Van Gerwen Denies Wade Crawley Double

VAN GERWEN DENIES WADE A CRAWLEY DOUBLE

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN denied James Wade a Players Championship double as he claimed a 6-2 victory over his rival in Sunday's tournament in Crawley.

Wade had picked up the £10,000 title by winning Saturday's Players Championship at The K2 Centre, and lined himself up for a memorable ProTour double by reaching the decider 24 hours later.

However, he would suffer defeat to van Gerwen for the second successive Sunday as the Dutch ace followed up last week's partypoker.com World Grand Prix triumph with another victory over the in-form world number six.

Van Gerwen had already defeated top 16 rivals Raymond van Barneveld and Peter Wright on Sunday, and enjoyed victories over former World Youth Champion James Hubbard, emerging Welshman Gerwyn Price, Jamie Caven and Jyhan Artut on his way to the final.

He took out tops and double nine to win the opening two legs of the decider, with Wade taking advantage of two misses from the World Champion at double eight in leg three as he posted double two to get off the mark, before landing tops to level.

Wade, though, was left waiting on 40 in the next two legs as van Gerwen finished a pair of 14-darters to regain his cushion at 4-2, finished tops to move three legs clear and then sealed victory with a 122 finish.

Wade's run to the final had included a 6-3 win over Kim Huybrechts in a repeat of Saturday's final, while he also whitewashed Terry Jenkins and overcame Paul Amos, Magnus Caris, Darren Webster and Andrew Gilding as he took home £15,000 prize money for the weekend.

Huybrechts followed up his run on Saturday by reaching the last four on Sunday, edging out Mark Walsh in his first round game before seeing off Joe Lacey, Mark Forman, Simon Whitlock and Vincent van der Voort.

German ace Artut warmed up for next week's European Championship with only his second PDC ranking semi-final, as he defeated Steve Grubb, Ron Meulenkamp, Chris Aubrey, Steve Beaton and Ian White in an impressive day.

Artut's quarter-final win over Ian White ended the Stoke ace's hopes of breaking back into the world's top 16, with Sunday's event being the last before the cut-off for The Unibet Masters.

Jenkins had averaged over 110 in a brilliant 6-4 win over Gary Anderson in the last 16, but was unable to repeat the performance against Wade as he fell to a quarter-final whitewash defeat against Wade.

Wright also saw his hopes ended in the quarter-finals in a repeat of January's World Championship final as he lost out to van Gerwen, while Dutch ace van der Voort was knocked out by Huybrechts in the last eight.

White's result means that Raymond van Barneveld - a loser to fellow countryman van Gerwen in the last 32 on Sunday - retains his status in the top 16 to qualify for the £160,000 event.

The Unibet Masters will be held at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh on November 1-2, live on ITV4. Tickets are still available via pdc.seetickets.com or by calling 0844 871 8807. The draw and schedule of play will be announced on Monday.

However, the PDC's stars will first head to Germany next weekend for the European Championship, which will be held from October 24-26 at the RWE Sporthalle in Muelheim, also live on ITV4.

Reigning champion Adrian Lewis and four-time winner Phil Taylor opted not to compete in Crawley ahead of the three-day tournament in Germany.

