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Michael van Gerwen Beat Gian van Veen 8-6 in a thrilling full-time matchDutch Finally won the Bahrain Masters Championship.
Three-time world champion Van Gerwen, who surpassed world title runner-up Van Veen in the rankings earlier this month, trailed 3-0, 6-2 ahead but lifted the trophy for the first time in a thrilling match.
world First Luke Littler Earlier, on the final day of the Bahrain Expo, they comprehensively defeated Gerwyn Price 6-2 in the quarter-finals.
Van Gerwen hit a 130-point tie on the bull, chasing down Van Veen’s missed double and breaking serve early in the final, and then his second 100-plus tie gave him a 3-0 lead.
Van Veen fought back with a break of serve and then hit a 111 to narrow the score gap to 3-2, but Van Veen continued to open up a four-round advantage with an average score of over 107 points to lead 6-2.
In the tense tug-of-war, Van Veen responded again, bringing the score back to 6-5 and then 7-6 in three consecutive games.
But Van Gerwen, who scored 103 to lead 7-5, mustered the courage to win the decisive 14th leg and claim his 17th World Series title and first since 2024.
Littler was crowned world champion for the second time earlier this month after his 21-match unbeaten run was ended by world number 12 Price, who lost 7-2 to Van Gerwen in the semi-finals.
Van Gerwen eliminates defending champion Stephen Bunting won 6-4 in the quarter-finals, while world number two Luke Humphries also lost 6-3 in the quarter-finals to Nathan Aspinall.
World number two Humphreys lost 6-3 to Aspinall after leading 3-1, who lost 7-4 to Van Veen in the last four games.
After play was temporarily suspended due to a power outage early on Friday night, Van Veen, who averaged over 104 points per game, beat compatriot Danny Noppert 6-1 to seal a spot in the Final Four.