Stephen Bunting wins his first ever PDC main as fan-favourite beats Van Gerwen
Stephen Bunting pulled off a fairytale on the 2024 Cazoo Masters because the darts fan-favourite noticed off Michael van Gerwen in Milton Keynes.
In the 38-year-old’s first ever PDC remaining, Bunting beat the three-time world champion 11-7 to say his maiden title.
TikTok has seen Bunting’s recognition develop massively, because of his hilarious movies on the social media platform. And he’ll now have the ability to exhibit his model new trophy to his followers.
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‘The Bullet’ led for the overwhelming majority of the sport and wrapped up his 11-7 victory with a 56 checkout. Bunting outscored the Dutchman with an 102.50 common to Van Gerwen’s 98.27, the Liverpudlian additionally scored essentially the most 180s between the 2 in a completely deserved triumph.
Bunting beat Ross Smith 6-5 within the first spherical earlier than triumphing over world No.1 and world champion Luke Humphries 10-7 within the second spherical on Saturday. The 37-year-old put Peter Wright to the sword on Sunday afternoon with a 10-2 victory earlier than returning on Sunday evening to demolish Nathan Aspinall 11-1 within the semi-final.
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As he acquired the trophy and £65,000, Bunting held again the tears as he dabbed his eyes and thanked the gang who serenaded him with chants of his identify and sang his walk-out track Titanium again to him.
Bunting’s maiden PDC main win has been overdue for the world No.16, taking till his tenth yr on the PDC tour to carry his maiden title after beforehand successful the WDF World Championship and two World Masters.
Five-time Masters champ Van Gerwen was brilliantly gracious in defeat as he went again on stage to congratulate Bunting’s son, Toby, who had joined his dad on stage to have fun in entrance of the gang.
