Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Van Gerwen akakunda mitambo yake yose mitatu yeboka paGrand Slam of Darts
kuti vapinde muGroup B uye kuti vatarisana naPhil Taylor mumakwikwi gumi nematanhatu okupedzisira, mumutambo unonzi uri pakati pevatambi vaviri vakanakisisa varipo munyika. Ikoko, van Gerwen akagumisa makore mashanu, mitambo gumi nemashanu yekurasikirwa naTaylor kuti amukunde 10 × 5 aine avhareji ye108.38 mukuita kwaakatsanangura seyakanakisa pabasa rake. Akatamba naScott Waites mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, uyo pachake akanga atokunda Taylor mumutambo, uye akabudisa imwe kuratidzwa kunoshamisa paakarova maviri 170 kupedzisa uye avhareji ye106.63 mukukunda kwe16 <unk> 12. Akaita avhareji yeanopfuura zana zvakare kuti akunde Dean Winstanley 16<unk>8 mumasemi-fainari, kuti agadzire kupokana mumutambo wekupedzisira achipesana nemuzukuru wake uye mukwikwidzi wenyika kashanu Raymond van Barneveld. Van Gerwen haana kumbobvira atungamira mufainari uye aisakwanisa kuenzanisa zvibodzwa zvakakomba uye kupedzisa kwekiriniki kwaakange agadzira pakutanga mumutambo sezvo akarohwa 14<unk>16.