Day 2 of the Czech DartsOpen on Saturday lived up to the hype.
The evening session was filled with exciting matchups and notable names, with two full sessions still to be played on Sunday.
The top players showed up, with every seed winning their game in the evening session on Day 2.
Two of those players were Michael van Gerwen and Josh Rock, who delivered incredible performances to advance to the next round.
Van Gerwen, Rock set to clash in round-of-16
In darts, we cherish the exciting matchups.
Outside of the Premier League, the top players don't always play one another too often. Players take time off sometimes, hit rough patches or just can't play elite-level darts week in and week out.
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Luckily, we have several matchups to look forward to on Sunday, including a game between the current world numbers 3 & 11.
Josh Rock and Michael van Gerwen will face off for the first time since their World Matchplay thriller. It will be just the third time in 2025 that the two have faced off.
What's special about this match is that van Gerwen, who finally had a very impressive display in a game on stage, will take on a red-hot Josh Rock.
Rock's average wasn't anything spectacular in his win over William O'Connor, but he was averaging well over 100+ for segments of the match, and hit two 100+ checkouts.
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MVG, on the other hand, had himself an incredible whitewash win against Mike De Decker. He averaged 112.73, looking virtually unstoppable against De Decker.
With the World Series of Darts Finals happening next weekend, a good tournament result this weekend from MVG can be exactly what he needs to spark a run at one of the bigger tournaments of the year, next weekend.
Van Gerwen is from the Netherlands, where the WSoD Finals is taking place, giving van Gerwen potentially more fuel to carry him through a run in Amsterdam.
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