Van Gerwen dumped out of Swiss Darts Trophy as nightmare year goes on

Mensur Suljovic celebrates a fourth straight victory over Michael van Gerwen to continue his charge on Swiss soil; you can watch the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton live on Sky Sports from November 14-22

Michael van Gerwen's nightmare year went from bad to worse as he was dumped out of the Swiss Darts Trophy in his opening match by Mensur Suljovic 6-4 on Saturday night.

Suljovic led 5-2 before Van Gerwen threatened a comeback but three missed darts to force a decider allowed Suljovic to take advantage.

It was Suljovic's fourth straight win over Van Gerwen and the fifth time in six tournaments that the Dutchman has exited after one match.

Defeat in Basel marks the first time Michael van Gerwen has lost his opening match in FOUR European Tour events in the same season since its inception in 2012 European Darts Trophy ❌ German Darts Grand Prix ❌ Flanders Darts Trophy ❌ Swiss Darts Trophy ❌

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Luke Humphries, Gian van Veen and Jonny Clayton all advanced to Finals Day as ten seeds crashed out on a remarkable day of action in Basel.

Source: Sky Sports