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Michael van Gerwen* 3-0 James Hurrell (LEGS: 3-1)

Van Gerwen finally sees Hurrell off with double 2.

He deserves his win and looked a lot more like the MVG we are used to seeing.

The Dutchman wants his fourth world title.

Michael van Gerwen 2-0 James Hurrell* (LEGS: 2-1)

Just as it looks like MVG iis heading through, after hitting three treble 19s, Hurrell digs deep.

He has 123 left and finishes with his last dart in double 14.

That is all he can do now, keep plugging away, worst case make MVG work for his passage through.

Michael van Gerwen* 2-0 James Hurrell (LEGS: 2-0)

Hurrell has missed six doubles now in this set.

It his costiing as MVG loves making people pay when this happens.

Once again his first dart hits its target and he moves to within one leg of the match.

Michael van Gerwen 2-0 James Hurrell* (LEGS: 1-0)

Both players match each other as they get down to finishes.

MVG tries to set up a double and instead of hitting the intended 20, he ends up in the 5 bed.

Hurrell has his own issues and cannot hit bull to finish.

MVG hits double top with his first dart.

Michael van Gerwen 2-0 James Hurrell* (LEGS: 3-1)

Hurrell starts having too many trebless visits at the wrong time.

MVG gets down to a finish with his opponent still in the 200s.

He does miss double 12, the first time he has missed one in this match.

Wow. MVG then misses three darts at double 12, eventually hitting single 12.

Finally he crawls over the line as he hits double 6 but he is not happy with himself.

Michael van Gerwen* 1-0 James Hurrell (LEGS: 2-1)

Hurrell realises it is now or never at Ally Pally for this year.

He gets his game together and knocks off double 6 to win the leg against the throw.

Apparently there is wasp near the oche causing issues right now.

Not sure how hot it is in London as they should have died off months ago.

Michael van Gerwen 1-0 James Hurrell* (LEGS: 2-0)

MVG is in the zone now.

He is hitting the treble 20s with close clusters every visit.

When he is full of confidence there are not many players that can live with van Gerwen.

He takes the leg and now has the throw for the set.

Michael van Gerwen* 1-0 James Hurrell (LEGS: 1-0)

Most people would love to see MVG get back to his best.

It makes the game of darts better to have so many world class players able of beating each other.

He hits another maximum in the opening leg of the set.

Pure class from van Gerwen, 100 remaining, darts and the leg is won.

Michael van Gerwen* 1-0 James Hurrell (LEGS: 3-1)

With so much talk about MVG never getting back to the player he used to be, he seems fired up tonight.

Van Gerwen has 120 left and is lethal as he hits double top to take the fiirst set.

Hurrell has played well but MVG has really jumped on any mistakes he has made.

Michael van Gerwen 0-0 James Hurrell* (LEGS: 2-1)

The one thing that troubles players against van Gerwen is the pace of his game.

For someone like Hurrell who is a slow, steady Eddie type player it can cause problems.

He replies with a maximum when MVG was putting pressure on his throw.

With 22 remaining he hits single 11 and misses double 4 with his last dart.

MVG makes him pay as he wins the leg against the throw.

Michael van Gerwen* 0-0 James Hurrell (LEGS: 1-1)

Is it even Ally Pally if no one is singing the Yaya/Kolo Toure song?

The number three seed looks to immediately bounce back here.

With 78 remaining, MVG hits double top to draw level.

Everythiing going with the throw so far.

Michael van Gerwen 0-0 James Hurrell* (LEGS: 0-1)

Hurrell makes a great start and gets a double with MVG a long way off.

The Dutchman then puts in a maximum to amp the pressure on his opponent's next throw.

He holds his nerve and hits double 12 to take the first leg.

Michael van Gerwen v James Hurrell

The whole of Ally Pally is singing the MVG song.

Hurrell is playing along with the crowd, getting them to sing louder.

He will have to battle the board and the crowd this evening.

It's time for the Green Machine

Now it is the match all the fans have been waiting for this evening.

Michael van Gerwen v James Hurrell.

MVG has been in terriible form this season, but who bet against him turning on the style on the biggest stage of them all?

William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin* (LEGS: 2-3)

The pressure of the big stage seems to be eating away at Slevin when it comes to doubles.

He has double top but hits a single and then hits a single 10.

With all the pressure on, one dart in hand, he hits double 5 to take the match.

William O’Connor* 1-2 Dylan Slevin (LEGS: 2-2)

It is amazing how quickly these games can swing one way to the other.

Slevin hits some big numbers and get down to double top with O'Connor still on 300.

He works his way back as Slevin really struggles with his doubles.

Eventually, Slevin hits double 5 to put himself within one leg of the match.

William O’Connor* 1-2 Dylan Slevin (LEGS: 2-1)

Slevin fights back in the set and takes the leg to prevent his opponent winning the set.

That may knock O'Connor who was thriving.

Thsi is turning into a good match.

William O’Connor 1-2 Dylan Slevin* (LEGS: 2-0)

Wow both players hit the wall in this leg.

Slevin misses nine missed darts at double.

As O'Connor is given a chance to get double 8, it lands in the bed next door to go bust.

He does not make the same mistake twice and bags the second leg.

William O’Connor* 1-2 Dylan Slevin (LEGS: 2-0)

Slevin could be up against it in this match now.

O'Connor has come from nowhere in this to start dominating.

Nothing Slevin can do seems to halt his advances as he takes the second leg.

William O’Connor* 1-2 Dylan Slevin (LEGS: 3-1)

O'Connor gets the leg started with a 180 and motions to the crowd in a passionate way.

He seems to have his mojo back now.

With 70 remaiining, he hits double 16 to take the third set.

William O’Connor 0-2 Dylan Slevin* (LEGS: 2-1)

We might just have a game on our hands after all.

O'Connor is showing that Celtic spirit and not giving up.

Despite Slevin hitting a maximum in the leg, O'Connor takes it to move one leg away from a set back.

William O’Connor* 0-2 Dylan Slevin (LEGS: 1-1)

Slevin just does not seem phased whatsoever when he loses a leg.

He seems to be shutting out everything and everyone and just plodding away with his darts.

The Irishman breaks back immediately against his compatriot.

William O’Connor 0-2 Dylan Slevin* (LEGS: 1-0)

The Magpie, William O'Connor, manages to put some darts together.

He wins the first leg of the third set, but knows he has an uphill struggle to turn this around.

We saw it this afternoon, someone coming back from two-nil down, but they still lost the deciding set.

William O’Connor 0-2 Dylan Slevin* (LEGS: 1-3)

Youth is bossing experience here now.

It is hard to see a way back into this match for O'Connor.

Slevin hits another double to move into a two-set lead.