Michael van Gerwen celebrates winning the World Grand Prix (Picture: Lawrence Lustig/PDC)

World Grand Prix darts results: Michael van Gerwen beats Peter Wright in Dublin final

By Sporting Life

Darts

Mon October 08, 2018 · 7y ago

Michael van Gerwen reasserted his dominance in darts as he defeated Peter Wright in the World Grand Prix final in Dublin.

The world number one headed to the PDC's unique double-start major with question marks surrounding whether he'd lost his swagger on the biggest stages and if he'd even been surpassed as the game's superior force by Gary Anderson, who had won this year's UK Open, World Matchplay and Champions League of Darts.

But having romped into his fifth World Grand Prix final in the past seven years with a string of sparkling displays and the loss of just two sets, MVG then completed the job with a 5-2 victory over world number two Peter Wright to claim this title for the fourth time in his career.

It's also his 17th individual tournament success of the season, including the Premier League and Masters, and he'll be hot favourite to add to his tally during the hectic winter of majors coming up, which culminates in the 2019 World Championship.

Although averaging only 88.45 - his lowest of the tournament so far - van Gerwen landed two vital ton-plus finishes and fired in seven 180s during the triumph while Wright managed 91.61, six maximums and a high checkout of 101, which he managed twice.

Sunday September 30
First Round (Best of three sets)