Home is where the darts is
You can say it about a lot of sports in terms of revenue, but the atmosphere at Ally Pally is all down to the audience.
It is electric every year and makes this tournament what it is.
The fancy dress is a joy to see and we even had Ed Sheeran downing pints in the crowd this afternoon.
Brilliant.
The Green Machine may be back
Michael van Gerwen really looked like his old self tonight.
He is getting so much stick at the moment for his form and whether he can ever return to the player he once was.
Tonight, we saw that player in large portions of the game.
There were still occasional errors but he seemed to have that hunger and passion that is such a big part of his game.
The fans at Ally Pally would love to see MVG get world title number 4.
Michael van Gerwen* 3-0 James Hurrell (LEGS: 3-1)
Van Gerwen finally sees Hurrell off with double 2.
He deserves his win and looked a lot more like the MVG we are used to seeing.
The Dutchman wants his fourth world title.
Michael van Gerwen 2-0 James Hurrell* (LEGS: 2-1)
Just as it looks like MVG iis heading through, after hitting three treble 19s, Hurrell digs deep.
He has 123 left and finishes with his last dart in double 14.
That is all he can do now, keep plugging away, worst case make MVG work for his passage through.
Michael van Gerwen* 2-0 James Hurrell (LEGS: 2-0)
Hurrell has missed six doubles now in this set.
It his costiing as MVG loves making people pay when this happens.
Once again his first dart hits its target and he moves to within one leg of the match.
Michael van Gerwen 2-0 James Hurrell* (LEGS: 1-0)
Both players match each other as they get down to finishes.
MVG tries to set up a double and instead of hitting the intended 20, he ends up in the 5 bed.
Hurrell has his own issues and cannot hit bull to finish.
MVG hits double top with his first dart.
