Michael van Gerwen’s darts woes go from bad to worse with humiliating defeat to little-known prospect

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN has been sent reeling again – as unwanted stats add up for the Dutch legend in 2025.

OutsiderDominik Gruellich inflicted MVG’ssixth first-round loss on this year’s 2025 ProTour.

Michael van Gerwen’s struggle went on with last-leg agony

Such lows are hard to take for the three-time world champion.

‘s season has not been a totalnightmare.

Most notably, he picked up his 38th Euro Tour title at the German Grand Prix in April, with a nine-darter to boot.

And the 36-year-old enters night 15 of inAberdeen on Thursday this week without a nightly win sofar.

But he’s still fourth in that table – just ahead of in the battle for a place in the Play-Offs on May 29.

So it’s his ProTour problems that will concern Mighty Mike most.

And at Players Championship 15 he slumped 6-5 to German star Gruellich in the 23-year-old’s home-country town of Hildesheim, Germany

But MVG might think he was lucky compared to English ace .

But it was due to hsi flight rather than his flights.

The 54-year olddidn’t even make it to the tournament – as his flight was held up.

Gilding’s social media team blamed “KLM’Slast flight... being delayed by two hours”;;.

The Dutchman crashed out to German outsider Dominik Gruellich

They added: “Andrew would have missed his connecting flight to Hannover.”;;

Krzysztof Ratajski went on to win Players Championship 15.

The Pole defeatedDave Chisnall 8-4 to scoop the £15,000 top prize.