 He followed up his victory over Van Barneveld by beating 13 times World Champion Phil Taylor by 3 sets to 0 on the opening night of the Masters of Darts tournament.All three sets went to a deciding leg which Van Gerwen clinched with 14, 12 and 12 darts.He went on to reach the semi-final of the tournament and achieved a perfect nine-dart finish against Van Barneveld, but lost the match.