square Garden and I’ve never won a title in such an iconic venue as this. This is another one of them bucket list“, said a proud Van Gerwen after his victory in the final. The Dutchman had come there by victories over Jake Macmillan (6-2), Jim Long – who surprised world champion Michael Smith in the first round – (6-2) and Rob Cross (7-6).
In the final swept Mighty Mike the floor with Jeff Smith, who delivered a top performance by winning successively over Peter Wright, Nathan Aspinall and Luke Humphries. Because of that performance, the Canadian was crowned the best darts player in North America, but he had to leave the tournament victory to the all-powerful Van Gerwen.
,After a hard day, Jeff was completely exhausted in the final. That’s part of darts, but I took full advantage of it. I had three big wins tonight, although the game against Rob Cross was a bit strange,” said Van Gerwen, who was 6-4 behind in the semi-final against Cross and was therefore one leg away from elimination. However, he won three legs in a row and fought his way to the final. ,,You have to keep your focus and that is not easy, but I did it again. To finish with an 11-dart finish is very satisfying. I am very proud.”
Source: Brabants Dagblad
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