Michael van Gerwen beats Gary Anderson to win PDC World Darts Championship

• World No1 Van Gerwen wins 7-3 against Scotland’s two-time champion
• Dutchman wins his second world championship title

For 730 days there was something missing from Michael van Gerwen’s life. He won 43 tournaments in the two years after being dethroned as world champion – but not the one he really wanted. Before every single televised match he had to listen to the same piercing introduction: “The world No1 – and the former champion of the world.”

There were concerns that Van Gerwen might want – need – to win it too much this year. Instead his desire was an endless source of fuel that catalysed some of the greatest darts ever seen. His journey culminated with an emphatic 7-3 victory over the reigning champion, Gary Anderson, in the final at Alexandra Palace: his 44th tournament win in two years, and his crowning glory.

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