Van Gerwen romped to a 6-1 triumph over Dirk van Duijvenbode on Friday night to set up a reunion with Littler.
MICHAEL VAN GERWEN will go into his rematch with Luke Littler at the Dutch Open sporting a broken toe.
Littler booked his showdown with MVG by beating Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-4 in front of a partisan crowd at the Maaspoort.
Van Gerwen was beaten by The Nuke on January 3 in the PDC World Championship final at Alexandra Palace.
MVG is keen to banish the memory of his 7-4 Ally Pally loss to teenage sensation Littler.
