Van Duijvenbode edges out Searle for PC12 success

ProTour

Dirk van Duijvenbode claimed his second PDC ranking title with an 8-7 success over Ryan Searle in the Players Championship 12 final.

ET6, ET7 Tour Card Holder Qualifiers confirmed

European Tour

Tour Card Holder Qualifiers for European Tour Events 6 and 7 took place on Friday at the Barnsley Metrodome.

European Tour 6-7 seeds & qualifier entries confirmed

European Tour

Seeded players have been confirmed for European Tour Events Six and Seven, along with player entries for qualifiers.

Players Championships 12-13 entries confirmed

ProTour

Player entries have been confirmed for Players Championship events 12-13.

Sensational Searle seals Players Championship 11 success

ProTour

Ryan Searle scooped his third PDC ranking title with a superb 8-3 success against Nathan Aspinall in the Players Championship 11 final.

Comeback king Van Gerwen denies Wright to claim PC10 title

ProTour

Michael van Gerwen won his second Players Championship title within a week with a superb comeback to defeat Peter Wright.

Jansen claims maiden title at Players Championship 9

ProTour

Danny Jansen claimed his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship Nine in Barnsley on Friday.

Van Gerwen: "I will be top soon, don't worry!"

ProTour

Michael van Gerwen has warned rivals Peter Wright and Gerwyn Price that he has his sights set on returning to the top of the PDC Order of Merit.

Van Gerwen denies Schindler to scoop Players Championship 8 title

ProTour

Michael van Gerwen denied Martin Schindler a first ProTour triumph to continue his own run of success with a second ranking title of 2022.

Price doubles 2022 title tally at Players Championship 7

ProTour

Gerwyn Price doubled his 2022 title tally with victory at Players Championship 7 in Niedernhausen on Saturday.

James Wade won his fifth PDC title of the year at Players Championship 24 in Barnsley on Wednesday.

Wade, whose four previous wins in 2019 also came at Players Championship events, continued his consistent floor form to pocket yet another £10,000 top prize.

The final between Wade and Chisnall saw a meeting of two players who were yet to lose a ranking final this year, but it was Wade who prevailed to maintain his unbeaten record.

"It was a nerve-wracking final," Wade admitted.

"I thought I was going to have it over and done with a lot quicker than I did but it's onwards and upwards from here."

A slow start to the final from Danish Darts Open champion Chisnall was punished by Wade, who took out 76 to break throw in the opening leg, before finding double one in leg three for a second break of throw.

From there, Wade maintained his commanding position with holds of throw, while Chisnall needed to take out a magnificent 126 finish on the bull to hold throw at 5-2.

Another three holds of throw followed, as Wade went within a leg of the match at 7-3, before Chisnall held and then took out 98 in two darts for a first break of throw to stay alive at 7-5.

Chisnall then inadvertently left 14 but made no mistake on double seven to go within a leg of Wade for the first time, only for Wade to find his favourite double ten with his last dart in hand for an 82 checkout to seal victory.

Wade, who will defend his Unibet European Championship title in Germany next month, began the day with wins over Marko Kantele, Jonathan Worsley and James Richardson.

The world number eight then produced his best performance of the day against Raymond van Barneveld, averaging 105 to seal his path to the quarter-finals where he edged past Jermaine Wattimena 6-5.

Wade then ended the dream run of Scott Taylor, who reached his second ProTour semi-final despite entering the tournament as a late replacement for Michael van Gerwen.

The second day of the mid-week ProTour double-header also saw John Henderson hit a nine-dart finish in his Last 16 victory over Ron Meulenkamp, while Czech Darts Open winner Jamie Hughes made it three ProTour semi-finals for the year.

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