Raymond Van Barneveld defeated in final match in Rotterdam

"Five-time world champion and I was thinking 'Do I deserve this? I don't think so' but it is reality. I'm not good enough.

"For me I've made a decision I am done now. I don't want the pain any more. It's pain every single week for the last three or four years.

"I'm OK with this decision. I'm relieved. I'm done."

He stood to acknowledge his home crowd as the pyrotechnics lit up around him but fireworks of a different kind followed as James Wade won six legs from the last seven to move into third in the table with a 7-4 win over Michael Smith.

Second-placed Rob Cross recovered from 3-1 down to beat Jeffrey De Zwaan 7-4 with eight maximums, with Gerwen Price defeating Peter Wright 7-5 and Daryl Gurney sweeping aside Mensour Suljovic.

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