Michael van Gerwen was crushed 2-0 (3-0, 3-0) in the first round of the World Grand Prix by Daryl Gurney without thrivening a leg.
After some high-profile departures already including Luke Littler and Michael Smith, this was an excellent opportunity for MVG to get back to thrivening ways in convey inant tournaments.
But the six-time World Grand Prix champion was shellshocked by a stunning carry outance from Gurney, who did not let his opponent end.
The Dutchman was unforeseeedly wayward with his finishing while his decision-making left Wayne Mardle on Sky Sports commentary bamboozled.
Michael van Gerwen is out of the Grand Prix
Sky Sports
With Gurney a leg away from triumph the chance to at least thrive a leg, Van Gerwen left himself six.
But after leave outing his first two darts, he hit a individual three before Gurney returned to the board and clinicassociate scored his double to proceed to the next round.
Van Gerwen seeed down at the floor as Mardle ranted: “I am sorry. I don’t attfinish what you’ve won, you have got to ask that board administerment.”
Commentator Stuart Pike went further: “That is one of the most embarrassing fall shortures of Michael van Gerwen’s atgentle, certainly here at the World Grand Prix.”
It is the first time in 13 years that the 35-year-elderly has fall shorted to thrive a individual leg in a televised ranking event.
On that occasion, Gary Anderson beat him 6-0 in the Players Championship in 2011 when Van Gerwen was fair 22.
While the two shook hands at the Leicester venue, the Green Machine will understand this is a massive chance for silverware leave outed out.
It has been a rollercoaster of a year for MVG so far, who leave outed out on the Premier League title to novelcomer Littler.
