Summary

  • Michael van Gerwen beats Luke Littler 8-6 to win Dutch Masters on home soil

  • Van Gerwen avenges defeat to 17-year-old at last week's Bahrain Masters

  • Both players return to action when Premier League Darts begins on Thursday

  • Semi-final results: Van Gerwen 7-4 Van Veen, Littler 7-4 Price

  • Quarter-final results: Littler 6-5 Humphries, Price 6-3 Doets, Van Gerwen 6-5 Van Barneveld, Van Veen 6-3 Noppert

Live Reporting

Sam Drury and Charlotte Coates

  1. MVG draws level

    Van Gerwen 2-2 Van Barneveld

    Michael van Gerwen responds well and despite a couple of late missteps, adjusts calmly to plant his dart into the middle of the bed of double nine.

    All square.

  2. Van Gerwen 1-2 Van Barneveld

    Chris Mason
    Former World Championship quarter-finalist on ITV

    A 13-dart hold. Van Barneveld is firmly in this match much earlier than he was against Rob Cross.

  3. Hold for Barney

    Van Gerwen 1-2 Van Barneveld

    Close! Raymond van Barneveld misses double 16 for a 131 checkout but Michael van Gerwen can't take out 132.

    Barney comes back to hold. He's right in this match.

  4. Van Gerwen 1-1 Van Barneveld

    Chris Mason
    Former World Championship quarter-finalist on ITV

    Van Barneveld is living a very charmed life in this tournament so far. We're still wondering how he beat Rob Cross.

  5. Barney hits back

    Van Gerwen 1-1 Van Barneveld

    Slightly lax from Michael van Gerwen having got himself into a commanding position in the leg.

    Six sloppy darts leave him without a shot at a double and Raymond van Barneveld sneaks in to draw level.

  6. MVG breaks

    Van Gerwen 1-0 Van Barneveld

    Michael van GerwenKelly Deckers/PDC

    A slow start from Raymond van Barneveld.

    But not from Michael van Gerwen. His first 180 of the night leaves him needing just 24.

    Double 12 is hit at the first attempt. A 13-dart leg and an early break for MVG.

  7. Van Gerwen 0-0 Van Barneveld

    Chris Mason
    Former World Championship quarter-finalist on ITV

    There's always a special feeling around this match.

  8. Van Gerwen 0-0 Van Barneveld

    Raymond van Barneveld, in a black snood, will throw first.

    He starts with 60, MVG is straight in with 140.

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    VoiceOfTheMysterons: There's clearly got to be a drop-off at *some* point, but as long as Littler keeps playing like this, he's going to be extremely difficult to beat in first to six, or even first to ten, legs.

  10. Van Gerwen v Van Barneveld

    Raymond van BarneveldKelly Deckers/PDC

    Huge cheers as Raymond van Barneveld is announced as you'd expect in the Netherlands. Plus the usual chants of 'Barney Army'!

    His familiar walk-on song of Eye of the Tiger plays. An easy one for the crowd to get into!

    Speaking of which, here comes Michael van Gerwen to Seven Nation Army...

  11. 'It's their 60th meeting'

    Chris Mason
    Former World Championship quarter-finalist on ITV

    Van Gerwen and Van Barneveld have brought eyes to our sport that we might not have had. I think it's their 60th meeting tonight.

    Barney has a win over him just last year.

  12. Van Gerwen v Van Barneveld

    That's the top half of the draw sorted.

    It's double Dutch in the next two quarter-finals and next up is the glamour tie: it's Michael van Gerwen v Raymond van Barneveld.

    Just the eight world titles between them.

  13. Price sets up Littler clash

    Price 6-3 Doets

    Gerwyn Price makes no mistake on the double and sets up another meeting with Luke Littler in the semi-finals. What a match that will be.

    Price hit eight perfect darts in the match and was centimetres away from a nine-darter.

    Can he avenge his loss to Littler in Bahrain last week?

  14. Stuart Pyke
    Darts commentator on ITV

    I thought it was going in, the crowd thought it, I think we all did.

  15. SO CLOSE!

    Price 5-3 Doets

    SO CLOSE TO A NINE DARTER!

    Gerwyn Price misses double 12 for a perfect leg.

    He breaks straight back and is within one leg of the semi-finals.

  16. Game on?

    Price 4-3 Doets

    Kevin Doets hits a 180 and Gerwyn Price follows in his example.

    Price misses a chance to checkout on 60 and Doets hits double 10 to pull a leg back.

    A missed chance for Price there, you feel 5-2 may have been too much for Doets to come back from.

  17. Three on the spin for Price

    Price 4-2 Doets

    Gerwyn PriceKelly Deckers/PDC

    Gerwyn Price has a bit of breathing space now after taking out double top on the second time of asking.

    Three legs on the spin for Price now.

  18. Stuart Pyke
    Darts commentator on ITV

    That's a great leg, a great recovery from Gerwyn Price.

  19. Price back in the lead

    Price 3-2 Doets

    It's tense on that stage, both men know they can win this.

    One shot at double seven is all Gerwyn Price needs to take the lead again after a poor start to the leg.

  20. Happy with the way I played - Littler

    Littler 6-5 Humphries

    Luke LittlerKelly Deckers/PDC

    Luke Littler, speaking to ITV: "Happy with the way I played. I went 2-0 up then I think I fell asleep for the next four legs.

    "But I think I played well the whole game, my finishing and my scoring so I'm happy.

    "I was just thinking I've got the darts and I can bring it back. I did and I won."