Michael van Gerwen has rejected the concept dealing with Luke Littler is “special”.
Mighty Mike edged previous {the teenager} in Berlin to clinch his first Premier League Darts crown of the season, sealing a slender 6-5 victory within the closing. In a post-match interview, Van Gerwen was requested for his ideas on the encounter, however interrupted the reporter after taking situation together with his use of the phrase particular.
“That’s not true, [facing Littler] is not special,” he stated, shaking his head. “It’s not special because we’re going to have finals like this another 10 times this year. I mean we play each other so many times that it’s not going to be special.”
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He continued: “But of course it’s important. You have to play well if you want to be on top… I thought I played better than everyone else tonight. I think I can play like this a lot more at times.”
Van Gerwen’s win was his second over Littler this yr, having overwhelmed the teenager within the closing of the Dutch Masters final month. Every week earlier he’d misplaced to the Brit within the closing of the Bahrain Masters.
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Van Gerwen, 34, sealed wins over Littler, Nathan Aspinall, Michael Smith to get his Premier League marketing campaign up and working after crashing out within the first spherical of Night 1 in Cardiff final week. He additionally suffered an shock defeat to Stephen Bunting within the closing of the Cazoo Masters earlier this month.
Littler then again has been in high-quality type all yr. After being pipped to the submit in his World Darts Championship closing conflict with Luke Humphries final month, the 17-year-old has gained 10 of his final 13 matches in all competitions. Interestingly, two of his three defeats have come in opposition to Van Gerwen.