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Agreed, we've seen some great scorers recently (Anderson, Chisnall, Lewis, Wade, Barney and Taylor himself to name a few) but van Gerwen is just a different class again. When he hits his groove he just makes it look so easy and whilst he can get caught in the same mental traps as we all do when we can't hit that double, his combination finishes are amazing and are often too quick for he camera to keep up with!
I really felt that he could only beat himself yesterday and that's what he did. He was well in control until he lost composure a bit and that was all that Taylor needed to pounce. He still played well in the final part of the game but where as he was picking out the double nearly every time (with a 60% checkout percentage) he started to chase doubles around the board and you just can't do that with Taylor as he will take out the big finishes and punish you nearly every time.
Composure and consistency will come for MVG and he is already just about there. His composure in this tournament has been fantastic bar the odd moment and he's already won 1 title this year so he knows he can win big tv tournaments. Hoping to get to some premier league matches this year and can't wait to see MVG in action (who will definitely be in this year). |
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