Tokyo Darts Masters 2016: Anderson edges out MVG


Gary Anderson followed up his World Series wins in Dubai and Auckland by claiming the Zipang Casino Tokyo Darts Masters title with a thrilling victory over Michael van Gerwen in the final.

The world champion's triumph was his third out of four World Series events so far this season, with the other going to van Gerwen in Shanghai.

The 'Flying Scotsman' had beaten MVG in the Dubai final back in May and once again gained the upper hand in front of a noisy Japanese crowd.

Both men averaged over 100 in a match that had gone with throw until the eleventh leg.

Anderson hit tops to break the throw of van Gerwen and backed that up with a hold of throw to make the score 7-5.

Van Gerwen, who was looking to make it back-to-back World Series titles, took the score to 7-6 where he had two darts at double 16 to take the match to a deciding leg. Anderson then took out 108 for the match.

The world number one said: "I had two chances to break his throw but well played to Gary who was stronger tonight. It's been a long tour for us and that 108 from Gary at the end was special."

Anderson, who now heads to Blackpool for the World Matchplay, was delighted to come through a tough match, saying: "I was really impressed with the Japanese guys this year, they're getting better and it's great to win here.

"The win gives me confidence but if I'm honest I'm just looking forward to going home to relax and prepare for Blackpool which should be a cracking tournament."

Anderson started the evening with a very impressive 8-3 win over Raymond van Barneveld.

The back-to-back World Champion averaged 103.00 and hit almost 60% of his attempts at doubles, leading from the first leg until the last.

He then moved into the final of the Zipang Casino Tokyo Darts Masters with an 8-5 victory over Adrian Lewis.

The World Champion lost the opening two legs of the match before putting together a run of six in a row to put distance between himself and Lewis.

The Englishman battled to get in to the match but Anderson was too far clear; the Scot finishing with an average of 104.71.

Van Gerwen faced a tough test from Dave Chisnall in the third quarter-final of the evening.

The world number one averaged 101.91 to Chisnall's 99.43 in one of the games of the tournament.

Chisnall was 6/8 on his doubles and led the match 6-4. However, van Gerwen strung together a run of four legs in a row including some impressive big scoring to take the tie away from the Englishman.

The Dutchman secured his place in the final with a comfortable 8-3 win over James Wade.

He hit over 60% of his double attempts and two 180s as he lead from the first leg onwards to book his place in the final with Anderson.

In the evening's other quarter-finals Adrian Lewis overcame Peter Wright in the evening's second quarter-final, winning the match 8-6.

The pair traded breaks throughout the match but a 132 on the bull from Lewis at 6-5 swung the game in his favour.

Reigning Japan Masters Champions Phil Taylor was knocked out as he and Wade produced a classic on the Tokyo stage.

Wade claimed a 8-7 last leg victory in a match he led only once and that was when the last dart was thrown.

Both Wade and Taylor averaged over 100, 101.71 and 103.43 respectively, as Wade moved in to the semi-finals.

The World Series of Darts returns in August when the players travel to Australia for back-to-back tournaments in Sydney (18th-20th) and Perth (25th-27th). 

Tokyo Darts Masters 2016 Results

Wednesday July 6 (6pm local, 10am BST)
First Round (Best of 11 legs)
Dave Chisnall 6-1 Shintaro Inoue
Raymond van Barneveld 6-1 Keita Ono
Peter Wright 6-0 Chikara Fujimori
Phil Taylor 6-2 Haruki Muramatsu
Adrian Lewis 6-1 Tsuneki Zaha
James Wade 6-1 Masahiro Hiraga
Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Masumi Chino
Gary Anderson 6-1 Seigo Asada

Thursday July 7 (6pm local, 10am BST) 
Quarter-Finals (Best of 15 legs)
Gary Anderson 8-3 Raymond van Barneveld
Adrian Lewis 8-6 Peter Wright
Michael van Gerwen 8-6 Dave Chisnall
James Wade 8-7 Phil Taylor

Semi-Finals (Best of 15 legs)
Gary Anderson 8-5 Adrian Lewis
Michael van Gerwen 8-3 James Wade

Final (Best of 15 legs)
Gary Anderson 8-6 Michael van Gerwen 

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