Alexandra Palace hosts the final, 8.15pm GMT start Follow us on Bluesky | And get in touch: email Rob Van Veen has been the player of the tournament so far. He came through a much tougher half of the draw, beating two former world champions in Luke Humphries and Gary Anderson. Ban Veen’s timing and mental strength have been ceaselessly impressive, and he has saved his best darts for the biggest moments. In the second round he was dangerously close to going 2-0 down in a best-of-five match against Alan Soutar. Van Veen broke in the deciding leg to level the match – see the next paragraph – then reeled off six legs in a row to win it. In the final set he averaged 121.86; his match average of 108.28 is the highest of the tournament. First round Cristo Reyes 3-1 (average 98.91) Second round Alan Soutar 3-1 (108.28) Third round Madars Razma 4-1 (97.91) Fourth round Charlie Manby 4-1 (98.48) Quarter-final Luke Humphries 5-1 (105.41) Semi-final Gary Anderson 6-3 (102.99) First round Darius Labanauskas 3-0 (avg 101.54) Second round David Davies 3-0 (97.15) Third round Mensur Suljovic 4-0 (107.09) Fourth round Rob Cross 4-2 (106.58) Quarter-final Krzysztof Ratajski 5-0 (100.04) Semi-final Ryan Searle 6-1 (105.35) Continue reading...