Aspinall Claims Maiden Title

ProTour

NATHAN ASPINALL claimed his first PDC ranking title with a win over Ryan Searle in the final of Players Championship 18.

Clinical Wright Lands PC17 Title

ProTour

PETER WRIGHT claimed his third PDC title of the year at Players Championship 17.

Seven Secure ET11 & ET12 Qualifying Double

European Tour

SEVEN players secured places in both the Dutch Darts Championship & the International Darts Open.

Rodriguez Brothers Seal Maastricht Spots

European Tour

BROTHERS Rowby-John & Rusty-Jake Rodriguez were amongst the eight European Qualifiers for the Dutch Darts Championship.

ET11 & ET12 Entries Confirmed

European Tour

ENTRIES have been confirmed for September's Dutch Darts Championship and International Darts Open.

2018 Players Championship 17-18 Entries

ProTour

ENTRIES have been confirmed for the Players Championship double-header at the Barnsley Metrodome on September 4-5.

ET Qualifying Double For Ratajski

European Tour

KYZYSZTOF RATAJSKI was joined by Karel Sedlacek and Patrik Kovacs in securing places in the year's remaining European Tour events.

2018 European Darts Matchplay Schedule

European Tour

THE draw and schedule of play for the European Darts Matchplay in Hamburg are now available.

White Shines To Win PC16

ProTour

IAN WHITE secured his second PDC title of the year with a 6-3 win over Darren Webster in the final of Players Championship 16.

King Crowned PC15 Champion

ProTour

MERVYN KING claimed his first PDC title in almost four years with a 6-2 win over James Wade in the final of Players Championship 15.

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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