Van Gerwin Hits the Jackpot

Michael Van Gerwin stormed into the New Years Day final of the PDC World Darts Championship with a breathtaking 6-0 whitewash of defending Champion Adrian Lewis.

Both players flew out of the blocks and Van Gerwin secured a couple of tight opening sets. With Lewis struggling to hit doubles and looking increasingly anxious Van Gerwin capitalised, storming to take the next few sets to give him a 5-0 lead.

Lewis fought back from two legs down in the final set as the Dutchman looked to be suffering from some finishing line nerves, but it was not to be as MVG stuck double eleven to complete the whitewash.

Wright and Van Gerwin will meet in Wednesday's Final

Despite the brilliance of Van Gerwin, Lewis by no means played badly. In fact, both players had 53 scores of 100+. It was the confident finishing of MVG, who hit 58% doubles compared to Lewis' 28% that crushed any chances he had of getting back into the game. 'The Jackpot' will come away from this a confused man after an average of 99.19 which resulted in not a single set, almost unheard of in darts.

In the evening's other semi-final Peter 'The Snakebite' Wright took control of a shaky Simon Whitlock to reach his maiden PDC World Darts Championship final.

Wright looked in command from early on, racing to a 3-0 lead before Whitlock grabbed a leg back. Yet with Wright converting 60% of his doubles and Whitlock failing to respond it was only a matter of time before 'the Snakebite' finished his opponent, chewing him up and spitting him out for a 6-2 defeat.

Wright will take on Van Gerwin on what promises to be an enthralling match between the two in-form men at the Ally Pally on New Years Day. Both men will be looking to start 2014 in style as they seek their maiden PDC World Championship title.