Players Championship 18
K2 Centre, Crawley, Sunday October 19 2014
First Round
Gary Anderson (1) 6-2 Dan Russell
Joe Cullen 6-2 Colin Osborne
Paul Nicholson (32) 6-4 Stuart White
Joe Murnan 6-5 Ian Moss
Stephen Bunting (16) 6-4 Daryl Gurney
Kevin Dowling 6-0 Antonio Alcinas
Terry Jenkins (17) 6-3 Johnny Haines
Dave Ladley 6-5 John Bowles
Ryan Harrington 6-4 Mervyn King (8)
Brian Woods 6-2 Denis Ovens
Andrew Gilding (25) 6-2 Joey Ten Berge
Pete Dyos 6-4 Ross Smith
James Wade (9) 6-3 Paul Amos
Magnus Caris 6-3 Zoran Lerchbacher
Darren Webster (24) 6-4 Peter Hudson
Jeff Batham 6-5 Aden Kirk
Kim Huybrechts (5) 6-5 Mark Walsh
Joe Lacey 6-2 Steve Brown
Gary Stone 6-1 Richie Burnett (28)
Mark Forman 6-5 Michael Barnard
Simon Whitlock (12) 6-1 Adrian Gray
Mick Todd 6-2 Terry Temple
William O'Connor 6-2 Wes Newton (21)
Wayne Jones 6-4 Kevin Thomas
Michael Smith (4) 6-2 Connie Finnan
Colin Lloyd 6-5 Josh Payne
Jamie Lewis (29) 6-5 Max Hopp
Dennis Smith 6-5 Jay Foreman
Vincent van der Voort (13) 6-3 Stuart Kellett
Campbell Jackson 6-4 Jason Lovett
Mickey Mansell 6-2 Dean Winstanley (20)
Andy Parsons 6-1 Darren Johnson
Michael van Gerwen (2) 6-3 James Hubbard
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Mensur Suljovic
Raymond van Barneveld (31) 6-0 Ross Twell
Matthew Edgar 6-1 Kyle Anderson
Dave Chisnall (15) 6-1 Marc Dewsbury
Steve Hine 6-5 Ben Ward
Jamie Caven (18) 6-0 John Walton
Ricky Evans 6-4 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Peter Wright (7) 6-5 Ryan De Vreede
Steve West 6-2 Jerry Hendriks
John Henderson 6-4 Andy Smith (26)
Mark Dudbridge 6-2 Jim Walker
Justin Pipe (10) 6-4 John Part
Mark Webster 6-2 Nigel Heydon
Kevin Painter (23) 6-3 Ronny Huybrechts
Keegan Brown 6-2 Matt Clark
Robert Thornton (6) 6-0 Mareno Michels
Ting Chi Royden Lam 6-5 David Pallett
Christian Kist 6-5 Jelle Klaasen (27)
Gino Vos 6-5 Arron Monk
Ian White (11) 6-1 Brett Claydon
Steve Douglas 6-1 Tony Newell
Ronnie Baxter (22) 6-3 Andy Jenkins
Conan Whitehead 6-1 Dimitri Van Den Bergh
Chris Aubrey 6-4 Brendan Dolan (3)
Matt Padgett 6-2 Jamie Robinson
Ron Meulenkamp 6-2 Benito van de Pas (30)
Jyhan Artut 6-2 Steve Grubb
Steve Beaton (14) 6-3 Scott Mackenzie
Jamie Bain 6-2 Kevin McDine
Andy Hamilton (19) 6-5 Adam Hunt
James Richardson 6-4 Kurt Parry

Second Round
Gary Anderson 6-3 Joe Cullen
Paul Nicholson 6-0 Joe Murnan
Stephen Bunting 6-1 Kevin Dowling
Terry Jenkins 6-2 Dave Ladley
Brian Woods 6-4 Ryan Harrington
Andrew Gilding 6-2 Pete Dyos
James Wade 6-1 Magnus Caris
Darren Webster 6-0 Jeff Batham
Kim Huybrechts 6-3 Joe Lacey
Mark Forman 6-1 Gary Stone
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Mick Todd
Wayne Jones 6-3 William O'Connor
Michael Smith 6-0 Colin Lloyd
Jamie Lewis 6-3 Dennis Smith
Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Campbell Jackson
Mickey Mansell 6-2 Andy Parsons
Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Gerwyn Price
Raymond van Barneveld 6-2 Matthew Edgar
Dave Chisnall 6-5 Steve Hine
Jamie Caven 6-5 Ricky Evans
Peter Wright 6-1 Steve West
Mark Dudbridge 6-4 John Henderson
Justin Pipe 6-1 Mark Webster
Keegan Brown 6-5 Kevin Painter
Robert Thornton 6-5 Ting Chi Royden Lam
Gino Vos 6-5 Christian Kist
Ian White 6-5 Steve Douglas
Ronnie Baxter 6-5 Conan Whitehead
Chris Aubrey 6-4 Matt Padgett
Jyhan Artut 6-3 Ron Meulenkamp
Steve Beaton 6-4 Jamie Bain
James Richardson 6-5 Andy Hamilton
Losers £250

Third Round
Gary Anderson 6-2 Paul Nicholson
Terry Jenkins 6-4 Stephen Bunting
Andrew Gilding 6-4 Brian Woods
James Wade 6-4 Darren Webster
Kim Huybrechts 6-3 Mark Forman
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Wayne Jones
Michael Smith 6-3 Jamie Lewis
Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Mickey Mansell
Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Raymond van Barneveld
Jamie Caven 6-1 Dave Chisnall
Peter Wright 6-2 Mark Dudbridge
Justin Pipe 6-1 Keegan Brown
Robert Thornton 6-5 GIno Vos
Ian White 6-4 Ronnie Baxter
Jyhan Artut 6-3 Chris Aubrey
Steve Beaton 6-0 James Richardson
Losers £500

Fourth Round
Terry Jenkins 6-4 Gary Anderson
James Wade 6-4 Andrew Gilding
Kim Huybrechts 6-4 Simon Whitlock
Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Michael Smith
Michael van Gerwen 6-5 Jamie Caven
Peter Wright 6-1 Justin Pipe
Ian White 6-0 Robert Thornton
Jyhan Artut 6-3 Steve Beaton
Losers £1,000

Quarter-Finals
James Wade 6-0 Terry Jenkins
Kim Huybrechts 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Peter Wright
Jyhan Artut 6-3 Ian White
Losers £1,500

Semi-Finals
James Wade 6-3 Kim Huybrechts
Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Jyhan Artut
Losers £2,500

Final
Michael van Gerwen 6-2 James Wade
Winner £10,000
Runner-Up £5,000

Match Stats