Join us later in the week...published at 22:00 British Summer Time 15 July
![Michael van Gerwen celebrates](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/7/15/cc5a2c6a-9035-4243-a627-0c44263d9757.jpg.webp)
Disappointing for fans of Luke Littler to see him crash out, but no shame in losing to someone of Michael van Gerwen's calibre.
There's still plenty of big names left in the World Matchplay - including world champion Luke Humphries - and we'll be back with live text commentary of the latter stages of the tournament towards the end of the week.
You can read a report from tonight's match between Littler and Van Gerwen here...