Michael van Gerwen

Heavy Metal turns on the style

Ryan Searle met Niels Zonneveld in a second round match that seemed to be well-matched.

The match was finely poised before Searle got an all-important break to change the course of the match.

Heavy Metal then turned the screw and ran out a 6-3 winner.

Swiss Darts Trophy results

Here are how the matches panned out this afternoon:

Ryan Searle 6-3 Niels Zonneveld

Dave Chisnall 2-6 Luke Woodhouse

Peter Wright 3-6 Cor Dekker

Mike De Decker 5-6 Krystof Ratajski

Rob Cross 6-2 Richard Veenstra

Gian van Veen 6-0 Dirk Van Duijvenbode

Danny Noppert 6-5 William O’Connor

Danny Noppert* 6-5 William O’Connor

It is all to play for in this final leg.

Noppert hits a maximum to open up a 300 point lead.

With 87 required, he takes out double 18 for the match.

Danny Noppert 5-5 *William O’Connor

O’Connor hits a maximum to take control here.

He gets down to a finish with Noppert in the high 200s.

The Irishman takes out double 10 for the hold of throw.

We are heading into a deciding leg.

Danny Noppert* 5-4 William O’Connor

A dart bouncing off the wire costs O’Connor.

With 93 remaining, Noppert opts to lay up with his opponent on 221.

The Dutchman returns and hits double 10 to move within one leg of victory.

Luke Littler vs Simon Whitlock

The Nuke looks to defend his crown next up.

This was the first major the teenage prodigy won.

The Wizard will have to conjure up some real magic to cause an upset in this one.

Gerwyn Price 6-1 *Danny Lauby

Lauby played a lot better in this leg, seemingly getting some confidence from breaking his duck in the last leg.

However, with 68 remaining, Price hits treble 20 followed by double 4 to put the game to bed.

Solid performance from The Iceman, who outclassed the American in all areas.

Gerwyn Price 5-1 *Danny Lauby

Price looks to win the match in style as he registers two 180s in his first couple of visits.

However, The Iceman starts to make a mess of his finish.

Fortunately, Lauby misses two darts at tops.

Price then misses a further two match darts at double 2, allowing Lauby to hit double 10 to avoid the whitewash.

Schindler eyeing more European Tour glory

Martin Schindler booked his spot in the third round with a 6-4 win over Martin Lukeman yesterday.

The German No1 is chasing his second European Tour title of the season after getting off the mark at the Austria Darts Open in April.

Schindler faces Niko Springer in an all-German tie this afternoon.

His side of the draw is particularly more favourable, but Schindler could meet the likes of Luke Humphries in the final.

Humphries on stunning comeback

Luke Humphries overturned a 5-3 deficit against Cameron Menzies to progress to the final day of the Dutch Darts Championship.

Cool Hand will play 2022/23 world champion Michael Smith for a spot in the quarter-finals this afternoon.

Speaking after the match with Menzies, the World No1 said: “I’m proud of myself there.

“I didn’t give up, and I managed to fight back and get the win with a decent performance.

“It was nice to get some emotion out and feel that good after winning the game.

“Now I need to build on my performance and be better tomorrow against Michael.”

Today’s schedule

Here’s how Final’s Day opening order of play looks:

• Luke Humphries vs Michael Smith
• Will O’Connor vs Ritchie Edhouse
• Jonny Clayton vs Ross Smith
• Damon Heta vs Danny Noppert
• Mickey Mansell vs Ryan Searle
• Dirk Van Duijvenbode vs Wessel Nijman
• Niko Springer vs Martin Schindler

How to watch Dutch Darts Championship?

The Dutch Darts Championship will be broadcast on PDC TV in the UK.

You can purchase a monthly subscription to PDC TV for £4.99 a month, or you can buy an annual pass for £49.99.

Alternatively, SunSport’s live blog of the Dutch Darts Championship will bring you all the latest scores and results from Rosmalen.

Prize pot

Here is a full breakdown of the pot on offer in Rosmalen:

• Winner: £30,000
• Runner-up: £12,000
• Semi-finalists: £8,500
• Quarter-finalists: £6,000
• Third round losers: £4,000
• Second round losers: £2,500
• First round losers: £1,250
• Total: £175,000

Luke Littler 1-0 Luke Humphries

LITTLER BREAKS!

Humphries misses a dart at D20 for a 120 finish, with the final dart just catching the flight of the single 20 to stop it going in.

Littler had left 51 and misses D20 himself but he has one in hand and pins the D10.

Luke Littler 0-0 Luke Humphries

Humphries has the throw – GAME ON!

Big rivalry

The pair must rue the other one is around, or else they’d be cleaning up every tournament.

Instead, they’re hugging and high-fiving and having a laugh.

They’ll obviously both be determined to win when it gets going…

Here they come!

It’s Luke to come out first before the other Luke follows him out.

Littler first before Humphries, with the former getting the better reception of the two!

Head-2-Head

The last six winners when these two have met:

• Littler
• Humphries
• Humphries
• Littler
• Littler
• Humphries

Important match-up?

Yeah the points and £10,000 are up for grabs.

But how big is tonight with regards to next week?

Wayne Mardle told Sky Sports: “We said Luke Littler would want to go out with a bang tonight and this is exactly the same.

“I think this is a big game. They are number 1 and 2 in the world.

“They have got what the other one wants. You want to get one over your closest rival.”