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5-time winner Michael Van Gerwen defeated rival Gary Anderson, whereas defending champion Jonny Clayton bought into the second spherical by getting back from a set right down to defeat 2020 finalist Dirk Van Duijvenbode; Peter Wright and Adrian Lewis additionally received on the World Grand Prix

Michael van Gerwen received the battle between two darts giants by placing apart a nervous begin to overtake Gary Anderson on the opening evening of the World Grand Prix.

Van Gerwen, in search of a sixth World Grand Prix success, cruised to an emphatic 2-0 victory towards two-time world champion Anderson in a replay of the 2016 last.

Jonny Clayton survived a scare as he started his title protection with a comeback win over Dirk van Duijvenbode, whereas Peter Wright and Adrian Lewis additionally made progress in Leicester.

Van Gerwen cruised by way of a rudimentary first set with no reply, regardless of Anderson dropping darts to win every stage, losing 11 darts within the double in whole.

The Scot responded with a medical 84 to take management of the second set, however after firing a 15-dart response, ‘The Inexperienced Machine’ adopted up his third 180 with a 106 end to seal the 12-dart victory.

“The primary spherical on the World Grand Prix towards Gary Anderson won’t ever be simple,” admitted Van Gerwen, who averaged 101 in a superb show within the second set.

“You by no means know with Gary. He is nonetheless very proficient and an excellent participant, so you need to play nicely.”

“We each missed so many doubles within the first set, however the second set is one thing to construct on for the subsequent spherical.”

Clayton was given a troublesome project towards 2020 runner-up Van Duijvenbode within the double-start single occasion, however recovered from a shaky begin to ebook a showdown with Dimitri Van den Bergh at Morningside Area.

Van Duijvenbode dominated the opening exchanges, punishing a lackluster begin from the reigning champion to attract first blood with a chic payout of 156.

Clayton’s large 130 end halfway by way of the second set modified the pendulum, and as an more and more annoyed Dutchman faltered late with ‘The Ferret’ capitalizing to maneuver right into a match towards Van den Bergh.

“Clearly I am blissful to get by way of, however Dirk ought to have received that recreation,” admitted Clayton, who crushed fellow Welshman Gerwyn Value in final 12 months’s showpiece.

“I simply could not get going tonight, however fortunately I managed to tug by way of.

“Dimitri is an excellent participant, as is Dirk. I hope my recreation improves on Wednesday. I will come out of the blocks higher than tonight.”

Van den Bergh secured solely his second World Grand Prix stage victory with a decisive stage victory over two-time finalist Dave Chisnall.

World champion Peter Wright defied a spirited struggle from Kim Huybrechts to start his bid for a primary World Grand Prix crown with a 2-0 win in a high-quality affair.

And 2010 finalist Adrian Lewis made a profitable return in his first World Grand Prix look since 2019, changing over three tons to shut out a powerful 2-0 win over José De Sousa, who turns into the primary seeded out of this 12 months’s match.

‘Jackpot’ will now play ‘Hollywood’ Chris Dobey, who placed on a spectacular ending show to stun Luke Humphries and safe his first win at this occasion since reaching the 2019 semi-finals on his debut.

Krzysztof Ratajski and Stephen Bunting additionally progressed with 2-0 wins, beating Callan Rydz and Brendan Dolan respectively.

The primary spherical motion involves an finish on Tuesday evening, when World No. 1 Gerwyn Value begins his bid for a second World Grand Prix crown towards German debutant Martin Schindler.

Two-time winner James Wade takes on one other newcomer in Martin Lukeman, 2017 champion Daryl Gurney performs eighth seed Rob Cross, whereas Michael Smith takes on Nathan Aspinall in one other tasty draw.

Try the every day Darts information on skysports.com/darts, our cell app and our Twitter account @skysportsdarts. You may watch the twenty fifth staging of the World Grand Prix ‘Double in, Double out’ stage format on Sky Sports activities till the ultimate on 9 October in Leicester.