You have won the Grand Slam of Darts, you are heading to Alexandra Palace for the Worlds - does everybody think you should win it all?
It is fair to say that a lot of people do. Of course, on the basic rule of sporting form, if you win the penultimate major before heading to the World Darts Championship, you are going to be firing and feeling confident. You have just shown you can hold your nerve under pressure, you know how to dig deep and fire in the winning darts.
Michael van Gerwen Van Gerwen has won the World Darts Championship three times in his illustrious career and on one of those occasions, he had won the Grand Slam before picking up victory in the biggest show of them all. This was when he claimed a 16-8 win over Wade in the 2016 Grand Slam and then went onto defeat Anderson 7-3 at the Worlds in January 2017.
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