Michael van Gerwen achieved a perfect nine dart finish during his defeat by Raymond van Barneveld. van Gerwen became the youngest player to achieve a televised nine-darter, as the event was broadcast live in the Netherlands. His achievement came in the second leg of the fifth set, when trailing 1–3. He took an unconventional route to the nine-darter scoring 174, 180 then finishing 147 with T20, T17, D18. However, he let a 4–3 lead slip and lost the match despite a 104.23 average and fourteen 180s. van Barneveld himself averaged 101.77 and hit eleven 180s to win a dramatic contest.