Aspinall withdraws from Ladbrokes Masters & replaced by Petersen

Cazoo Masters

Jan 24 2022

Nathan Aspinall has withdrawn from the Ladbrokes Masters due to injury, and will be replaced by Devon Petersen for this weekend's event.

Ladbrokes make Wright favourite to win Masters

Cazoo Masters

Jan 14 2022

Title sponsor Ladbrokes have installed Peter Wright as 4/1 favourite to win the Ladbrokes Masters.

Noppert to miss Ladbrokes Masters as Whitlock steps in

Cazoo Masters

Jan 10 2022

Danny Noppert has withdrawn from the 2022 Ladbrokes Masters, and will be replaced by Simon Whitlock.

Cazoo become World Darts Championship sponsors in new multi-event deal

Paddy Power World Darts Championship

Jan 10 2022

Cazoo is expanding its darts sponsorship portfolio to include the World Darts Championship along with the UK Open, Players Championship Finals and Masters.

2022 Ladbrokes Masters draw & schedule of play confirmed

Cazoo Masters

Jan 07 2022

The draw and schedule of play have been confirmed for the 2022 Ladbrokes Masters.

2022 Ladbrokes Masters tickets on General Sale

Cazoo Masters

Nov 29 2021

Tickets for the 2022 Ladbrokes Masters tickets are now on General Sale.

2022 Ladbrokes Masters tickets on sale from November 25

Cazoo Masters

Nov 19 2021

The 2022 Ladbrokes Masters will take place from January 28-30 in Milton Keynes, with tickets to go on sale next week.

2022 PDC calendar confirmed up to end of October

News

Nov 12 2021

The 2022 PDC calendar will see over 150 days of darts played from January to October.

Premier League's newest star Clayton reflects on surprise announcement

Cazoo Masters

Feb 03 2021

Jonny Clayton looks back on the moment he was announced as a Premier League player.

Clayton claims tenth 2021 Unibet Premier League place

BetMGM Premier League

Jan 31 2021

Jonny Clayton has secured the tenth place in the 2021 Unibet Premier League following his Masters success.

Tearful Joe Cullen secured the first televised title of his career with a superb 11-9 win over Dave Chisnall in the 2022 Ladbrokes Masters final.

Cullen had never previously reached a televised decider, but continued the progress he has made in recent years by finally claiming big-stage glory.

In the process, he scooped the £60,000 Masters title at Milton Keynes' Marshall Arena, following up Sunday's earlier wins over Michael van Gerwen and Jose de Sousa with victory against Chisnall.

Cullen had claimed a maiden televised win over Van Gerwen with a 10-7 quarter-final win, and was an 11-8 victor against De Sousa in the last four.

He then held off Chisnall's fightback from 5-2 down in a dramatic final, as legs of 12, 14 and 12 darts saw Cullen take command.

Chisnall, though, took three in a row to hit back before Cullen sandwiched an 82 finish between 14-darters to regain command at 8-5, before taking out 126 to move to the brink of victory at 10-7.

He missed ten match darts across the next two legs as Chisnall kept his hopes alive and pulled back to 10-9, but Cullen pinned double 18 in the next to write his name into the history books.

The win comes only three months after Cullen's mother passed away, and the 32-year-old emotionally celebrated the success with his father on stage.

"I've dreamed of this moment for a long time," said Cullen. "I felt like I was going to win it at the start of the day, so to actually get over the line feels amazing.

"It's bitter-sweet. I'd love my mum to have been here to see me do it but life's not always fair. I miss my mum dearly so that's definitely for her.

"I lost my mum in October and it's absolutely gut-wrenching. That was for my mum.

"It was special to have my dad here. Losing a parent is always tough, so to have my dad by my side supporting me is great."

Victory in the 2021 Masters sparked a run of four TV titles for Jonny Clayton, and Cullen is hoping to emulate that success after claiming his maiden big-stage triumph.

"It's a foot on the ladder and it's something that a lot of players higher ranked than me haven't done, so it can only be a positive going forward," he added.

"Hopefully this is the first of many. I've proved I can do it on TV and it's even more pleasing because I played well. 

"My finishing all weekend has been pretty good but you can't practice for the moment you have a dart to win a TV title.

"I felt comfortable for the whole game and then all of a sudden I thought I was going to win and that's when it all goes to pieces, as you saw.

"The double 18 at the end was more a relief. I got over the line and that's all that matters."

Chisnall saw off World Championship finalist Michael Smith in Sunday afternoon's quarter-finals, and ended Jonny Clayton's Masters title defeat with an 11-7 semi-final success.

However, he suffered defeat in a ninth televised title of his career to mean his own wait for big-stage glory continues.

"Joe deserved to win that," admitted Chisnall. "It just wasn't there tonight - I didn't play that well but he let me in and I took my chances.

"The crowd were brilliant and I'll be back - I'll keep trying to win my first major and get the big trophy."

Clayton's defence of his Masters title saw him overcome world number one Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals before losing out to Chisnall.

Five-time champion Van Gerwen was joined in losing at the quarter-final stage by Smith, Price and Simon Whitlock.

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