MICHAEL VAN GERWEN produced an excellent display to defeat Tony O'Shea and claim top place in Group A in the William Hill Grand Slam of Darts at the Civil Hall.The Dutch star will now take on either Ted Hankey or Ian White on Thursday evening for a place in the Quarter-Finals.
"I'm very happy with my performance tonight, especially in such a pressure game like this," said a delighted van Gerwen.
"This is my fourth time in Wolverhampton and it's the first time i've managed to get the group stages. Tonight's win is a big achievement for me."
Van Gerwen started the superbly by breaking throw with an excellent 13-dart finish but O'Shea immediately hit-back by winning the second by taking out 64.
O'Shea then took a 2-1 lead with a two-dart 61 finish but the Dutch youngster levelled the match at two all with a 14-dart finish to win the fourth leg.
O'Shea missed a dart at tops to move 3-2 ahead and van Gerwen took it hitting a 66 finish to take the fifth leg against the darts.
Van Gerwen then hit double top at the first time of asking to lead 4-2 before O'Shea opened the seventh with scores of 140, 140 and 180 to leave 41 after nine darts.
But the Stockport ace missed a total of six darts at doubles to win the leg and keep the match alive and that proved costly as van Gerwen hit a fabulous 144 checkout to win the match in great style.
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