Players Championship Darts Finals 2024 LIVE RESULTS: Luke Littler HUMILIATES Rob Cross 6-0, Van Gerwen OUT – updates
Stephen Bunting 0-1 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Belgian outsider Vandenbogaerde, 51, took the opening leg in this Stage Two clash.
MVG OUT! Michael van Gerwen 1-6 Ian White
What a shock win for White – and by a well-deserved, spectacular margin!
Averaging nearly 103 in the match, White erased MVG’s advantage on throw in this seventh leg.
But he missed two doubles to see it out – sparking fears of vicory nerves.
MVG then failed with one shot for the leg.
And White returned to clinch victory with two more shots at double.
170 CHECKOUT! Michael van Gerwen 1-5 Ian White
White topped anything he could have expected with a magnificent 170 checkout.
The veteran is one leg from a sensational victory.
Michael van Gerwen 1-4 Ian White
More high scoring took White down to 92 on Van Gerwen’s throw with the Dutchman way off.
And the Englishman, 54, completed his second 12-darter with his second shot at a double.