Michael van Gerwen fails to make it through to the Grand Slam of Darts last 16 but Luke Littler breezes through to the knockout stage.

Michael van Gerwen suffered a shock 5-4 defeat to Ryan Joyce at the Grand Slam of Darts to send him out of the tournament at the group stages. Joyce came out firing against the former champion, winning the opening two legs in a row, the 'Green Machine ...

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Luke Littler missed double 12 for a nine-dart finish against Lourence Ilagan in Group F of the Grand Slam of Darts.

Michael van Gerwen was called 'nervous' by opponent Ryan Joyce after being knocked out of the Grand Slam of Darts. For the first time since 2010, the three-time world champion failed to make it out of the group stages, beaten 5-4 after twice fighting back from two legs down.

Van Gerwen and Smith - two former winners of the event in Wolverhampton - have now joined them in missing out on a place in the last 16. Ryan Joyce was responsible for disposing of Van Gerwen, the recent World Grand Prix semi-finalist withstanding a comeback from his more illustrious opponent before taking out 80 to prevail by a 5-4 scoreline.