Michael van Gerwen knocked out of Swiss Darts Trophy as Humphries survives scare

Michael van Gerwen suffered a second-round exit at the Swiss Darts Trophy after losing 6–4 to Mensur Suljovic in Basel on Saturday.

Suljovic averaged 91.51 against Van Gerwen’s 91.01 to secure a place in Sunday’s last 16, where he will face Ross Smith.

The Austrian had beaten Gyorgy Jehirszki 6–3 in Friday’s opening round before eliminating the fifth seed at St Jakobshalle.

Michael van Gerwen exits as Humphries edges through

Luke Humphries avoided the same fate, coming through a deciding leg to beat Kevin Doets 6–5.

Doets averaged 105.64, higher than Humphries’ 102.85, but the top seed advanced to a third-round meeting with Krzysztof Ratajski.

Jonny Clayton produced another standout performance, averaging 108.81 in a 6–1 victory over Maik Kuivenhoven, according to the Dartsnews results and statistics.

Defending champion Stephen Bunting also went out, losing 6–4 to Jeffrey de Graaf, while James Wade was beaten 6–5 by Dirk van Duijvenbode.

Bunting’s defeat followed the qualification pressure surrounding his title defence. Earlier, Tom Bissell had knocked out Martin Schindler.

When does the Swiss Darts Trophy resume?

Sunday’s third round starts at 11am BST, with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final following in the evening session from 5pm, as listed in the Live Darts tournament schedule.

Our Swiss Darts Trophy viewing guide has the UK streaming details.

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