It is not often that Michael van Gerwen takes second billing, and it is even less frequent when he is in the sort of form he has shown this week - but that was the case on Saturday night as his contest with Smith kicked off the evening. swagman hitch as his qualification hopes were dealt a blow in Group E. Clemens posted five maximums and averaged 98.29 to prevail in an absorbing nine-leg tussle, after 'Snakebite' squandered two match darts in the decider.Reigning championJose De Sousamaintained top spot in Group F after swagman hitch Van Gerwen drew to within one leg, only to miss a dart to level the match and he was royally punished as Smith opened up a three-leg lead again, a classy 13-dart leg left him 9-6 in front and with the Dutchman continuing to splutter Smith inched closer to the finish line.Van Gerwen addeda spectacular 170 finish swagman hitch He has yet to win a major but has 25 European Tour victories to his name, the last coming in January 2020 at the Abu Dhabi Championship on his way to winning last year's Race to Dubai. He finished second at The Players Championship in March but is without a top-10 finish since then and struggled in the final round of the BMW PGA Championship as he just clung on to an automatic qualifying place.Appearances - Debut swagman hitch
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