Michael Smith has secured his first ever World Darts Championship title after defeating three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen in one of the best matches in the sport's history. Smith's triumph also contained a magical nine-dart finish, in what has been dubbed one of the greatest legs of all time.
Smith headed into the clash as underdog, but capped off a quite remarkable season by finally getting over the line on the biggest stage of all at the third time of asking. The first break of the evening came through the favourite, as Van Gerwen capitalised on a missed double from Smith to take a 2-1 advantage in the opener, whilst throwing for the set.
The Dutchman then capitalised as he checked out an 84 in the fourth leg to take an early 1-0 lead.
